The 6th IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM) will be held, together with the the 6th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS), under the official umbrella of the inaugural IEEE conferences on CIS & RAM, from Saturday to Monday, November 12-15, 2013 at Manila, Philippines. The goal of the RAM 2013 is to bring together experts from the field of robotics, automation and mechatronics to discuss on the state-of-the-art and to present new research findings and perspectives of future developments with respect to the conference themes.