<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please accept our apologies in the event of multiple receptions.</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please send it to interested colleagues and students.</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>========================================</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">We are all invited to contribute to the <b>19th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-19)</b>, which will be held in <b>Genoa, Italy, from June 30 to July 4, 2025</b>.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">========================================</span><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Since the first edition in 1985, IAS has been a venue for original, novel, and innovative papers with a theoretical or experimental flavour. For IAS-19, we look for papers centred around the theme “<b>Ethical, Responsible, and Inclusive Robotics</b>”.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">All contributed papers will go through a rigorous peer-review process, which will be managed by Editors, Associated Editors, and Reviewers. Each manuscript will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. If a paper will be accepted, the authors should submit a revised final version reflecting reviewers’ comments and present their paper orally and in presence.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">All accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings, and a post-proceedings book will be published by Springer, as is customary for IAS conferences. A limited number of authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for a special issue of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, published by Elsevier.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Updates on <a href="https://es.sonicurlprotection-fra.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202412281516130250147&URLID=5&ESV=10.0.28.7941&IV=3220CFB9A9BF1CCF66BB5B9804EEB635&TT=1735398975841&ESN=hAAnaabTNjR9WoTZaDKAVHHZJCLeQ5nsw%2F%2FB7dNHtgs%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pYXMtMTkub3Jn&HK=C6F6F36618986FA6C9B82672F782EDEAC7A4A26E6B20ADA10CE3C6B965D0E6F6">www.ias-19.org</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Important dates</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">15/2/2025 > Deadline for papers submission        <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">15/4/2025 > Papers acceptance notification        </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">15/5/2025 > Papers final submission        </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-GB">CONFIRMED: Plenary speakers</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Tomaso A. Poggio, Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Yoshihiko Nakamura, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-GB">CONFIRMED: Keynote speakers</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Arash Ajoudani, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Perla Maiolino, University of Oxford</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">========================================</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Mobile Robots Collaborative Robots/Cobots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Robots for Industry 4.0</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Household Robots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Humanoid Robots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Climbing Robots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Outdoor and Field Robots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Autonomous Vehicles</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Healthcare Robots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Flying Robots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">On-Water/Underwater Robots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Robot Swarms</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Biomimetic Robots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Long-Term Autonomous Systems</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Intelligent Machines</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Cognitive Architectures for Robots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Human-Robot-Interaction</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Software Architectures for Robots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Cloud Robotics</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Robot Vision</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Tactile Sensing</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Intelligent Sensors and Systems</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Neuromorphic Sensing</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Semantic Modelling</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Data Fusion and Machine Learning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Obstacle Avoidance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Localization and SLAM</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Knowledge Representation and Reasoning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Planning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Task-Motion Planning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Robot Foundation Models</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Vision and Language Models</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Robot Simulations</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Mechatronics for Intelligent Systems</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--</span><br></p></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div>---------------------------------------------------</div><div>Silvia Rossi, PhD</div><div>University of Naples "Federico II" - ITALY</div><div>tel: +39 081 679983 - fax: +39 081 679967</div><div>email: <a href="mailto:silvia.rossi@gmail.com" target="_blank">silvia.rossi@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="https://es.sonicurlprotection-fra.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202412281516130250147&URLID=2&ESV=10.0.28.7941&IV=4368EC14DFB05BF5F0431171AA984D4B&TT=1735398975841&ESN=R27T3mifRCpkEaepNgnugRuEQbs4ttEFIOuWnYGCvJ8%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cDovL3Blb3BsZS5uYS5pbmZuLml0L35zcm9zc2k&HK=09A39C867051E76C6FFB8CEC7CFF54C27647D28DDC0CFE934BB92443A88B53AE" target="_blank">http://people.na.infn.it/~srossi</a></div></div></div>