1. Vision in robotics and automation;

2. Symbol mediated robot behavior control;

3. Sensory mediated robot behavior control;

4. Active sensory processing and control;

5. Industrial applications of autonomous systems;

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

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

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

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

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

11. Robot simulation and visualization tools;

12. Tele-operated and autonomous systems;

13. Micro electromechanical robots;

14. Robot modeling;

15. Robot control architectures;

16. Sensor-Motor control of Robots;

17. Robot planning, reasoning, communication, adaptation and learning;

18. Mechanical design;

19. Robotic Manipulators;

20. Robot soccer;

21. Evolutionary robotics;

22. Bio-Inspired robotics;

23. Robots for robotic surgery and rehabilitation;

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

25. Human Robot Interaction and Interfaces;

26. Education issues in Robotics;

27. Computing architectures;

28. Sensor Networks, architectures of embedded Hardware and software;

29. Self-Localization, Mapping and Navigation;

30. Multi-robot systems;

31. Aerial vehicles;

32. Autonomous vehicles;

33. Mobile robot platforms;

34. Service robots and entertainment robots;

35. Underwater robots;

36. Humanoids.