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Important Dates
17
MAR
Submission of full-length papers (The deadline has passed)
07
APR
Proposals for Special Sessions & Tutorials/Workshops (Closed)
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IROS 2003 Advanced Program in a Glance

Sessions\Tracks

T 8:00-9:00

October 28, 2003, Tuesday

Plenary Talk: Robotics for Exploring Life

Prof. Dr. Brad Nelson
TAI 9:10-10:40 Tactile Sensing Aerial Vehicles Legged Robots Motion and Path Planning Learning Systems SLAM I Visual Tracking
Co-Chair Shigeki Sugano Paul Oh Roger Quinn Anthony Maciejewski Minoru Asada Nikos Papanikolopoulos Frank Dellaert
Co-Chair Shinichi Hirai Vijay Kumar Mark Spong Tsutomu Hasegawa Chrisopher Atkeson Dieter Fox Greg Hager
TAII 11:00-12:30 Cooperative Sensing Outdoor Vehicles Biped Walking Collision Avoidance Reinforcement Learning SLAM II Visual Servoing I
Co-Chair Minoru Asada Shigeo Hirose Milos Zefran Thierry Fraichard Manfred Huber Howie Choset Francois Chaumette
Co-Chair Camillo Taylor Taewon Kim Makoto Kaneko Beomhee Lee Ju-Jang Lee Sang-Rok Oh Ron Lumia
TPI 1:30-3:00 Sensor Applications Underwater Robots I Legged Locomotion Path Planning & Map Building Learning Control SLAM III Visual Servoing II
Co-Chair Kazuo Tanie Song Choi William Messner Lydia Kavraki Dong-Soo Kwon Woojin Chung Myung Jin Chung
Co-Chair Kok-Meng Lee Daniel Stillwell Hyoukryeol Choi Nancy Amato Pere Ridao Rodriguez Ian Walker Ron Lumia
TPII 3:20-4:50 Sensory Systems I Underwater Robots II Locomotion Robots Sensor-Based Planning Computational Intelligence Mobile Robot Localization I Robot Vision I
Co-Chair Camillo Taylor Taewon Kim Vijay Kumar Vladimir Lumelsky Kimon Valavanis Gaurav Sukhatme Warren Dixon
Co-Chair William R. Hamel Pino Casalino Yoky Matsuoka Manuela Veloso Sven Koenig Bumjae You Yiannis Aloimonos
TPIII 5:10-6:40 Sensory Systems II Internet Robots Humanoid Robots I Path Planning & Optimization Fuzzy & Neural Control Mobile Robot Localization II Robot Vision II
Co-Chair Yan-Bin Jia Ning Xi Hajime Asama Reid Simmons Simon Yang Sooyong Lee Christopher Smith
Co-Chair Xiaoping Yun Yoji Kuroda Seok-Han Lee Steven LaValle Philip Chen Roberto Manduchi Inso Kweon

W 8:00-9:00

October 29, 2003, Wednesday

Plenary Talk: How to Help People by Demining and Rescue Robots

Prof. Dr. Shigeo Hirose
WAI 9:10-10:40 Sensing for Mobile Platforms Biologically Inspired Robots Humanoid Robots II Trajectory Planning Architecture & Programming Mobile Robot Localization III Vision-Based Monitoring
Co-Chair Roberto Manduchi Yuan F. Zheng Toshio Fukuda Kevin Lynch Pere Ridao Rodriguez Roland Siegwart Eddie Grant
Co-Chair Beomhee Lee Gary B. Parker Kazuhito Yokoi Myung Jin Chung Sven Koenig Frank Dellaert Bruno Siciliano
WAII 11:00-12:30 3D Sensing Cellular and Modular Robots Humanoid Robots III Planning Algorithms Mobiligence (I) Multi-Robot Control & Localization Vision-based Control of Mobile Robots (I)
Co-Chair Kok-Meng Lee Alan Schultz Gordon Wyeth Jeal-Paul Laumond Hajime Asama Farshad Khorrami Noah Cowan
Co-Chair Gregory Dudek Mark Yim Peter Allen Keiji Nagatani Kuniaki Kawabata Maja Mataric Hong Zhang
WPI 1:30-3:00 Intelligent Environment (I) & Sensor Fusion Micro and Nano Robotic Systems I Humanoid Robots IV Task Allocation Actuator Systems I Multi-Robot Systems I Manufacturing Systems
Co-Chair Hideki Hashimoto Yuan Zhang Mark Spong Maria Gini Harry Asada Ronald Arkin Peter Luh
Co-Chair Tomomasa Sato Brad Nelson Maja Mataric Bumjae You Seok-Han Lee Wei-Min Shen Ken Goldberg
WPII 3:20-4:50 Mechanism Design Micro and Nano Robotic Systems II Humanoid Robots & Vision Mobility and Manipulation Actuator Systems II & Haptic Devices Multi-Robot Systems II Manufacturing and Service Automation (I)
Co-Chair Zexiang Li Byungkyu Kim Cecilia Laschi Munsang Kim Takashi Maeno Wolfram Burgard N. Viswanadham
Co-Chair Makoto Kaneko Ronald Fearing James Kuffner Oussama Khatib Jing Xiao Zhidong Wang Peter Luh
WPIII 5:10-6:40 Integrated MEMS Sensors and Actuators for Robotics Applications (I) Functionality from Integrated Nano-technologies (S) Imitation by Robots (I) Standardizing Robotics (I) Can Robots be Liberated from Fixed Configurations (I) Multi-Robot Systems III (I) Force-responsive Mechatronics in Industry (I)
Co-Chair Chang Liu Neal Shinn Tomomasa Sato Myron Hattig Wei-Min Shen Lynne Parker Wyatt Newman
Co-Chair Minfeng Yu Steve Brueck Eugenio Guglielmelli Gaurav Sukhatme Daniela Rus Alan Schultz David Gravel

