Objective

As the flagship symposium of the International Foundation of Robotics Research (IFRR), this 17th edition of ISRR follows up on a long history of extraordinary meetings. The goal of the ISRR Symposia is to bring together active leading robotics researchers and pioneers from academia, government, and industry to assess and share their views and ideas about the state of the art in robotics, and to discuss promising new avenues for future research.
All participants are kindly asked to convey the single track and highly interactive spirit of ISRR and take part in all sessions so that a stimulating and dynamic discussion can be established.
Scientific interaction is the keyword of ISRR, and an interesting social program has been crafted to foster the richest discussion amongst participants in the most suitable conditions.

Symposium Format

The Symposium will be held in an informal setting with a limited number of participants to encourage close technical and personal interactions. During the four-day Symposium, approximately 45 papers will be presented. The meeting will be organized as a single-track meeting, and contributions that cover all aspects of robotics research are solicited.
Sessions will be organized in themes, and all sessions will provide ample opportunity for discussion. As in previous years, the proceedings of the Symposium will be published as a Springer STAR series book.
Attendance will be limited. Priority will be given to authors and invited participants.

Venue

The symposium will be held in Centro Congressi MediaTerraneo in SestriLevante (Genova), Italy, a beautiful village located on the Mediterranean Sea coast. Sestri Levante is easy to reach through Genova or Pisa.

Paper Solicitation

Papers representing authoritative reviews of established research areas as well as papers reporting on new areas and pioneering work are sought for presentation at the Symposium. In addition to the open call, a well selected number of leading researchers will be solicited to contribute by personal invitation.
A "Greatest Hits" session track will be introduced in ISRR'15. A selected number of research papers which have been selectedfor the mostprestigious awards in the last year will be invitedfor presentation. This will be a unique possibility to have a synoptic view of what the robotics community considers to be the best of robotics research, and put it in a larger context.

Submission Procedure

Each submission will be reviewed by members of the Symposium Program Committee. The quality of the papers and the related presentations are a central priority for ISRR. Authors new to ISRR are particularly encouraged to submit.
Submitted papers must follow theLaTeX format given by the template for the Springer STAR series proceedings. It is downloadable from the submission Web page. Papers may not exceed 16 pages in this format. All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format through the ISRR 2015 online submission system available at http://isrr.confmaster.net.