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| The 23rd ISARC, “International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction 2006 (ISARC 2006)” will be held in Tokyo, from October 3 to 5, 2006. |
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ISARC 2006 has set “Robot Technology (RT) and Information Technology (IT) Guiding the Construction Industry” as its main topic, to promote modernization of building production systems and technical innovations of the construction robot field in construction industries in the world. |
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| The symposium is expected to have presentations on the current and future robot usage for construction activities, including robotic component, site & field application, planning, computerized management, environment issue, disaster prevention, safety recovery, renewal, and quick construction. |
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
1. Future Outlook on Construction Production |
(1) Robot and IT needs at construction sites
(2) Condition of construction robot development
(3) Effective use of design and construction information
(4) Robotized construction and design issues
(5) Planning and management technology for robots
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| 2. Planning and Management Technology |
(1) Economic analysis of construction robots
(2) Construction planning and management methods
(3) IT usage technology
(4) Computerized construction
(5) Knowledge engineering and AI use
(6) Virtual reality technology
(7) Logistics and CALS
(8) Quality and productivity of robotized construction |
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| 3. Robot Key Technology |
(1) Sensor and image processing
(2) End effector
(3) Teaching methods
(4) Remote control and autonomous distributed control
(5) Mobile robot
(6) Human interface
(7) Measurement and Diagnostics
(8) Information systems |
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| 4. New Areas and Fields |
(1) Environment-related IT and robot technology
(2) Disaster prevention-related IT and robot technology
(3) Safety recovery (humanitarian demining, disposal of munitions)
(4) Renewal (maintenance and repair)
(5) Rapid overpass construction |
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| 5. Applications |
(1) Underground walls and foundations
(2) Tunnel and dam construction
(3) Building construction
(4) Unmanned construction
(5) Marine construction
(6) Assembly, finishing, and service work
(7) Transporting and lifting
(8) Measurement and Inspection
(9) Renewal and demolition |
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| Paper submission guidelines |
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| The reviewing of papers is divided into two stages: Abstracts and full papers. |
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The author should write an abstract not exceeding two pages (approximately 300 to 500 English words) with the following information, and submit it in PDF format through the website. |
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Topic (from list or suggested) |
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Paper title |
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Author/speaker (if joint authors, the speaker’s name should be indicated by *) |
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Company/organization, department, position, address, telephone number, facsimile number, and e-mail address |
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Due date for submission of abstracts: February 28, 2006 (Abstracts MUST be received at the office by this date.) |
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Notification of acceptance or rejection will be made around April 2006. Authors of the accepted abstracts will be asked to provide full papers. |
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Due date for submission of full papers: May 31, 2006 (Papers MUST be received at the office by this date.)
Notification of acceptance or rejection will be made around July 2006. |
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Awards will be presented to the best papers. |
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| *Proceedings will be produced with an ISBN number. |
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| March 8, 2006: |
Due date for submission of abstracts |
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(Abstract submission has been closed.) |
| April 2006: |
Notification of acceptance or rejection |
| May 31, 2006: |
Due date for submission of full papers |
| July 2006: |
Notification of acceptance or rejection |
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