The IEEE ROBIO 2008 conference will take place from December 14 to 17, 2008 at the Imperial Queen's Park Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme of Robio 2008 is "Information Technology Enabled Robotics and Biomimetics", reflecting the ever growing interests in research, development and applications in the dynamic and exciting areas of robotics and biomimetics. Bangkok is an exciting and fast growing city with business, entertainment and shopping areas. ROBIO 2008 promises to be a great event for researchers and scholars in robotics and biomimetics areas, with attractive technical and social programs. The ROBIO 2008 conference invites high quality original research and development papers in all areas related to robotics, biomimetics and related topics. The TOPICS covered by the conference are but not limited to:

# Robotics
# Mechatronics
# Vision
# Signal Processing
# Sensing and Measurement
# Emerging Technologies
# Biomimetics
# Control
# Automation
# Power Electronics
# Computational Intelligence


Contributed Papers: Original papers are solicited in all related areas of robotics and biomimetics. Full papers must be submitted in PDF format prepared strictly following the IEEE PDF Requirements for Creating PDF Documents for the IEEE Xplore®. For detailed format information, please visit the paper submission page which will be avaliable soon.

All accepted papers will be indexed by EI and included in IEEE Xplore®.

Oral and Poster Presentation: There are two categories of paper presentations: oral and poster. The desired category can be selected at submission but there is no difference in the review process and the inclusion in IEEE Xplore® and EI. Posters will be presented during a specially designated session at the Conference. If a paper is selected to be presented in a poster session, an electronic file of the poster has to be submitted along with the final version of the manuscript. The Conference will provide printing services for all posters.

Best Paper Competition: All submitted papers will be included in the evaluation for the Best Conference Paper and Best Student Paper Competitions. In addition, the Best Poster will also be awarded.

Tutorials & Workshops: Proposals for tutorials and workshops addressing new topics in robotics and biomimetics are invited for submission to the T/W Chairs.

Tour Packages: Tourist packages to Bangkok attractions will be available.


Important Dates

July 21, 2008: Submission of original PDF full papers & video clips

July 21, 2008: Submission of proposals for tutorials & workshops

October 1, 2008: Notification of paper, video clip and T/W acceptance

October 20, 2008: Submission of final IEEE PDF papers & video clips