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<div>Dear all,</div>
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<div>We are pleased to invite you to submit your contributions for the workshop “<b>Cooperative Autonomous Mobile Robots in Research and Industry</b>”, that will be held within the <b>European Robotics Forum 2024, 13-15 March 2024 in Rimini (Italy)</b>. Please,
find more info at the workshop website <a href="https://es.sonicurlprotection-fra.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202312141532370180918&URLID=2&ESV=10.0.19.7431&IV=C96A632BD00BC37FF03666A929338FBB&TT=1702567958622&ESN=q0FO%2BOgs6VAj8nvUtwICqivZNVlnWmuo6LmOGvehmrI%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cHM6Ly9ldmVudGkudW5pYm8uaXQvZXJmMjQtY29vcGVyYXRpdmUtYW1y&HK=836F1C8CFB7788EF0D9624DB189EA962BD0BA892BCF0CC215152F42672189FFE">
https://eventi.unibo.it/erf24-cooperative-amr</a> </div>
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<div><b><font size="2">AIM AND SCOPE</font></b></div>
<div>Material handling is a key step in several industrial manufacturing processes both in production and logistics. The introduction of multiple Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) aims at enhancing flexibility with respect to standard rigid production lines and
vehicle fleets. Moreover, cooperation among robots based on distributed computing combined with new control, optimization and AI approaches, represents a new frontier to advance the AMR capabilities. This workshop will show recent advancements in research
methods and toolboxes on cooperative autonomous mobile robots and link them to state of the art scenarios in industrial applications. The goal of the workshop is to promote interaction between researchers in mobile robotics and technology providers in the
area of AMRs to identify potential solution approaches for open challenges. By connecting a diverse set of stake holders, the workshop will suggest novel directions, e.g., based on distributed computing, to generalise current toolboxes and technologies.</div>
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<div><b><font size="2">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS</font></b></div>
<div><font color="#000000">In the workshop, we will host a roundtable discussion featuring keynote presentations from research and industry experts in the field, including:</font></div>
<div>- Lucia Pallottino — Full Professor at University of Pisa & Director of Centro di Ricerca "E. Piaggio”</div>
<div><font color="#000000">- Fabrizio Schiano — Research Fellow at Leonardo Labs, Leonardo S.p.A.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">- Ugo Rosolia — </font>Research Science Manager at Amazon (Final confirmation pending)</div>
<div>- Luigi Palmieri — Group leader at Bosch Research, Group Reinforcement Learning and Behavior Learning </div>
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<div><b><font size="2">INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS</font></b></div>
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<div>We welcome submissions in the following areas:</div>
<div>- Optimization and control for autonomous mobile robots</div>
<div>- Distributed optimization and control for multi-robot systems</div>
<div>- Machine learning for mobile robotics and multi-robot systems</div>
<div>- Toolboxes and Frameworks for mobile robotics and multi-robot systems</div>
<div>- Industrial applications of autonomous mobile robots</div>
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<div>The contributions (maximum 5 pages, single-column, in PDF format) must be submitted in standard Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics (SPAR) format with Latex and Word templates. The authors' guidelines for the preparation of contributions come with
templates. Accepted contributions will be published in the indexed Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics with Series Editors: Bruno Siciliano, Oussama Khatib.</div>
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<div><b><font size="2">IMPORTANT DATES</font></b></div>
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<div>Submission Deadline:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>
January 4, 2024 </div>
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<div>Acceptance Notification: Mid January, 2024 </div>
<div>Conference date:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>
March 13-15, 2024 </div>
<div>Workshop date:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>
March 13, 2024</div>
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<div>To submit a contribution, please fill the form on the workshop website.</div>
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<div>Kind regards,</div>
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<div>Giuseppe Notarstefano</div>
<div>Lorenzo Pichierri</div>
<div>Lorenzo Sforni</div>
<div>Andrea Testa</div>
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