The conference is soliciting state-of-the-art research papers in the following areas of interest:

• Mobile robotics

• Mining robotics

• Cellular Manufacturing

• Agile Manufacturing

• Concurrent Engineering

• Sensor development

• Sensors and Applications

• Distributed Control Systems

• Flexible Manufacturing Systems

• FMS Artificial Intelligence

• Humanoid robots, service robots

• Lean Manufacturing Logistics

• Machine Vision

• Management of Technology

• Manufacturing

• Rapid Prototype

• Operations Management

• Rescue, hazardous environments

• Modeling and Simulation Scheduling

• Robot intelligence and learning

• Robot vision and audition

• Robots and Automation

• Mechanical Systems Engineering

• Robotics and Mechanical Engineering

• Design for Manufacture and Assembly

• Sensor design, sensor fusion, sensor networks

• Sustainability, energy conservation, ecology 

• Universal design and services, ubiquitous robots and devices

• Human-robot interaction, semi-autonomous systems, telerobotics

• Nano/micro systems and applications, biological and medical applications

• Navigation, localization, manipulation

• Actuator design, robotic mechanisms and design, robot kinematics and dynamics

• Agriculture, construction, industrial automation, manufacturing process

• Automation and control systems, middleware

• Biomedical and rehabilitation engineering, welfare robotics and mechatronics