The 2012 International Workshop on Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks (RoboSense 2012) will be taking place in Ontario on the 27-29th of August.
Description:
Mobile robots and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have enabled great potentials and a large space for ubiquitous and pervasive applications. Robotics and WSNs have mostly been considered as separate research fields and little work has investigated the marriage between these two technologies. However, these two technologies share several features, enable common cyber-physical applications and provide complementary support to each other.
The objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers from academia, and industry working in to both robotics and sensor networks areas to present and discuss recent advances and innovative ideas pertaining to these fields. Papers dealing with the coupling between robots and sensor networks are particularly sought. The workshop also looks for contributions about cyber-physical applications based on robotics and sensor networks, such as intelligent transportation systems, healthcare monitoring, industrial automation, etc.
Call for Papers:
The workshop is seeking original research and position papers dealing with hot topics in mobile robots and sensor networks. Innovative and/or controversial ideas are specially sought. Papers presenting integration between sensor networks and robotics fields will be particularly appreciated. The workshop welcomes papers in three main tracks:
Wireless Sensor Networks Track
- Communication and Network Protocols (MAC and Network Layers issues)
- Wireless Technologies (IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee, 6LoWPAN, RPL, WiMax, UWB)
- Localization and Tracking
- Link Quality Estimation
- Fundamental Theoretical Limits and Algorithms
- Performance Evaluation, Simulation and Modelling Tools
- Measurement and Experimental Tools
- Security and Privacy
- Programming Models and Languages
- Operating Systems
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Hardware Design and Implementation
Mobile Robots Track
- Path Planning
- Multi-Robot Task Allocation
- Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
- Coordination and Cooperation
- Autonomous Navigation
- Robot Localization
- Swarm Intelligence
- Multi-robot systems
- Unmanned vehicle systems
- Learning for control
- Bio-inspired robotic
- Probabilistic Exploration and Coverage
- Object Detection & Collision Avoidance
- Motion estimation
Cyber-Physical Applications
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Vehicular Networks
- Health-Care Monitoring
- Surveillance
- Smart Home
- Industrial Automation
- Internet-of-Things
- Case Studies
