1. [FIRA] FIRA Robot World Congress and RoboWorld Cup 2010 India

15th FIRA RoboWorld Cup 2010 India is scheduled from 15th to 19th September in Bangalore, India is coming up.

FIRA RobotWorld Congress and FIRA RoboWorld Cup are planned as per the schedule below.

FIRA RoboWorld Congress 2010

Date: 15th -19th September 2010

Venue:

FIRA RoboWorld Congress 2010 consists of the following conferences

        7-th International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CIRAS)

        2-nd International Conference on Advanced Humanoid Robotics Research (ICAHRR)

        2-nd International Conference on Entertainment Robotics (ICER)

        2-nd International Robotics Education Forum (IREF)

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[Important Dates] _ Extended!

30 April 2010: Invited Session Proposal Submission

        30 April 2010: Conference / Invited Paper Submission

        15 May 2010: Notification of Acceptance

        15 June 2010: Final Manuscript Submission and Early Registration

15 May 2010: Invited Session Proposal Submission

        15 May 2010: Conference / Invited Paper Submission

        31 May 2010: Notification of Acceptance

        15 June 2010: Final Manuscript Submission and Early Registration

FIRA RoboWorld Cup 2010

Date: 15th -19th September 2010

Venue:

Categories;

MiroSot / NaroSot /RoboSot / SimuroSot / HuroCup / AMiRESot (formally known as KepehraSot),

For more information please visit official website FIRA2010 (www.fira.in)

2. [Notice] New website for FIRA and rules updates for FIRA 2010

The new website for FIRA will be open on the 6^th May 2010. It may take some time to upload all the information of past FIRA at once.

However, we will update more information as we go along. So look forward to it! Updated rules will be on the website as we open the new site.

3. [Announcement] Host City for FIRA 2011

At the Annual FIRA Executive Committee Meeting on 19th August 2009, the members have decided Dubai, UAE as the host city for FIRA RobotWorld Congress and RoboWorld Cup for 2011.

Also, deadline for the submission of proposal to host FIRA 2012 will be closed 30th May 2010. If you wish to host FIRA event in 2012, please do contract FIRA HQ. office@fira.net

4. [Result] IRO 2009 Korea

The 11th International Robot Olympiad 2009 Korea was successfully held at DCC, Daejeon, Korea from 17th to 20th December 2009. 

There were 600 participants and observers from 14 countries took a part at the event.

We would like to thank all the participants, parents, teachers and the volunteers for brining successful IRO event.

For results and the photos please visit official website for IRO 2009 at IRO 2009 (www.iroc.org)

5. [Announcement] Host City for IRO 2010

At the committee meeting in Korea, Gold Coast, Australia has been selected as next IRO host city for 2010.

IRO 2010 will be held from 15th to 18th December 2010. The venue will be notified soon.

For more information please visit the website IROC