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*Subcmission Deadline Extended: 15th of March, 2017*
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** CALL FOR PAPERS **
ICRA Workshop on AI Planning & Robotics:
Challenges and Methods
Singapore, May 29, 2017
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Topic and Objectives
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In complex robotic systems, planning and plan execution techniques are
pervasively deployed at different levels of abstraction, combining task,
path, and motion planning capabilities. AI Planning & Scheduling (P&S)
methods are often crucial to enable intelligent robots to perform
autonomous, flexible, and interactive behaviors. However, these methods
and frameworks cannot be considered as stand-alone functionalities, but
need to be deeply integrated into robotic architectures in order to be
effective. This requires collaboration between researchers from both the
AI and the Robotics communities.
The aim of this workshop is to bring researchers from the AI P&S and
Robotics communities together to exchange ideas, discuss techniques and
problems as well as identify common open challenges related to robotic
planning methods. The goal of the workshop is twofold. First, it will
foster the discussion in the Robotics community about challenges related
to AI planning for autonomous robots (deliberative, reactive, continuous
planning and execution, etc.) as well as their expectations from the P&S
community. Second, it will attract representatives from the AI P&S
community to further develop their interests and efforts towards robotic
problems and applications.
Relevant topics include (but are not limited to):
- Combined task, path, and motion planning;
- Integration of planning and plan execution methods in robotic
architectures;
- Representation and learning of planning models for robotics;
- Optimization and scheduling techniques for robot planning and scheduling;
- Planning for long-term autonomy in robotics;
- Planning with uncertainty for reliable robots;
- Multi-robot planning, delegation, coordination, and execution;
- Human-aware planning and execution in (safe) human-robot
interaction/collaboration;
- Mixed-initiative planning and adjustable autonomy;
- V&V of plan-based robot autonomy;
- Real-world planning applications for autonomous/interactive robots.
Submissions
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We invite extended abstracts/short papers and regular papers in the
standard IEE ICRA conference format. Abstract/short papers are a maximum
of 4 (four) pages, regular papers are a maximum of 6 (six) pages.
Authors of accepted papers are expected to give a talk and/or to present
a poster at the workshop. All papers should be typeset in the ICRA IEEE
style. Accepted papers will be published on the workshop website. Papers
should be submitted via the EasyChair website:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icraplanrob2017
The organizers will investigate the availability of journal editors in
order to invite a selection of accepted papers from the workshop to a
special issue or post-proceedings volume.
Any additional questions can be directed towards the general workshop
contact email: icraplanrob2...@easychair.org
Important Dates
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Deadline for paper submission *Extended: 15th of March, 2017*
Notification of acceptance for papers, 15th of March, 2017
Deadline for camera-ready paper submission, 1st of April, 2017
Workshop Date, May 29, 2017
Confirmed Invited Speakers
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Rachid Alami LAAS-CNRS, France
Michael Beetz Bremen University, Germany
Patrick Doherty Linköping University, Sweden
David Hsu National University of Singapore, Singapore
Daniele Magazzeni King's College London, United Kingdom
Workshop Organizers
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J. Christopher Beck
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
Alberto Finzi
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e delle Tecnologie dell'Informazione
University of Naples “Federico II”
Nick Hawes
School of Computer Science
University of Birmingham
Goldie Nejat
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
AndreA Orlandini
Institute of Cognitive Science and Technology,
National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISTC),
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