Call for Papers

Submission instructions are here.

The 2009 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference will bring together researchers working on algorithmic or mathematical foundations of robotics, robotics applications, and analysis of robotic systems. High quality, original papers are solicited in all areas of robotics. The final program will be the result of a highly selective review process designed to include the best work of its kind in every category.

The conference will be single track to allow attendees an opportunity to experience the best research in all areas of robotics. The program will include invited talks as well as oral and poster presentations of refereed papers. Conference dates are Sunday, June 28 through Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Workshops will run all day Sunday and Monday morning and the main conference track begins Monday afternoon and continues through Wednesday. As in previous years, efforts are underway to make RSS affordable, particularly for student attendees.

Important Dates:

Submissions:

Papers containing original and unpublished work are solicited in all areas of robotics, including (but not limited to) the following:

• Mechanisms: Design, Humanoids, Hands, Legged Systems, Snakes, Novel Actuators, Reconfigurable Robots, MEMS/NEMS, Micro/Nanobots
• Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control: Dexterous Manipulation, Locomotion, Nonlinear Control, Visual Servoing
• Human-Robot Interaction and Human Centered Systems: Brain-Machine Interfaces, Haptics, Tactile Interfaces, Telerobotics, Human Augmentation, Assistive Robots, Social Robots, Safe Interaction, Robots and Art
• Distributed Systems: Sensor Networks, Multi-Robot Systems, Networked Robots, Robot Soccer
• Mobile Systems and Mobility: Mapping, Localization, SLAM, Collision Avoidance, Exploration, Mobile Robot Control, High-Speed Navigation
• Manipulation: Contact Modeling, Grasp Synthesis, Assembly, Manipulation Planning
• Field Robotics: Underwater Robotics, Aerial/Space Robotics, Agricultural Robotics
• Medical Robotics: Robot-Assisted Procedures, Smart Surgical Tools, Rehabilitation Robotics, Interventional Therapy, Image-Guided Procedures, Surgical Simulation, Soft-Tissue Modeling, Telesurgery
• Biological Robotics: Biomimetic Robotics, Robotic Investigation of Biological Science and Systems, Cell Manipulation, Neurobotics, Prosthetics
• Robot Perception: Vision, Remote Sensing, Tactile Perception, Range Sensing, Sensor Fusion
• Planning and Algorithms: Motion Planning, Task Planning, Coordination, Complexity and Completeness, Computational Geometry, Robotics and Molecular Biology, Simulation,
• Estimation and Learning for Robotic Systems: Reinforcement Learning, Bayesian Techniques, Graphical Models, Imitation Learning, Programming by Demonstration, Diagnostics

Paper Format:

Formatting instruction and a LaTeX template are available at http://www.roboticsconference.org/authors.html .

Review Criteria:

Submissions will be refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, significance, and clarity. Each submission will be thoroughly reviewed by at least three program committee members. Reviews will notbe double-blind. A rebuttal period will allow authors an opportunity to respond to the reviews. Submissions, reviews, and the replies of the authors will then be discussed at a meeting that all Area Chairs will attend. There will be an opportunity after the meeting for authors to revise accepted manuscripts.

Special Journal Issues:

After the conference, special RSS 2009 issues of International Journal of Robotics Research and Autonomous Robots will be produced, each containing expanded versions of a selection of the best papers from the conference.

Best Paper Awards:

Springer has sponsored an award of $2500 for the Springer Best Student Paper.

iRobot has sponsored an award of $2500 for the iRobot Best Paper and a special gift from iRobot for each author (limit of 5).