* Please find files attached.


[First Call for Participations] 2003 FIRA Cup Austria


■ Period: September 28 to October 3, 2003

[Preliminary Rounds] September 28 - 30
[Semi-Finals] October 1 - 2
[Semi-Finals and Finals]October 3

■ Venues: Reed Messe Wien, Hall 14, Vienna, Austria

■ Competition Categories

- HuroSot / - KheperaSot /
- MiroSot [Large-(7 vs. 7), Middle and Small League]
- NaroSot / - RoboSot /
- SimuroSot [Large-(11 vs. 11) and Middle League]

■ Registration

The organizer of 2003 FIRA Cup Austria looks forward to the
participation of the best teams across the world at the FIRA Cup
Austria. Please contact the FIRA World Cup Austria Secretariat.

■ Related Events

- 2003 FIRA Robot World Congress
: Parallel to the FIRA World Cup Austria the FIRA World Congress
will be organized. The congress will review and discuss the major
advances in Science and Technology regarding 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
application in the common field of robotics.
- VIET 03 (Int’l Fair for Electrical Engineering and Automation)
- Austrian Automation Day 2003
- Meeting of the "European Robotics Forum"

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▷ General Chair: P. Kopacek (Austria)
▷ Competition Co-Chairs
[HuroSot]: J. Baltes (Canada), T. Braunl (Australia)
[MiroSot]: M. W. Han (Austria), P. Vadakkepat (Singapore)
B. Horak (Czech Republic)
[KheperaSot]: J. Sitte (Australia)
[NaroSot]: S. H. Kim (Korea)
[RoboSot]: K. S. Shin (Korea)
[SimuroSot]: B. R. Hong (China), J. Jo (Australia)
B. Reusch (Germany)
▷ Local Organizing Committee
M.W. Han, I. Nemetz, B. Putz

▶ Organized by
Institute for Handling Devices and Robotics (IHRT)
Vienna University of Technology (VUT)
▶ Cooperation with
Austrian Society for Automation and Robotics- ÖGART
Austrian Society for Measurement and Automation – ÖGMA
Austrian IFAC Supervisory Board – IFAC Beirat Österreich
▶ Sponsored by
City of Vienna
Vienna University of Technology - VUT
Austrian Computer Society - OCG


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First Call for Papers
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2003 FIRA Robot World Congress
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Parallel to the 2003 FIRA Robot World Cup Austria, the FIRA Robot World
Congress will be organized. The congress will review and discuss
the major advances in science and technology regarding 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 application in the common field of robotics.

■ Period: October 1 to 3, 2003

■ Venue: Vienna Exhibition Center, Vienna

■ Topics include but are not limited to: Specific topics

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

■ Regular Paper Submission:

Authors should submit an extended abstract electronically in pdf format
- 600 words - the email address: [e318@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 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 theme of the session and a list of paper’s title, names and email
addresses of the corresponding authors. Session proposals must be
submitted through the email address: [e318@ihrt.tuwien.ac.at].

■ Proceeding and CD Rom:

A CD-ROM and a Book of Abstract will be provided at the congress.
A hard copy for the proceeding will be availabe at an additional charge.

■ Important dates:

- Abstract submission: June 15, 2003
- Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2003
- Camera-ready Manuscript: August 15, 2003

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▷ General Chair: P. Kopacek (Austria)
▷ International Program Committee
P. Albertos (Spain), M. Cecarelli (Italy), H. S. Cho (Korea)
R. Dillmann (Germany), T. Dinibutun (Turkey), G. Furnsinn (Austria)
F. Harashima (Japan), B.R. Hong (China), J. H. Kim (Korea)
W. H. Kwon (Korea), D. Matko (Slovenia), J. Paiuk (Argentina)
C. E. Pereira (Brazil), B. Reusch (Germany), N. Rozsenich (Austria)
P. Robinson (UK), I. Rudas (Hungary), J. Sa Da Costa (Portugal)
G. Schmidt (Germany), R.D. Schraft (Germany), J. Sitte (Australia)

▶ Organized by
Institute for Handling Devices and Robotics - IHRT,
Vienna University of Technology - VUT
▶ Cooperation with
Austrian Society for Automation and Robotics - OGART
Austrian Society for Measurement and Automation - OGMA
Austrian IFAC Supervisory Board - IFAC Beirat Osterreich
▶ Sponsored by
City of Vienna
Vienna University of Technology - VUT
Austrian Computer Society - OCG

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For further information, please contact the secretariat:
2003 FIRA Robot World Cup & Congress Austria

Institute for Handling Devices and Robotics,
Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstrae 9-11/318,
A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43-1-58801 31801 Fax: +43-1-58801 31899
E-mail: e318@ihrt.tuwien.ac.at
Homepages:
http://www.ihrt.tuwien.ac.at/FIRAWM03
http://www.ihrt.tuwien.ac.at/FIRAWC03
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