The 44th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR 2013) will be held during October 24~26, 2013 at KINTEX, Seoul, Korea. The purpose is to provide opportunities for various researchers and engineers worldwide to present their pioneering works and to share their ideas in the  elds of robotics. During the conference, signi cant progresses in all aspects of research, development, and applications will be covered and discussed in presentations and lectures together with other relevant events. ISR 2013 solicits original and state-of-theart contributions to the related topics with plenary and invited lectures, oral contributions, and posters