CFP: Special Issue on Adaptive Robots

[Carme Torras]

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          Special Issue of the journal CONNECTION SCIENCE on

                       *** ADAPTIVE ROBOTS ***

              CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline March 15th, 1999


Adaptivity is the capability of self-modification that some agents have,      
which allows them to maintain a level of performance when facing environmental
changes, or to improve it when confronted repeatedly with the same situation.

This special issue is aimed at capturing the state of the art in the intricate
task of endowing robots with adaptive capabilities, with a special emphasis
on neural-based solutions. Thus, some examples of topics covered are:

- Adaptive sensing
- Adaptive gaits for walking robots
- Self-calibration of robot manipulators
- Adaptive dynamic control of flexible robot arms
- Acquiring fine manipulation skills
- Learning hand-eye coordination
- Exploration and reinforcement learning
- Improving robot navigation
- Adaptive multi-robot systems

The special issue will adhere to an engineering perspective, i.e. the emphasis
will be on solving practical robotic problems using adaptive techniques,      
disregarding their possible biological (or cognitive) inspiration or
plausibility.

Work on real robots is preferred, with special attention being devoted to
replicability of results, as well as to the discussion of the limitations
(together with the advantages) of the proposed techniques.


Guest editor:
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Carme TORRAS, CSIC-UPC (Spain)


Editorial board:
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Rudiger DILLMANN, University of Karlsruhe (Germany)
Leslie P. KAELBLING, Brown University (USA)
Ben KR=D6SE, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Jos=E9 R. MILL=C1N, Joint Research Centre (Italy)
Helge RITTER, University of Bielefeld (Germany)
Shankar SASTRY, University of California at Berkeley (USA)
Noel SHARKEY, University of Sheffield (UK)
Tim SMITHERS, CEIT (Spain)
Tom ZIEMKE, University of Sk=F6vde (Sweden)


Submissions to this special issue should be sent by March 15th, 1999 to:   

Carme Torras
Institut de Robotica i Informatica Industrial (CSIC-UPC)
Gran Capita 2-4 (edifici Nexus)
08034-Barcelona (Spain)
e-mail: ctorras at iri.upc.es
http://www-iri.upc.es/people/torras


SCHEDULE:
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December 98 - call for papers.
March 15th, 99 - submission deadline
May 15th, 99 - information to authors
July 1st, 99 - deadline for final papers
October 99 - publication of the special issue


                        *** CONNECTION SCIENCE ***
  Journal of Neural Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Research
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