Robotics Systems

Vehicle Technology

✔ Mechanisms and Design
✔ Robot Learning
✔ Control and Dynamics
✔ Planning, Manipulation
✔ Field Robotics
✔ Human-robot Interaction
✔ Robot Perception
✔ Multi-robot Systems
✔ Healthcare and Medical Robotics
✔ Biological Robotics
✔ Mobile Robotics

✔ Connected Vehicles
✔ Data Analytics
✔ Intelligent Transport Systems and Infrastructure
✔ Intelligent Vehicle Technologies
✔ Smart Mobility and Sustainable Transport Services

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✔ Mechanisms and Design
● Compliant and variable-stiffness mechanisms
● Design of hardware for open-source dissemination
● Design of robot systems incorporating novel mechanisms
● Materials and fabrication technologies as they relate to novel design and mechanism paradigms
● Mechanism synthesis
● Novel actuator technologies
● Novel transmission technologies
● Parallel mechanisms
● Parameter Selection and Sizing of Actuators
● Underactuated mechanisms
✔ Robot Learning
● Reinforcement learning
● Imitation learning and inverse reinforcement learning
● Model-free learning for decision-making
● Bio-inspired learning and control
● Probabilistic learning and representation of uncertainty in robotics
● Machine learning for system identification and control
● State estimation, localization and mapping
● Multimodal perception, sensor fusion, and computer vision
● Learning for human-robot interaction and natural language instruction processing
● Applications of robot learning in robot manipulation, navigation, driving, flight, and other areas of robotics
● Robot systems, hardware, and sensors for learning and data-driven approaches
✔ Control and Dynamics
● Dexterous Manipulation
● Locomotion
● Nonlinear Control
● Visual Servoing
✔ Planning, Manipulation
● Motion Planning
● Task Planning
● Coordination
● Complexity and Completeness
● Computational Geometry
● Simulation
● Contact Modeling
● Grasp Synthesis
● Assembly
● Force Control
● Manipulation Planning
✔ Field Robotics
● Underwater Robotics
● Aerial/Space Robotics
● Agricultural and Mining Robotics
✔ Human-robot Interaction
● Brain-Machine Interfaces
● Haptics
● Tactile Interfaces
● Telerobotics
● Human Augmentation
● Assistive Robots
● Social Robots
● Safe Interaction
● Robots and Art
✔ Robot Perception
● Vision
● Tactile and Force Perception
● Range Sensing
● Inertial and propreoceptive sensing
● Sensor Fusion
✔ Healthcare and Medical Robotics
● Robot-Assisted Procedures
● Smart Surgical Tools
● Rehabilitation Robotics
● Interventional Therapy
● Image-Guided Procedures
● Surgical Simulation
● Soft-Tissue Modeling
● Telesurgery
✔ Biological Robotics
● Biomimetic Robotics
● Robotic Investigation of Biological Science and Systems
● Neurobotics
● Prosthetics
● Robotics and Molecular Biology
✔ Mobile Robotics
● Mapping
● Localization
● Navigation
● SLAM
● Collision Avoidance
● Exploration

✔ Connected Vehicles
● Cooperative Driving and Traffic Management
● Connected Services
● Vehicle Telematics
● Vehicular Cloud Computing
● Mobility and the Internet of Vehicles
● Big Data and Vehicle Analytics
● V2V, V2I, V2X
● Vehicular Networks
● Security and Safety
● Communication Protocols
✔ Data Analytics
● Big Data & Vehicle Analytics
● Traffic Management Reporting Systems
● Decision Support Systems
● Visualisation Approaches
● Analytics for Intelligent Transportation
● Reporting Tools
● Analytics and Optimization
● User and Usage-Level Feedback
● Vehicle Information Systems
● Interaction Design for Analytics
● Usage Based Insurance
● Accident Analysis
● Fleet Telematics
✔ Intelligent Transport Systems and Infrastructure
● Big Data Analytics for Intelligent Transportation
● Public Transportation Management
● Intelligent Infrastructure and Guidance Systems
● Traffic Theory, Modeling, and Simulation
● Air, Road, and Rail Traffic Management
● Road Safety and Transport Security
● Real-Time Incident Detection
● Information Systems and Technologies
● Wireless Sensor Networks
● Geographic Information Systems
● Urban Mobility and Multimodal Transportation
● Congestion Management and Avoidance
● Supply Chain Management and Intelligent Transport
● Parking Management and Autonomous Valet Parking
✔ Intelligent Vehicle Technologies
● Driver Behavior Analysis
● Off the Road Vehicles
● Traffic and Vehicle Data Collection and Processing
● Navigation Systems
● Autonomous Vehicles and Automated Driving
● Vision and Image Processing
● Vehicle Environment Perception
● Pattern Recognition for Vehicles
● Cognitive and Context-Aware Intelligence
● Automotive Control and Mechatronics
● Accident Prevention
✔ Smart Mobility and Sustainable Transport Services
● Transport for People with Disabilities
● Electric Vehicles
● Smart Grid and V2G
● City Mobility and Ecodriving
● Systems Modeling and Simulation
● Mobility for Growth
● Automated Road Transport
● Transport Electrification
● Ride Hailing Services
● Novel Regulatory and Compliance Frameworks Related to Intelligent Transport
● Payment Systems and PayTech