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Manufacturing</p> <p>Computer Vision for Automation</p> <p>Computer Vision for Manufacturing</p> <p>Computer Vision for Medical Robotics</p> <p>Computer Vision for Transportation</p> <p>Constrained Motion Planning</p> <p>Contact Modeling</p> <p>Continual Learning</p> <p>Control Architectures and Programming</p> <p>Cooperating Robots</p> <p>Cyber-physical Production Systems and Industry 4.0</p> <p>Cyborgs</p> <p>Data Analytics for Manufacturing and Logistics Systems</p> <p>Data Sets for Robot Learning</p> <p>Data Sets for Robotic Vision</p> <p>Data Sets for SLAM</p> <p>Datasets for Human Motion</p> <p>Deep Learning for Visual Perception</p> <p>Deep Learning in Grasping and Manipulation</p> <p>Deep Learning Methods</p> <p>Demining Systems</p> <p>Design and Human Factors</p> <p>Developmental Robotics</p> <p>Dexterous Manipulation</p> <p>Disassembly</p> <p>Discrete Event Dynamic Systems</p> <p>Distributed Robot Systems</p> <p>Domestic Robotics</p> <p>Dual Arm Manipulation</p> <p>Dynamics</p> <p>Education Robotics        </p> <p>Embedded Systems for Robotic and Automation</p> <p>Embodied Cognitive Science</p> <p>Emotional Robotics</p> <p>Energy and Environment-Aware Automation</p> <p>Engineering for Robotic Systems</p> <p>Environment Monitoring and Management</p> <p>Epigenetic Robotics</p> <p>Ethics and Philosophy</p> <p>Evolutionary Robotics</p> <p>Factory Automation</p> <p>Failure Detection and Recovery</p> <p>Field Robots</p> <p>Flexible Robotics</p> <p>Force and Tactile Sensing</p> <p>Force Control</p> <p>Formal Methods in Robotics and Automation</p> <p>Foundations of Automation</p> <p>Gesture, Posture and Facial Expressions</p> <p>Grasping</p> <p>Grippers and Other End-Effectors</p> <p>Haptics and Haptic Interfaces</p> <p>Hardware-Software Integration in Robotics</p> <p>Health Care Management</p> <p>Human and Humanoid Motion Analysis and Synthesis</p> <p>Human Detection and Tracking</p> <p>Human Factors and Human-in-the-Loop</p> <p>Human Performance Augmentation</p> <p>Human-Aware Motion Planning</p> <p>Human-Centered Automation</p> <p>Human-Centered Robotics</p> <p>Humanoid and Bipedal Locomotion</p> <p>Humanoid Robot Systems</p> <p>Human-Robot Collaboration</p> <p>Human-Robot Teaming</p> <p>Hybrid Logical/Dynamical Planning and Verification</p> <p>Hydraulic/Pneumatic Actuators</p> <p>Imitation Learning</p> <p>Incremental Learning</p> <p>Industrial Robots</p> <p>In-Hand Manipulation</p> <p>Integrated Planning and Control</p> <p>Integrated Planning and Learning</p> <p>Intelligent and Flexible Manufacturing</p> <p>Intelligent Transportation Systems</p> <p>Intention Recognition</p> <p>Inventory Management</p> <p>Kinematics</p> <p>Learning Categories and Concepts</p> <p>Learning from Demonstration</p> <p>Learning from Experience</p> <p>Legged Robots</p> <p>Localization</p> <p>Logistics</p> <p>Long term Interaction</p> <p>Machine Learning for Robot Control</p> <p>Machine Tools and Machining</p> <p>Manipulation Planning</p> <p>Manufacturing Data Processing</p> <p>Manufacturing, Maintenance and Supply Chains</p> <p>Mapping</p> <p>Marine Robotics</p> <p>Materials Handling</p> <p>Mechanism Design</p> <p>Medical Robots and Systems</p> <p>Methods and Tools for Robot System Design</p> <p>Micro/Nano Robots</p> <p>Mining Robotics</p> <p>Mobile Manipulation</p> <p>Model Learning for Control</p> <p>Modeling and Simulating Humans</p> <p>Modeling, Control, and Learning for Soft Robots</p> <p>Motion and Path Planning</p> <p>Motion Control</p> <p>Multi-Contact Whole-Body Motion Planning and Control</p> <p>Multifingered Hands</p> <p>Multi-Modal Perception for HRI</p> <p>Multi-Robot SLAM</p> <p>Multi-Robot Systems</p> <p>Nanomanufacturing</p> <p>Natural Dialog for HR</p> <p>Natural Machine Motion</p> <p>Networked Robots</p> <p>Neural and Fuzzy Control</p> <p>Neurorobotics</p> <p>Nonholonomic Mechanisms and Systems</p> <p>Nonholonomic Motion Planning</p> <p>Object Detection, Segmentation and Categorization</p> <p>Omnidirectional Vision</p> <p>Optimization and Optimal Control</p> <p>Parallel Robots</p> <p>Passive Walking</p> <p>Path Planning for Multiple Mobile Robots or Agents</p> <p>Perception for Grasping and Manipulation</p> <p>Perception-Action Coupling</p> <p>Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking</p> <p>Petri Nets for Automation and Control</p> <p>Physical Human-Robot Interaction</p> <p>Physically Assistive Devices</p> <p>Planning under Uncertainty</p> <p>Planning, Scheduling and Coordination</p> <p>Probabilistic Inference</p> <p>Probability and Statistical Methods</p> <p>Process Control</p> <p>Product Design, Development and Prototyping</p> <p>Product Design, Development and Prototyping</p> <p>Production Management</p> <p>Production Planning and Scheduling</p> <p>Productivity</p> <p>Prosthetics and Exoskeletons</p> <p>Range Sensing</p> <p>Reactive and Sensor-Based Planning</p> <p>Recognition</p> <p>Redundant Robots</p> <p>Rehabilitation Robotics</p> <p>Reinforcement Learning</p> <p>Representation Learning</p> <p>RGB-D Perception</p> <p>Robot Audition</p> <p>Robot Companions</p> <p>Robot Safety</p> <p>Robotics and Automation in Agriculture and Forestry</p> <p>Robotics and Automation in Construction</p> <p>Robotics and Automation in Life Sciences</p> <p>Robotics in Hazardous Fields</p> <p>Robotics in Under-Resourced Settings</p> <p>Robust/Adaptive Control</p> <p>Safety in HRI</p> <p>Search and Rescue Robots</p> <p>Semantic Scene Understanding</p> <p>Semiconductor Manufacturing</p> <p>Semiconductor Manufacturing</p> <p>Sensor Fusion</p> <p>Sensor Networks</p> <p>Sensor-based Control</p> <p>Sensorimotor Learning</p> <p>Service Robotics</p> <p>Simulation and Animation</p> <p>SLAM</p> <p>Social HRI</p> <p>Soft Robot Applications</p> <p>Soft Robot Materials and Design</p> <p>Soft Sensors and Actuators</p> <p>Software Architecture for Robotic and Automation</p> <p>Software Tools for Benchmarking and Reproducibility</p> <p>Software Tools for Robot Programming</p> <p>Software, Middleware and Programming Environments</p> <p>Software-Hardware Integration for Robot Systems</p> <p>Space Robotics and Automation</p> <p>Surgical Robotics: Laparoscopy</p> <p>Surgical Robotics: Planning</p> <p>Surgical Robotics: Steerable Catheters/Needles</p> <p>Surveillance Robotic Systems</p> <p>Sustainable Production and Service Automation</p> <p>Swarm Robotics</p> <p>Task and Motion Planning</p> <p>Task Planning</p> <p>Telerobotics and Teleoperation</p> <p>Tendon/Wire Mechanism</p> <p>Touch in HRI</p> <p>Transfer Learning</p> <p>Underactuated Robots</p> <p>View Planning for SLAM</p> <p>Virtual Reality and Interfaces</p> <p>Vision-Based Navigation</p> <p>Visual Learning</p> <p>Visual Servoing</p> <p>Visual Tracking</p> <p>Visual-Inertial SLAM</p> <p>Wearable Robotics</p> <p>Wheeled Robots</p> <p>Whole-Body Motion Planning and Control</p> <div></div> <h3> </h3> <br /> <h2 style="padding-left: 30px;"><a id="subject"></a>By subject area:<br /><br /></h2> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">(Note: Subject areas are provided for convenience; they are not strict definitions.)