Call for Papers
Special Session - SS07. Safe Human-Robot Collaboration
22nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies
And Factory Automation (ETFA 2017)
September 12-15, 2017, Limassol, Cyprus
http://www.etfa2017.org
The special session is promoted within the FourByThree project
(http://www.fourbythree.eu/ - FoF H2020) and is organized in synergy
within the “Track 7 - Intelligent Robots & Systems” of ETFA 2017.
Industrial robots have previously demonstrated their excellence in
industrial applications requiring dexterity, accuracy and efficiency.
This is especially the case for large production batches, repetitive
operations, and risky or unpleasant working conditions. However, when
collaboration between robots and workers is required, including working
in a shared space, it is often not feasible to use standard robots due
to safety concerns. Safe robotic products have appeared on the market,
but they lack flexibility (e.g., in terms of possible physical
configurations) or are often prohibitively expensive. Furthermore,
currently available collaborative robots are offered as isolated
products. They are limited by fixed, rigid programming mechanisms, and
do not come with integrated, rich perception capabilities or adequate
responsive behaviours.
This special session aims to gather contributions in human-robot
collaboration that respond to the challenge of creating new technologies
and robotic solutions based on innovative hardware and software
enforcing efficiency and safety. Such solutions should address real
industrial needs providing suitable applications in possible human-robot
scenarios in a given workplace without physical fences, i.e.,
coexistence (human and robot conduct independent activities) and
collaboration (they work collaboratively to achieve a given goal).
This special session will be focusing on (but not limited to) the
following topics:
• How safe are today's robots to allow human-robot interaction in shared
workspaces?
• What are the best technologies currently available to achieve safe robots?
• Human perspective (including trust towards and acceptance of robotic
systems);
• How can planning and scheduling be applied to the safe human-robot
interaction problem?
• What role do validity, verification and dependability play in safe
human-robot interactions?
• Long-term autonomy in human-robot collaborative scenarios;
Submission of Papers: The working language of the conference is English.
Papers are limited to 8 double column pages in a font no smaller than 10
points. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in PDF format,
according to the instructions contained in the Conference web site.
Paper Acceptance: Each accepted paper must be presented at the
conference by one of the authors. The final manuscript must be
accompanied by a registration form and a registration fee payment proof.
All conference attendees, including authors and session chairpersons,
must pay the conference registration fee, and their travel expenses.
No-show Policy: The ETFA2017 Organizing Committee reserves the right to
exclude a paper from distribution after the conference at IEEE Xplore if
the paper is not presented at the conference.
Author’s Schedule:
Deadline for submission of special sessions papers: April 9, 2017
Notification of acceptance of special sessions papers: May 15, 2017
Deadline for submission of final manuscripts – special sessions:
July 2, 2017
Special Session Organizers
Amedeo Cesta, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISTC)
Iñaki Maurtua, IK4-TEKNIKER
AndreA Orlandini, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISTC)
Nicola Pedrocchi, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ITIA)
Stefania Pellegrinelli, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ITIA)
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AndreA Orlandini PhD
National Research Council of Italy
Institute for Cognitive Science and Technology
Phone: +39-06-44595-223 E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Fax: +39-06-44595-243 Url: http://www.istc.cnr.it/group/pst
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