IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO) aims at discussing advanced robotics R&D and its implications to economic and social systems. Participants will be world class robotic research scientists, investors and economists, as well as representatives of industry and government.

The workshop series started in Nagoya in year 2005, and traveled through Beijing (2006), Hsinchu (2007), Taipei (2008), Tokyo (2009), Seoul (2010), Half Moon Bay, CA (2011), Munich (2012), Tokyo (2013), Evanston (2014), and Lyon(2015).

ARSO’topics range from traditional Robotics technologies, innovation, socio-economic aspects, but also psychological and philosophical aspects of Human Robot Interaction. The workshop, ARSO’2016, will be held on July 8-10th in conjunction with the China International Robot Show (CIROS), CIROS’2016. The technical program of ARSO’2016 will include a free one day visit of the exhibition, CIROS’2016, and a half day technical session and a round table shared by ARSO.