</p> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Aerial and Field Robotics</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Aerial Systems: Applications</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Aerial Systems: Mechanics and Control</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Aerial Systems: Perception and Autonomy</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Demining Systems</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Field Robots</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Marine Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Mining Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Space Robotics and Automation</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Applications</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Agricultural Automation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Art and Entertainment Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Automation Technologies for Smart Cities</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Building Automation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Education Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Energy and Environment-Aware Automation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Environment Monitoring and Management</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Industrial Robots</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Intelligent Transportation Systems</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Product Design, Development and Prototyping</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Robotics and Automation in Agriculture and Forestry</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Robotics and Automation in Construction</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Robotics and Automation in Life Sciences</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Robotics in Hazardous Fields</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Robotics in Under-Resourced Settings</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Search and Rescue Robots</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Surveillance Robotic Systems</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit;">Autonomy for Mobility and Manipulation</span></strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Agent-Based Systems</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">AI-Based Methods</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">AI-Enabled Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Autonomous Agents</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Behavior-Based Systems</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Control Architectures and Programming</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Deep Learning in Grasping and Manipulation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Mobile Manipulation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Object Detection, Segmentation and Categorization</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Perception for Grasping and Manipulation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Reactive and Sensor-Based Planning</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Semantic Scene Understanding</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Software, Middleware and Programming Environments</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Cognitive Robotics</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Cognitive Control Architectures</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Cognitive Modeling</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Developmental Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Embodied Cognitive Science</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Epigenetic Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Evolutionary Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Learning from Experience</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Neurorobotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Perception-Action Coupling</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Human-Centered Robotics and Automation</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Brain-Machine Interfaces</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Haptics and Haptic Interfaces</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Human Factors and Human-in-the-Loop</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Human Performance Augmentation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Human-Centered Automation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Human-Centered Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Physically Assistive Devices</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Telerobotics and Teleoperation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Virtual Reality and Interfaces</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Wearable Robotics</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Human-Robot Interaction</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Acceptability and Trust</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Design and Human Factors</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Emotional Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Gesture, Posture and Facial Expressions</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Human Detection and Tracking</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Human-Aware Motion Planning</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Human-Robot Collaboration</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Human-Robot Teaming</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Intention Recognition</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Long term Interaction</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Multi-Modal Perception for HRI</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Natural Dialog for HRI</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Physical Human-Robot Interaction</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Robot Companions</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Safety in HRI</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Social HRI</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Touch in HRI</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Humanoids and Animaloids</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Body Balancing</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Climbing Robots</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Cyborgs</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Datasets for Human Motion</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Human and Humanoid Motion Analysis and Synthesis</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Humanoid and Bipedal Locomotion</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Humanoid Robot Systems</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Legged Robots</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Modeling and Simulating Humans</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Multi-Contact Whole-Body Motion Planning and Control</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Natural Machine Motion</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Passive Walking</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Whole-Body Motion Planning and Control</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Localization and Mapping</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Audio-Visual SLAM</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Data Sets for SLAM</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Localization</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Mapping</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Multi-Robot SLAM</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Range Sensing</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">SLAM</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">View Planning for