The Sino-European Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems (SEIROS’08) will be held at Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CQUPT), Chongqing, China from 11 to 13 December 2008. As part of academic activity of the China-EU Science and Technology Year (CESTY), the workshop aims to provide an international forum for worldwide researchers, engineers and professionals working in the areas of Intelligent Robots and Systems to discuss and exchange their findings, ideas and views. The workshop will focus on both theory and applications. In addition to the regular technical sessions, there will be plenary and invited sessions as well as social activities. Major topics of the workshop include, but not limited to the following areas. Advisory Committee Mike Brady, University of Oxford, U.K. Hegao Cai, Harbin Institute of Tech, China Liuting Chen, CQUPT, China Frans Groen, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jinzhao Lin, CQUPT, China Yinguo Li, CQUPT, China David Owens, University of Sheffield, U.K. Robert Parkin, Loughborough University, U.K. Youlun Xiong, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., China Program Committee Darwin Caldwell, Institute of Tech. in Genoa, Italy Patrick Garda, Univ. of Pierre et Marie Curie, France John Hallam, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Xinhan Huang, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., China Jeff Johnson, Open University, U.K. Zhu Li, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., China Zushu Li, Chongqing University, China Minrui Fei, Shanghai University, China Alessandro Saffiotti, Örebro University, Sweden Lakmal Seneviratne, King's College London, U.K. Lining Sun, Harbin Institute of Tech., China Zengqi Sun, Tsinghua University, China Min Tan, Institute of Automation, China Kui Yuan, Institute of Automation, China Organizing Committee Yi Chai, Chongqing University, China Dongbin Huang, ETH, Switzerland Liang Gao, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., China Ping Wang, CQUPT, China Yuhui Qiu, Southwest University, China Xiangdong Hu, CQUPT, China Zhongyu Wang, Beihang University, China De Xu, Institute of Automation, China Junwei Zhao, Henan Polytechnic University, China