WAFR 2018: The 13th International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics Universidad Politécnica de Yucatán Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, December 9-11, 2018 |
Conference website | http://algorithmic-robotics.org/wafr2018/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wafr2018 |
Submission deadline | July 23, 2018 |
The Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR) is a biannual multi-disciplinary single-track meeting of international researchers presenting the latest advances on algorithmic problems in robotics. WAFR was created in 1994 as a small-size workshop. It has been held since 1994 and while it spans a relatively small community, it has an established reputation as one, if not the most, important venue for presenting algorithmic work related to robotics.
The focus of WAFR is on the design and analysis of robot algorithms from both theoretical and practical angles. These algorithms process inputs from noisy sensors, build geometric and physical models of the world, plan high-and low-level actions at different time horizons, and execute these actions on actuators with limited precision. The design and analysis of robot algorithms raise a unique combination of questions from many fields, including control theory, computational geometry and topology, geometrical and physical modeling, reasoning under uncertainty, probabilistic algorithms, game theory, machine learning, and theoretical computer science. In addition to these topics, we also encourage papers on applications of robot algorithms to important or new domains, such as manufacturing, legged locomotion, distributed robotics, human-robot interaction, surgical robots, intelligent prosthetics, and brain-controlled robots. Furthermore, we welcome papers on applications of robot algorithms in domains beyond the traditional scope of robotics, e.g., computational biology, computer animation, sensor networks. The workshop proceedings will be published in the Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics (SPAR) series and selected papers will be invited for publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Robotics Research.
Manuscript Submission
We are handling submissions through Easy Chair. Papers must be submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF) at our Submission Site in Easy Chair. The deadline is on July 16 Anywhere on Earth (UTC -12).
Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts should be prepared using the Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics (SPAR) format. You can download the style/template files below:
Submissions should not exceed 16 pages in this format. Two-part submissions will be considered. For these manuscripts, authors should indicate in the titles the relation between the two papers and send an email to the co-organizers.
Detailed information on manuscript preparation can be found here.
Supplementary Material
Supplementary material (appendices with supportive proofs, multimedia files) can be submitted together with the main manuscript. While encouraged, the program committee members are not required to check the supplementary material in order to prepare their comments.
Keywords
When submitting your manuscript, please use at least one of the following suggested keywords:
- Automation, Manufacturing & Logistics
- Collision Avoidance
- Completeness and Complexity
- Computational Biology
- Computational Geometry
- Computer Animation & Simulation
- Dynamics
- Field Robotics Algorithms
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Humanoids and Legged Systems
- Intelligent Prosthetics
- Kinematics
- Localization and Mapping
- Logic and Verification
- Machine Learning
- Manipulation & Grasping
- Medical & Surgical Robots
- Micro/Nano Robots
- Mobile Robots
- Motion and Path Planning
- Multiple and Distributed Robots
- Novel Robot Mechanisms and Design
- Optimization and Optimal Control
- Perception
- Probabilistic Reasoning
- Sensor Networks
- Service Robots
- Task Planning and AI Reasoning
- Vision and Sensor-based Control
Committees
Co-Chairs
- Marco Morales, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
- Gildardo Sánchez-Ante, Universidad Politécnica de Yucatán
- Lydia Tapia, University of New Mexico
- Seth Hutchinson, Georgia Tech
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to wafr@cse.tamu.edu