WPPMFR 2020: Worskhop on Perception, Planning and Mobility in Forestry Robotics at IROS 2020 Caesars Forum Las Vegas, NV, United States, October 29, 2020 |
Conference website | http://wppmfr.isr.uc.pt/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wppmfr2020 |
Submission deadline | July 31, 2020 |
The Workshop on Perception, Planning and Mobility in Forestry Robotics (WPPMFR 2020), held within the scope of the IROS (IEEE/RSJ) 2020 Conference, will address recent advances and future directions of robotics in forestry and related fields, setting the floor for fruitful discussions promoted by attendees.
For more information, feel free to visit the WPPMFR 2020 website.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers (6-8 pages) with research outcomes especially focused on practical experimentation.
- Short contributions (4-6 pages), including position text and presentations of work in progress.
Four (4) accepted papers will be selected by the Programme Committee for oral presentation, and the rest will be put up for poster presentation.
Topics of interest of the workshop include, but are not limited to:
- Artificial sensing and perception for forestry robotics:
- Multisensory systems and fusion (LIDAR, depth cameras, multispectral imaging, etc.)
- Dynamic tracking of relevant entities in forestry environments
- Neural networks and deep learning approaches (e.g. semantic mapping)
- Localization and Mapping
- Outdoor autonomous navigation, traversability and locomotion of UGVs and/or UAVs for forestry and agriculture
- Mapping and localization in GPS-deprived areas
- Multi-Robot systems: coordination, formation control, cooperative perception, and exploration in the field
- Planning and decision-making architectures for field robotics under high uncertainty
- Autonomous ground machines and UAVs for forestry and agriculture
- Self-adaptation and learning in forestry environments
- Reasoning and planning for forestry operations
- Human-Robot interaction and safe co-operation for forestry and agriculture
- Ethical, legal, societal, economic and safety aspects of autonomous forestry machinery operation and development
Committees
Program Committee (only confirmed names listed)
- Anthony Fragoso, California Institute of Technology, Aerospace Robotics and Control, Pasadena, USA
- Fernando Auat, Federico Santa Maria Technical University, Department of Electronic Engineering, Valparaiso, Chile
- Francisco Yandun, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States
- Ola Ringdahl, Umea University, Department of Computing Science, Umea, Sweden
- Stefano Mintchev, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Nicholas Coops, Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Nicola Basilico, Department of Computer Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Eduardo Montijano, Department of Computer Engineering and Systems, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Vladimir Kubelka, Laval University, Northern Robotics Laboratory, Quebec, Canada
- Pedro Machado, Nottingham Trent University, Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Group, Nottingham, UK
- Martin McGinnity, Nottingham Trent University, Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Group, Nottingham, UK and also the School of Computing, Eng & Intel. Sys, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
- Rui Paulo Rocha, University of Coimbra, Institute of Systems and Robotics, Coimbra, Portugal
- Jorge Lobo, University of Coimbra, Institute of Systems and Robotics, Coimbra, Portugal
Organizing committee
- Joao Filipe Ferreira, Nottingham Trent University, Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Group, Nottingham, UK and also the Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- David Portugal, University of Coimbra, Institute of Systems and Robotics, Coimbra, Portugal
- Maria Eduarda Andrada, University of Coimbra, Institute of Systems and Robotics, Coimbra, Portugal
Contact
Questions and inquiries should be directed to davidbsp@isr.uc.pt, joao.ferreira@ntu.ac.uk or duda.andrada@isr.uc.pt