HUMANOIDS'06 - 2006 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots

Call for Papers 
The conference theme, Humanoid Companions, addresses specifically aspects of human-humanoid mutual understanding and co-development. 

Papers as well as suggestions for tutorials and workshops from academic and industrial communities and government agencies are solicited in all areas of humanoid robots. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Design and control of full-body humanoids
• Anthropomorphism in robotics (theories, materials, structure, behaviors)
• Interaction between life-science and robotics
• Human – humanoid interaction, collaboration and cohabitation
• Advanced components for humanoids (materials, actuators, portable energy storage, etc)
• New materials for safe interaction and physical growth
• Tools, components and platforms for collaborative research
• Perceptual and motor learning
• Humanoid platforms for robot applications (civil, industrial, clinical)
• Cognition, learning and development in humanoid systems
• Software and hardware architectures for humanoid implementation 

Instructions for submitting proposals for workshops and tutorials can be found on the Workshops/Tutorials page.

Proceedings 

The conference proceedings will be distributed in an electronic format, through CD-ROMs as part of the conference package, and through IEEE-Xplore. The papers must, thus, comply with the IEEE standard, see instructions below.
Poster Format 

Click on this link to see more information about the poster format.
Paper and Video Submission 

Papers should present accomplished pieces of work that abide by the usual scientific standard. They could also consist of reviews, summarizing in a tutorial style the state of the art in areas that are related to humanoid robotics or that can be expected to be of importance to the field in the future. 

Video submissions should present documentary-like report on a piece of valuable work, relevant to the humanoids community as a whole.

All submissions will be peer reviewed by an international program committe. Papers submitted to special sessions will follow the same review process as papers submitted to the regular session and will appear in the conference proceedings.
Paper Format:
Submitted papers MUST BE in Portable Document Format (PDF). NO OTHER FORMATS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Papers must be written in English. Six (6) camera-ready pages, including figures and references, are allowed for each paper. Up to two (2) additional pages are allowed for a charge of 80 euros for each additional page. Papers over 8 pages will NOT be reviewed/accepted.

Selected authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their article in a follow-up special issue of the International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (IJHR).

Templates for Paper Submissions:

Main specifications are as follows:

Paper Size US Letter (8.5 by 11 inches)
Text Height 9.25 inches
Text Width (2 columns) 7.25 inches
Top margin 0.75 inches
Bottom margin 1 inch
Side margins 0.625 inches
Column width 3.5 inches

Papers should NOT have page numbers, headers, and footers .

Page limit:

  • 6 pages for regular papers.
  • Up to two (2) additional pages are allowed at extra charge payment.
  • Over-length papers (more than 8 pages) will not be accepted.
  • Illustrations and references are also counted in the pages.

IEEE is very strict about the requirements for converting application files or PostScript files to full-text PDF for inclusion in IEEE Xplore®. Please follow the instructions in "IEEE PDF File Preparation Guide for IEEE Xplore" that describes the essential steps in distilling PDFs that meet the IEEE requirements.

The most important issue that every author shall pay attention to is to make sure that all the fonts used in your papers are EMBEDDED and SUBSETTED, especially for papers from Asia and Europe. The "IEEE PDF File Preparation Guide for IEEE Xplore" details the steps for you to check and to make sure that all fonts used are embedded and subsetted. Failure to embed and subset fonts is the biggest obstacle to PDF compliance with IEEE Xplore® and please make sure that your PDF files are compliant with IEEE Xplore®. Papers failing to meet the IEEE Xplore® PDF requirements will be rejected. That is why is essential to submit the PDF eXpress compliance email.

Video Format:
Video submissions should be in .avi or mpeg-4 format and should not exceed 5Mb.
All submissions will be peer reviewed by an international program committee.