CLAWAR 2017 will be held within the premises of Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal, during
11-13 September 2017.
The conference will feature technical and social programs. The technical
program will comprise plenary, regular, and special/invited sessions. All
articles submitted for inclusion in the conference will be peer reviewed
before acceptance. It is envisaged that all accepted papers will appear in
the conference proceedings, to be published by World Scientific Publishing
Company and indexed in SCOPUS, as well as on CD/flash drive, subject to
registration of at least one author for presenting the work. A selection of
presented papers will also be recommended for possible publication in
reputable ISI-indexed scientific journals. CLAWAR 2017 will also feature
Robot Competition and Industrial Robot Exhibition.
Scope
Original contributions in the general area of mobile robotics, covering
climbing, walking, flying robots with assistance and service provided to
humans and machines are welcome. The conference will cover analysis
(modelling and simulation) techniques, design approaches and developed
robotic systems. Support technologies for realisation of such systems,
associated economic, ethical and social considerations are integral part of
the conference theme.
Key dates
21 Dec 2016: Proposals for workshops/ special sessions
01 Feb 2017: Submission of full draft papers
15 Mar 2017: Notification of paper acceptance
12 Apr 2017: Submission of final (accepted) papers
03 May 2017: Early bird registration (reduced fee)
05 Jul 2017: Preliminary program
11-13 Sep 2017: Conference
We would like to invite you to submit your contributions according to the
key dates given above.
Submission of Papers
The technical program of the conference will feature Regular Papers and
Special Session Papers. Authors are invited to submit their full draft
papers in PDF format from the paper submission page of the conference
web-site by the indicated deadline for consideration for inclusion in the
relevant category (special/regular paper).
All papers will be peer reviewed before acceptance, and all accepted papers
(subject to registration) will be published in the conference proceedings.
Final accepted papers will be limited to 8 pages in length in the prescribed
style and format given in the paper submission web page.
A selection of presented papers will also be recommended for possible
publication in reputable international journals.
Workshop and Special Session Proposals
Proposals should be submitted to the Conference Secretariat and a copy sent
to Professor Gurvinder S. Virk (gsvirk@clawar.org). Each proposal should be
limited to one A4 page in length and must include title, aims/objectives,
brief outline/scope, name and affiliation of the organizer(s).
Exhibition
Organisations and research groups can promote their robots and robotics
research work by exhibiting these at the conference. Those wishing to
participate in the exhibition programme of the conference are invited to
seek relevant information via the conference web-site.
Robot competition
The conference will feature a ?Climbing Robot Competition?. Research groups
wishing to take part in the competition are invited to seek relevant
information via the conference web-site.
Sponsorship:
Organisations wishing to sponsor the conference in any way and gain the
corresponding benefits, by promoting themselves and their products to the
robotics community through conference publications, conference web-site and
conference publicity, are invited to view relevant information on the
conference web-site and further to contact the conference secretariat to
discuss the terms of sponsorship and necessary arrangements.
Conference web-site: https://www.clawar.org/
