Call for Papers

In conjunction to the FIRA World Cup 2003 Austria the FIRA World
Congress 2003 will be organized. The congress will review and discuss
the major advances in science and technology regarding advanced
robotics. Particular emphasis will be given to the applications and
development in the area of entertainment/education/service/ personal
robots. The contribution should focus on theories, principles and
developments as well as applications in the common field of robotics as
well as in new areas..

Topics include, but are not limited to:

- Artificial Life
- Adaptive Systems
- Entertainment Robots
- Humanoid Robots
- Human Robot Interface
- Intelligent Control
- Intelligent (Smart) Sensors
- Robot Soccer Simulation
- Legged Robots
- Machine Learning
- Machine Vision
- Mechatronics
- Multi-Agent Systems
- Navigation
- Path Planning
- Sensors and Control
- Supervisory Control
- Robot Soccer Systems
HuroSot
KheperaSot
MiroSot
NaroSot
RoboSot
SimusoSot

Submission of Paper
Authors should submit an extended abstract electronically in pdf format
- 600 words - to : fira03@ihrt.tuwien.ac.at. The first page of the paper
must be contained the title, the names and affiliations of the authors,
email address, and at least four key words/phrases. Please identify the
corresponding author giving full contact information including email.

Invited Sessions
The Program Committee also solicits proposals for invited sessions
within the technical scope of the congress. Each proposal for an invited
session should describe the theme and scope of the proposed session and
how the papers form a cohesive and complementary in the session topic.
One session typically contains six (6) papers. The proposal must contain
the title and subject of the session and a list of paper's title, names
and email addresses of the corresponding authors. Session proposals must
be submitted to the congress secretariat : fira03@ihrt.tuwien.ac.at.

Proceeding and CD Rom
A CD-ROM and a "Book of Abstracts" will be provided at the congress. A
hard copy for the proceedings - published as a special issue of IJAA
International Journal of Automation Austria, ISSN 1562-2703) will be
available at an additional charge.

Important Dates
Submission of abstracts June 15, 2003
Notification of acceptance July 15, 2003
Camera-ready manuscript August 15, 2003

Registration fee
by August 15, 2003 : 300 Euro
after August 15, 2003: 350 Euro
Undergraduate Student : 50 Euro

Related events
FIRA Robot World Cup 2003
VIET ' 03 (International Fair for Electrical Engineering and Automation)
Austrian Automation Day 2003 European Robotics Forum (ERF) Meeting
Congress Venue
Vienna Exhibition Center (Congress Venue)

In case of any inquiry, contact to

Dr. Man-Wook Han
Local Organizing Committee
FIRA Robot World Congress 2003, Vienna, Austria
Institute for Handling Devices and Robotics
Vienna University of Technology
Favoritenstr. 9-11/318
A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-58801 31811
Fax: +43-1-58801 31899
Email : han@ihrt.tuwien.ac.at
Webpag : www.ihrt.tuwien.ac.at/FIRAWC03