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Please accept our apologies if you get multiple copies of this Call for Papers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Colleagues,

the deadline for sending submissions to the EUROBOT Conference 2008 has been extended to

March 15, 2008.

For further details please see below or visit the website http://www.eurobot-deutschland.de (Link to EUROBOT Conference 2008 is on the right side)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EUROBOT CONFERENCE 2008 International conference on research and education in robotics May 21-25, 2008, Heidelberg, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The EUROBOT Conference 2008 is organized in cooperation with EUROBOT 2008 autonomous robot contest International Finale. Conference participants will be able to visit the contest as spectators. For further details, see EUROBOT 2008 website: http://www.eurobot-deutschland.de (Link to EUROBOT Conference 2008 is on the right side) For general information about EUROBOT see the Eurobot Association main website: http://www.eurobot.org

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Professor Atsuo Takanishi, Waseda University, Japan Professor Oussama Khatib, Stanford University, USA

IMPORTANT DETAILS: Paper submission deadline: March 15, 2008 (extended) Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2008 Camera ready deadline: April 30, 2008 Early bird registration: April 30, 2008 Conference: May 21-25, 2008

Please send your papers of up to 6 pages to: conference@eurobot.org Accepted papers will be published in the Springer series, therefore the submitted papers must conform to Springer LNCS format (see conference website for details).

The CONFERENCE TOPICS include, but are not limited, to: - Research -- Robot control and behaviour: evolutionary and cognitive robotics, navigation, planning, simulation, vizualization -- Applications of autonomous intelligent robots: Exploration robots, service robots, robots for hazardous environments -- Perception, processing and action: sensors, vision, motion systems, specialized peripherals

- Education -- Robotics at School and at University: Curricula, methodology, competences, outcomes -- Practical educational robotics activities: Robot contests, workshops, summer camps, robotic kits for education and research -- Good practices in educational robot design: Project management, team development, funding, reusing parts and components

- Special Eurobot session -- Presentation of robots designed for Eurobot contest including previous editions: Robot design, planning, team building and management

All submitted papers will be reviewed by the programme committee, with the help of outside referees. The Conference Proceedings will be printed in the Springer series.

Achim Gottscheber, Conference Chair

David Obdrzalek & Julio Pastor Mendoza, Program Chairs

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