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             Workshop on Robot-based inspection systems and post-processing tools

                                         Vienna (Austria), September 8, 2020

                                   as part of the Technical Programme of the

IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
                                               (https://www.ieee-etfa.org/)

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IMPORTANT DATA:

Paper submission: June 5, 2020 (extended)
Submission length: 8 pages (double column, IEEE format)
Notification date: July 3, 2020
Submission of final manuscripts: July 10, 2020

COVID-19:

For up-to-date information, please refer to the COVID-19 page at ETFA website: https://www.ieee-etfa.org/2020/covid-19/

FOCUS:

Maintenance of industrial installations and facilities typically require from inspection tasks to be performed on a regular basis. Buildings, electrical towers, nuclear plants, ships, aircrafts, underwater installations, etc. need to be periodically inspected to ensure that they are in good condition for a normal operation. Nowadays, inspections are mostly performed by human surveyors who have to systematically examine the infrastructure according to well-stablished standards. Progress in mobile robotics has recently allowed for the development of more or less automated systems aiming at supporting these activities. Moreover, the industry is now in the process of incorporating this kind of systems into inspection processes as part of standard procedures.

TOPICS (not a closed list):

• Robotic assistants in inspection
  
• Control architectures for inspection
  
• Perception for inspection robotics
  
• Advanced sensors for inspection robots
  
• Navigation for inspection robots
  
• Multi-robot solutions for inspection
  
• Robot interaction with the environment and non-destructive testing
  
• Machine learning for inspection
  
• Post-processing and visualization tools for inspection
  
• Human-robot interaction for inspection
  
• Inspection applications and use cases involving robotic systems
  
• New paradigms and trends in robot-based inspection systems
  
• Performance assessment (including infrastructures for assessment, protocols, regulations, safety, etc.)

SUBMITTED PAPERS AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

• Papers are limited to 8 double column pages (IEEE format) and
  must comply with the ETFA guidelines regarding formatting (https://www.ieee-etfa.org/paper-submission/).
  
• Submissions must be submitted electronically in PDF format through the ETFA conference submission system.
  
• All contributions will be subject to blind peer review by independent experts in the field.
  
• Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop in order to be included in the
  ETFA conference proceedings available at IEEE Xplore.
  

ORGANIZERS:

Enrico Carrara, RINA Services s.p.a., Italy
Alberto Ortiz, University of the Balearid Islands, Spain

CONTACT INFORMATION:

email: alberto.ortiz@uib.es, enrico.carrara@rina.org
website: https://www.ieee-etfa.org/solicited-workshops/robot-based-inspection-systems-and-post-processing-tools/