First International Workshop on Collective Robotics
La Cité des Sciences, Paris (France), July, 4- 5, 1998
Agents' World Context [updated]
Accepted Papers
Workshop Schedule [new]
Information on Registration and Accomodation [updated]
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
CRW is an attempt to foster DAI and intelligent robotics research by examining a wide range of technologies devoted to Collective Robotics.
Multiple-robot systems are becoming more and more significant in industrial, commercial and scientific applications. The number of robots currently being used in industrial projects is increasing fast. The rate of scientific and industrial development made way for the use of robots in many fields. However, until recently, most of the multiple-robot systems have been "fixed" systems without autonomously moving elements, and the design of such systems is generally approached with a central (hierarchical) controller in mind.
On the other hand, there is extensive research carried out simultaneously in many different research areas on autonomous mobile robots, and an increasing interest in this approach due to its applicability to various tasks such as space missions, operations in hazardous environments, or military operations. Problems that are being investigated include spatial coordination (such as path planning or obstacle avoidance), social organization (swarm-like colonies of robots, teamwork, cooperation techniques, etc.), innovative designs for autonomous robots and many more. All these researches can be grouped under the generic term Collective Robotics.
The main purpose of this interdisciplinary workshop is to emphasize the relationship between Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life and Robotics researches dedicated to (or which can be applied to) Collective Robotics. As a standard problem, Robotic Soccer will be highlighted, since the workshop is shared between ICMAS'98 (Third International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems) and PARIS'98 (the Robotic Soccer World Cups).
The tentative list of relevant subjects is (without being restricted to) :
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AGENTS' WORLD CONTEXT
CRW'98 is a key component of a comprehensive gathering of researchers interested in multi-agent systems in numerous settings. CRW'98 will be held simultaneously and on site with seven other international events (one conference, five workshops and one competition), namely :
The eight events of Agents' World will be held over 5 full days (July 3-4-6-7-8, 1998). A tutorial programme is offered the first day (July 3, 1998). More detailed information about Agent's World is available at : http://www-lipn.univ-paris13.fr/AgentsWorld.
Updated [29/05/98]: the list of Agents'World tutorials and invited speakers is available.
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Paper Submission to CRW | |
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection | |
Deadline for camera-ready version | |
Beginning of the Workshop | |
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The workshop proceedings will be available on-site for all the registered participants. The publisher is Springer-Verlag, in a "Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence" volume (#1456). The 13 following papers have been accepted for publication in this volume and for presentation at the workshop:
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INFORMATION
Update [10/06/98]: Information about grants and child care facilities is available.
Registration :
To register to Agents'World, please follow this link, download the registration form, and send it back to Wagons-Lits Evenements, the local organizer of the conference (by fax or surface mail, as indicated on the form).
Please note : If you participate in a RoboCup robotic team, please use the special registration form that can be downloaded from the RoboCup'98 registration page.
Accomodation :
A choice of hotel rooms and student accomodation is provided on the two registration forms and on the Agent's World homepage.
Alexis Drogoul, University of Paris 6, France, Alexis.Drogoul@lip6.fr
Co-chairs
Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan, fukuda@mein.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Milind Tambe, University of Southern California, USA, tambe@ISI.EDU
Program Committee
Hajime Asama, Riken Institute, Japan, asama@cel.riken.go.jp
Tucker Balch, Georgia Institute of technology, USA, tucker@cc.gatech.edu
Magnus Boman, Stockholm University, Sweden, mab@dsv.su.se
Silvia Coradeschi, Linköping University, Sweden, silco@ida.liu.se
Dominique Duhaut, University of Versailles-St-Quentin, France, ddu@robot.uvsq.fr
Christophe Dubreuil, SWS-Lab CGI, IBM, France, dubreuil.c@cgi.fr
Frederick Garcia, Station Biometrie et I.A., INRA, France, fgarcia@toulouse.inra.fr
Gal Kaminka, University of South California, USA, galk@isi.edu
Hiroaki Kitano, Sony CSL Tokyo, Japan, kitano@csl.sony.co.jp
Stacy Marsella, University of Southern California, USA, marsella@isi.edu
Jean-Arcady Meyer, AnimatLab, ENS, France, meyer@wotan.ens.fr
Robin Murphy, Colorado School of Mines, USA, rmurphy@mines.edu
Itsuki Noda, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Japan noda@etl.go.jp,
Michel Occello, IMAG, Univ. Grenoble II, France, Michel.Occello@imag.fr
John Perram, Odense University & AMROSE Ltd, Danmark, jperram@dit.ou.dk
Peter Stone, Carnegie-Mellon Univ., USA, Peter_Stone@zico.prodigy.cs.cmu.edu
Walter Van de Velde, Riverland Next Generation Res. Group , Belgium, wvdv@riv.be
Barry Werger, Brandeis University, USA, barry@cs.brandeis.edu
Shin'ichi Yuta, University of Tsukuba, Japan, yuta@is.tsukuba.ac.jp
Jean-Daniel Zucker, University of Paris 6, France, Jean-Daniel.Zucker@lip6.fr
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Europe and Africa
Alexis Drogoul, University of Paris 6
Alexis.Drogoul@lip6.fr
Pacific Rim and Asia
Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya University
fukuda@mein.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Americas
Milind Tambe, University of Southern California
tambe@ISI.EDU
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