SLAM</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Visual-Inertial SLAM</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Automation and Logistics</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Discrete Event Dynamic Automation Systems</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Factory Automation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Foundations of Automation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Health Care Management</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Intelligent and Flexible Manufacturing</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Inventory Management</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Logistics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Manufacturing, Maintenance and Supply Chains</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Petri Nets for Automation Control</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Planning, Scheduling and Coordination</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Sustainable Production and Service Automation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Task Planning</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Computer Integrated Manufacturing</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Production Management</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Production Planning and Scheduling</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Productivity</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Materials Handling</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Data Analytics for Manufacturing and Logistics Systems</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Additive Manufacturing</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Cyber-physical Production Systems and Industry 4.0</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Semiconductor Manufacturing</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>AI and Machine Learning in Manufacturing and Logistics Systems</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Manipulation and Grasping</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Bimanual Manipulation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Contact Modeling</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Dexterous Manipulation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Dual Arm Manipulation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Grasping</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Grippers and Other End-Effectors</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">In-Hand Manipulation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Manipulation Planning</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Multifingered Hands</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Manufacturing, Process, and Service Automation</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Assembly</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Autonomous Vehicle Navigation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Compliant Assembly</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Disassembly</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Domestic Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Force and Tactile Sensing</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Process Control</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Service Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;">Automated Manufacturing Systems</td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;">Machine Tools and Machining</td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;">Manufacturing and Data Processing</td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;">Collaborative Robots in Manufacturing</td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;">Product Design, Development and Prototyping</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Mechanisms, Design, and Control</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Actuation and Joint Mechanisms</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Compliance and Impedance Control</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Compliant Joints and Mechanisms</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Failure Detection and Recovery</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Force Control</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Hydraulic/Pneumatic Actuators</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Mechanism Design</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Model Learning for Control</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Motion Control</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Neural and Fuzzy Control</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Redundant Robots</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Robot Safety</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Robust/Adaptive Control</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Tendon/Wire Mechanism</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Medical and Rehabilitation</strong></h3> <table style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tbody style="padding-left: 30px;"> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Medical Robots and Systems</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 60px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Prosthetics and Exoskeletons</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 60px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Rehabilitation Robotics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 60px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Surgical Robotics: Laparoscopy</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 60px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Surgical Robotics: Planning</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 60px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Surgical Robotics: Steerable Catheters/Needles</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Micro, Nano, and Biomimetic Systems</strong></h3> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p style="padding-left: 60px;">Additive Manufacturing</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p style="padding-left: 60px;">Automation at Micro-Nano Scales</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 60px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Biological Cell Manipulation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 60px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Biologically-Inspired Robots</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 60px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Biomimetics</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 60px;"> <td style="padding-left: 60px;"> <p>Micro/Nano 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<tbody> <tr> <td> <p style="padding-left: 60px;">Big Data in Robotics and Automation</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Bioinspired Robot Learning</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Continual Learning</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Data Sets for Robot Learning</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Deep Learning Methods</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Imitation Learning</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Incremental Learning</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding-left: 30px;"> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p 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