R 8:00-9:00

October 30, 2003, Thursday

Plenary Talk: Multimodal Sensor Fusion in the Human Brain

Prof. Dr. Heinrich H. Bülthoff
RAI 9:10-10:40 Mobile Robot Design and Space Applications Medical Robots Service Robots Dexterous Hands Haptics I Sensing & Navigation Robot Control I
Co-Chair Paolo Fiorini Metin Sitti Munsang Kim Paolo Dario Allison Okamura Masahiro Tomono Ian A. Gravagne
Co-Chair Dieter Fox Max Meng Shin'ichi Yuta Xiaoping Yun Yasuyoshi Yokokohji Takashi Tsubouchi Il Hong Suh
RAII 11:00-12:30 Telerobotics Medical Robots & Personal Robots Rescue & Security Robots Dexterous Manipulation I Haptics II Vision-based Navigation Robot Control II
Co-Chair Mark Cutkosky Sunil Agrawal Howie Choset Jonathan Luntz Blake Hannaford Noah Cowan Koichi Osuka
Co-Chair Rajiv Dubey Fumihito Arai Robin Murphy Erwin Prassler Jing Xiao Alicia Casals John Wen
RPI 1:30-3:00 Space Robots Medical Robotics & Haptics Robots and Systems for Disaster Response I (I) Dexterous Manipulation II Human - Robot Cooperation Mapping & Exploration Compliant Motion Control
Co-Chair Paolo Fiorini Jaydev Desai Satoshi Tadokoro Ralph Hollis Bruno Siciliano Christian Laugier Rodney Roberts
Co-Chair Philip Chen Allison Okamura Yasuhiro Masutani Kazuhiro Kosuge Song Choi Gregory Dudek Sungchul Kang
RPII 3:20-4:50 Kinematics and Dynamics I Robot Assisted Surgery Robots and Systems for Disaster Response II (I) Grasping I Human-Robot Interaction Mobile Robot Navigation I Mobile Robot Control
Co-Chair Alessandro DeLuca Antti Koivo Satoshi Tadokoro Robert Howe Mark Cutkosky Gordon Lee Komoriya Kiyoshi
Co-Chair David Orin Russell Taylor Yasuhiro Masutani Ken Goldberg Yasushi Nakauchi Francesco Bullo Thomas C. Henderson
RPIII 5:10-6:55 Kinematics and Dynamics II Assistive Devices Entertainment and Intelligent Robots Grasping II Dynamic Simulation & Virtual Reality Mobile Robot Navigation II Mobile Motion Analysis and Control
Co-Chair Giacomo Marani Yoky Matsuoka Illah Nourbakhsh Maria Chiara Carrozza Mihai Anitescu Wan Kyun Chung Herbert Tanner
Co-Chair Il Hong Suh Glenn Wasson Kamal Gupta Jeff Trinkle Kazuhiro Kosuge Kostas Kyriakopoulos Sang-Rok Oh

(I) Invited Session; (S) Special Session

Note: Information in the Advanced Program is tentative and subject to change without notice, Please inform Program Chair of any correction for the Final Program.

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