Swedish Workshop on Autonomous Robots ´09

Aims and Objectives

Over the last few years, robotics has continued to expand from its factory birthplace into new unstructured and populated environments such as households and outdoor areas. Today, an increasing number of researchers and developers all over Sweden are actively participating in this expansion.

The Fourth Swedish Workshop on Autonomous Robotics, SWAR’09, is organized by Mälardalen University in cooperation with Robotdalen. It is an excellent opportunity for researchers and engineers working in robotics and autonomous systems in a wide sense to learn about activities of neighboring institutions discuss common interests and initiate new cooperations. The previous workshops SWAR’00, SWAR’02, and SWAR’05, hosted by Örebro University, KTH, and FOI respectively, were met with great enthusiasm by the participants.

SWAR’09 will be in the form of a double track with oral presentations and poster sessions. Recent research results will be presented together with ongoing projects. Invited talks will be given by nominees to the Robotdalen Scientific Award 2009.

Submissions

Submissions are welcome in the form of 1-2 page extended abstracts. Submissions should be sent by email to petra.edoff@mdh.se as a PDF file. Other formats are not accepted. In the body of the email message, please specify paper title; and name, affiliation, and email of all authors; name, email, postal address, phone and fax of corresponding author.

Location & Presentations
The workshop will start at Automation center, with presentations by the finalists of Robotdalen Scientific Award. Lunch will be served at Restaurant Rosenhill at the campus of Mälardalen University. The SWAR ´09 participants will be given 20 minutes to present their research. The program will be posted here in the end of August.

Important Dates

Submissions due: July 5, 2009

Notification of acceptance: August 3, 2009

Camera ready abstracts due: August 23, 2009

Registration due: August 23, 2009

Workshop: September 8, 2009

Register by email to petra.edoff@mdh.se, including name, organization and diet requirements for lunch.

Organizer: Lars Asplund, MDH. Program committee: Petter Ögren, FOI (Chair); Karl Henrik Johansson, KTH; Patrick Doherty, Linköping University; Achim Lilienthal, Örebro University; Anders Robertsson, LTH; Anton Shiriaev, Umeå University.

Links:
Automation Center

How to get to the university

Accommodation in Västerås

The program of SWAR '09 can be found below

SWAR �09 Program

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