Contributed by : Wolfgang Schachner, on behalf of Prof. Peter Kopacek


                            FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and
                               CALL FOR PAPERS



International Federation of Automatic Control

WORKSHOP

Human-Oriented Design of Advanced Robotics Systems

(DARS '95)

September 19-20, 1995
Vienna, Austria


Institute for Handling Devices and Robotics
Technical University of Vienna
SPONSORED BY
IFAC    - International Federation of Automatic Control
IFAC    - TC on Social Impact of Automation (HAC)


COSPONSORED BY
IFAC - TC on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control (MIM)
IFAC - TC on Robotics (MIR)
IFAC - TC on Components and Instruments (MIC)
IFAC - TC on Low Cost Automation (MIL)
IFAC - TC on Advanced Manufacturing Technology (MIT)
IFAC - TC on Man-Machine Systems (SMM)
IFAC - TC on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (TVI)


INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (IPC)
Chairman:   T. Martin (D)
Members:
M. Armada (E)   H. van der Loos (USA)
T. Borangiu (RO) L. Martensson (S)
D. Brandt (D)   M. Nakamura ((J)
C. Buehler (D)  A. Ollero (E)
R. Carelli (ARG)  R, Probst (A)
P.J. Deasley (GB) U. Rembold (D)
W. Duechting (D)  T. Sato (J)
F. Emspak (USA) T. Sheridan (USA)
G. Fagerberg (S) R. Schraft (D)
J. Forslin (S)  H. Stassen (NL)
G. Giralt (F)   T. Tan (USA)
R. Goebl (A)    C. Willems (NL)
W. Gruver (CAN) T. Vamos (H)
A. Halme (SF)   R. van der Vorst (GB)
P. Kopacek (A)


NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (NOC)
Chairman:   P. Kopacek (A)
Members:        I. Nemetz (A)
        W. Schachner (A)
Workshop Editor:    P.Kopacek (A)


MAILING ADDRESS
Institute for Handling Devices and Robotics (E318)
Technical University of Vienna

Floragasse 7A
A-1040 Wien

Tel.: +43/1/ 504 18 35
Fax: +43/1/ 504 18 35 9
E-mail: dars@ihrt1.ihrt.tuwien.ac.at


CALL FOR PAPERS
Contributions to the topics mentioned are welcome. Five copies of the
abstract (approximately 400 words in English) should be received not later than
 April 1st, 1995



DEADLINES
Submission of abstracts:        1st April, 1995
Notification of acceptance:                 15th June, 1995
Submission of full papers:      15th August, 1995



COPYRIGHT
The material submitted for presentation at an IFAC meeting (symposium,
conference, workshop) must be original, not published or being considered
elsewhere. All papers accepted for presentation will appear in the Preprints
of the meeting and will be distributed to the participants.  Papers duly
presented will be archived and offered for sale, in the form of Postprint
volumes, by Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, UK. The presented papers will be
further screened for possible publication in the IFAC journals Automatica and
Control Engineering Practice, or in other, IFAC affiliated journals. The
abstracts of all presented papers will also appear in Control Engineering
Practice.  Copyright in material presented at an IFAC meeting is held by
IFAC. Authors will be sent a copyright transfer form. Automatica, Control
Engineering Practice and, after these, IFAC affiliated journals have priority
access to all presented contributions. However, if the author is not contacted
by an editor of these journals, within three months after the meeting, he/she
is free to re-submit the material for publication elsewhere. In this case, the
paper must carry a reference to the IFAC meeting where it was originally
presented. Authors in any doubt should consult the detailed IFAC Copyright
conditions available from the IFAC Secretariat.


SCOPE
Novel approaches for advanced robotics systems will be applied in the
industrial production and in many other areas in the near future. For the
employees to be able to work with these systems, new ergonomical, social and
cultural aspects must be considered. At the workshop, new aspects of design
and case studies shall be overviewed and discussed.

All possible application areas and environments will be focussed on, including
those that can dispense with human work for difficult activities in harsh,
demanding or dangerous environments.  Assistance for the disabled or
handicapped and new applications in the services sector are particularly
demanding.

The outlined design aspects should deal with

-) the system design, specifically of the man-machine interface, for
   autonomous, semi-autonomous and tele-operated mode and for tele-existence;

-) the organizational and social aspects with respect to the environment in
   which the system is embedded;
-) the cultural aspect due to different living and working traditions and
   conditions of the people involved;
-) the economic aspects.

Practical solutions (e.g. demonstrated with video) are preferred to purely
theoretical consideration.



LANGUAGE
English will be the official language.



DI Wolfgang SCHACHNER              ///   ///    ///   //////       ////////////
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Technical University Vienna      ///   ///    ///   ///     ///       ///
Institute for Handling Devices and Robotics  ///   ///     ///       ///
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Floragasse 7A                 ///   ///    ///   /// ///           ///
A-1040 Wien                  ///   ///    ///   ///   ///         ///
Tel.: ++43/1/ 504 18 35 20  ///   ///    ///   ///     ///       ///
Fax.: ++43/1/ 504 18 35 9  ///   ///    ///   ///       ///     ///

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