Contributions related, but not limited, to the following topics of interest are welcome:

1. Research and Development
- modeling, planning and control
- mechanisms and kinematics
- calibration and identification
- benchmarking / experimental practices

2. Components & Technologies
-  vision / tactile / auditory sensors
- visual servoing and tracking
- actuators and controllers
- robot end-effectors / robot infrastructure

3. Robotics in Production / Industrial Robots
- assembly, handling, painting, machining, processing,logistics etc.
- robot programming and languages
- intelligent manufacturing systems
- safe human-robot-cooperation / cooperating robots
- new applications

4. Robotics in Service / Mobile Robotics
- home & office robotics
- SR for professional services
- rescue / surveillance / security / defence robotics
- assistance / rehabilitation / medical robotics
- educational and entertainment robotics
- exploration / space / aerial / underwater robotics

5. Robotics in New Markets & Applications
- food / pharmaceutical / biology robotics
- micro / nano robotics
- cognitive robotics / learning and adaptive systems / network and ubiquitous robotics
- biologically inspired robotics: humanoids / biomimetics / legged robots

6. Economic, Social, and Environmental Issues
- standards / safety / profitability / ergonomics / socio-economics / industrial engineering

Industrial papers related to applications and case studies are welcome.