Vision in robotics and automation;

Symbol mediated robot behavior control;

Sensory mediated robot behavior control;

Active sensory processing and control;

Industrial applications of autonomous systems;

Sensor modeling and data interpretation e.g. models and software for sensor data integration, 3D scene analysis, environment description and modeling, pattern recognition;

Robust techniques in AI and sensing e.g. uncertainty modeling, graceful degradation of systems;

Robot programming e.g. on-line and off-line programming, discrete event dynamical systems, fuzzy logic;

Multi-Robot and Multi-Agents, Cooperation and Collaboration;

CAD-based robotics e.g. CAD-based vision, reverse engineering;

Robot simulation and visualization tools;

Tele-operated and autonomous systems;

Micro electromechanical robots;

Robot modeling;

Robot control architectures;

Sensor-Motor control of Robots;

Robot planning, reasoning, communication, adaptation and learning;

Mechanical design;

Robotic Manipulators;

Robot soccer;

Evolutionary robotics;

Bio-Inspired robotics;

Robots for robotic surgery and rehabilitation;

Micro/nano robotics, new Devices and materials for robots;

Human Robot Interaction and Interfaces;

Education issues in Robotics;

Computing architectures;

Sensor Networks, architectures of embedded Hardware and software;

Self-Localization, Mapping and Navigation;

Multi-robot systems;

Aerial vehicles;

Autonomous vehicles;

Mobile robot platforms;

Service robots and entertainment robots;

Underwater robots;

Humanoids.