IEEE/RSJ
2008 International Conference
on Intelligent RObots and Systems
September 22- 26, Nice, France
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IEEE/RSJ
2008 International Conference September 22- 26, Nice, France |
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Workshop on robot simulators: available software, scientific applications and future trends September 22 (full day), Nice, France |
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Robot simulators have accompanied robotics from a long time ago. Recently, they have become essential tools in the design and programming of industrial robots and tasks. They also had an important role in the research field, where have been critical for the development and demonstration of many algorithms and techniques (i.e.: path planning algorithms, grasp planning, and mobile robot navigation, etc). The main reason for its success is that they are a cheap and fast alternative to test prototypes and tune algorithms. Recently, robot simulators are still used for this purpose, and many research applications are developed and demonstrated using them. They represent a valuable and useful tool for robot researchers. Therefore we propose this workshop to review the available software tools; and their creative and novel applications. The workshop will focus on novel possibilities of robot simulators in research scenarios, thus avoid traditional uses of simulators in prototype design, and task programming on industrial scenarios. The workshop will be organized around two main aspects. The first one, a review of currently available simulator software: This will consider the software to solve the relevant parts of a simulation: physic engines, render engines, collision detection and contact modelling, sensor simulation, and popular modelling. A special emphasis will will be put of the discussion of the required but still lacking features of current simulation software. This aspect will be presented by developers of popular simulation packages, like ODE, Gazebo, Webots, and others. The second aspect will rely on the presentation and description of innovative simulators use in the research community. This part is intended to allow assistants to describe how they are using simulators in their research projects. There will also place to propose and discuss about future potential applications. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
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Researchers and students are encouraged to present ongoing work on robotic applicattions of simulation. Initial submission can consist in a 2 pages abstract or in 8 pages full paper. Submission must be sent in PDF format to Antonio.Morale at uji.es. Detailed information about the format of the papers can be found at IROS site (http://iros2008.inria.fr). Papers will be reviewed for quality and relevance and the decision of acceptance will be mailed to the corresponding author. Accepted papers will be included in the workshop notes, distributed at the workshop, and published on the workshop's web site. Papers finally submitted will have at most 8 pages. File size should not exceed 2 Mb. |
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Dr. Antonio Morales Robotic Intelligence Laboratory Department of Computer Engineering and Science Castellon, Spain |
Dr. Tamim Asfour and Prof. Rüdiger Dillmann Karlsruhe, Germany |
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For any further information, please contact the organizers at: Antonio Morales, Universitat Jaume I, Avd. Sos Baynat S/N, E-12071, Castellón, Spain Phone: +34 964 72 8284, Fax: +34 964 72 8486, Email: Antonio.Morales at uji es |
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