2012 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications April 23-24, 2012, Greater Boston Area, USA ------------------------ Important Dates ------------------------ November 15, 2011: Submission of full papers January 15, 2012: Notification of acceptance February 15, 2012: Submission of final papers April 23-24, 2012: 4th Annual TePRA ---------------------- Call for Papers ---------------------- The 4th Annual IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA) will be held in the Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts, USA on April 23-24, 2012.. Past TePRA conferences featured leaders in the field as keynote speakers including Colin Angle (iRobot), Helen Greiner (CyPhy Works), Gill Pratt (DARPA DSO), Mike Rufo (Boston Engineering), Tom Ryden (Northend Technologies), Kevin Blankespoor (Boston Dynamics), Charles Remsberg (Hocoma), Barry L. Shoop (USMA), Jim Overholt (TARDEC), William Townsend (Barrett Technology). As an emerging robotics conference, past three TePRA programs included more than 100 technical paper presentations combined, robot demonstrations, student competitions sponsored by iRobot, panel sessions and exhibits. 2012 Plenary Speakers include: - Rob Maline, Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise - Mick Mountz, Kiva Systems - Jorgen Pedersen, RE2 - Dana Yoerger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The conference theme this year will be new technologies in robotics and automation and their practical applications. While papers are solicited in all related areas of robotics and automation, the conference tracks include: Robot Applications * Medical & Rehabilitation * Military & Security * Actuation & Manipulation * Consumer & Industrial * Best Practices and Experience Reports Robot Technologies * Robust and Reliable Robotics Technologies * Resource Aware Algorithms * Power & Communications * Sensing * Software Development Tools TePRA Conference Committee invites robotics researchers, developers, engineers, scientists and industry representatives to submit their contributions. Detailed instructions for paper submissions can be found on the conference website. Exhibit and demonstration opportunities are available. TePRA will also feature a college-level student robotics competition for which prizes will be awarded to top teams. More information can be found on the conference website. ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- --------------------------- Conference Chairs: --------------------------- Helen Greiner Founder and CEO, CyPhy Works Co-Founder, iRobot John Conrad IEEE Boston Section ------------------------------------- Technical Program Chairs: ------------------------------------- Michael A. Gennert Worcester Polytechnic Institute Taskin Padir Worcester Polytechnic Institute ------------------------------- Conference Secretary ------------------------------- Peter Meyer Independent Robotics Consultant -- Taskin Padir Assistant Professor Robotics Engineering Electrical& Computer Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute 100 Institute Rd., Worcester, MA 01609 Ph. +1-508-831-6427