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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Dear colleagues,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">We are very pleased to invite you to the Special Session “<b>Visual and Haptic Cues for Physical Human-Robot Interaction and Co-Manipulation
</b>(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">code</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"> u7526</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">) organized
within the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2023
</span><a href="https://es.sonicurlprotection-fra.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202302201730200244869&URLID=8&ESV=10.0.19.7431&IV=A539B53DAEC0AD26C7DA883A2C4F1CF0&TT=1676914222421&ESN=gjcJJAXiCTS1iWQP4v8rcPnRXkPDlr%2BdgOgnWhNd8Ao%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cDovL3JvLW1hbjIwMjMub3JnLw&HK=55DF91BA6569E5A925960FDC50685234F0B617F55DE178CC9AAB8C8C2B8FAD68"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://ro-man2023.org/</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">) and will be held both in-person and online
at Paradise Hotel in Busan, South Korea from August 28 to 31, 2023.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">The scope of this special session is to attract state-of-the-art articles on innovative approaches to the use of haptic and visual cues for human-robot interaction and co-manipulation,
highlighting the importance of sensory feedback on human and robot sides.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US">Visuo-tactile feedback for assistive and collaborative robots<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US">Human guidance visual-haptic algorithms and interfaces</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US">Tactile-based human/robot intention estimation and role arbitration</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US">Human-robot co-manipulation and object handover<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Collaborative transportation of large objects<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US">Visual and haptic cues for teleoperated robots <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US">Design and development of visuo-tactile interfaces</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Human-subjects experimental studies <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US">Safety and awareness in remote environments <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US">Haptics and vision for virtual/augmented/extended reality<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US">Applications of visuo-tactile cueing methods</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Please find the full call for papers for the Special Session here:
</span><a href="https://es.sonicurlprotection-fra.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202302201730200244869&URLID=6&ESV=10.0.19.7431&IV=C272B9EA8D53BD5A658FD9FB0572933E&TT=1676914222420&ESN=OQdJB0Yi3In00WEt2H0DockTlXWaXpuRgBeX7eUfPHs%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cHM6Ly90aW55dXJsLmNvbS9waHJpLXNlc3Npb24tcm9tYW4yMw&HK=4989D9F4065B1ABDFC7AC6688465A741911101D98B3796F775E4BC9978EA1574"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://tinyurl.com/phri-session-roman23</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Important dates (UTC Time Standard):</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start:48px" type="disc">
<li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US">Initial Paper Submission Deadline: March 17, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
Notification of Acceptance: May 26, 2023<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
Final Paper Submission: June 30, 2023<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Marco Costanzo, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy (<a href="mailto:marco.costanzo@unicampania.it">marco.costanzo@unicampania.it</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Mario Selvaggio, University of Naples Federico II, Italy (<a href="mailto:mario.selvaggio@unina.it">mario.selvaggio@unina.it</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Claudio Pacchierotti, CNRS, Univ Rennes, IRISA, Inria, France (<a href="mailto:claudio.pacchierotti@irisa.fr">claudio.pacchierotti@irisa.fr</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Marco Ferro, CNRS, Univ Rennes, IRISA, Inria, France (<a href="mailto:marco.ferro@irisa.fr">marco.ferro@irisa.fr</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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