18th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference
The University of Surrey hosted the 18th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference from the 19 - 21 July 2017.
The full programme
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TAROS is the longest running UK-hosted international conference on Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), which is aimed at the presentation and discussion of the latest results and methods in autonomous robotics research and applications.
TAROS offers a friendly environment for robotics researchers and industry to take stock and plan future progress. It welcomes senior researchers and research students alike, and specifically provides opportunities for research students and young research scientists to present their work to the scientific community.
Prizes
- Best Paper Prize sponsored by Springer
- Best Student Paper Prize in memory of the late Prof. Ulrich Nehmzow
- Best Robotics Demonstration Prize sponsored by IET
- Best Poster Prize sponsored by UK-RAS Network
Proceedings
As in previous years, the TAROS 2017 proceeding was published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series. Furthermore, selected papers published in the proceedings were invited to submit an extended version to the Special Issue on “Autonomous Robotics” within the IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems.
Organising committee
| Title | Name | University |
|---|---|---|
| Conference General Chair | Professor Yang Gao | University of Surrey |
| Scientific Programme Co-Chairs | Professor Yaochu Jin, Dr Tina Lekakou | University of Surrey |
| Exhibition Programme Chair | Dr Saber Fallah | University of Surrey |
| Finance and Administration Chair | Rowena Tanagon | University of Surrey |
| Technology and Media Co-Chairs | Charlie Engel and Mark Richardson | University of Surrey |
| Web Chair | Dr Wissam Albukhanajer | University of Surrey |
| UK-RAS Network Liaison | Marianne Knight | Imperial College London |
TAROS steering committee
| Name | University |
|---|---|
| Chris Melhuish | Bristol Robotics Laboratory |
| Mark Witkowski | Imperial College London |
International programme committee
| Name | Business |
|---|---|
| Stephen Cameron | Oxford University, UK |
| David Lane | Heriot-Watt University, Institute for Sensors Signals and Systems, UK |
| Robert Babuska | TU Delft, Netherlands |
| Antonios Gasteratos | Democritus University of Thrace, Greece |
| Ulf Witkowski | South Westphalia of Applied Sciences, Germany |
| Alan Winfield | Bristol Robotics Lab, UK |
| Fumiya Iida | University of Cambridge, UK |
| Stéphane Doncieux | ISIR/UPMC, France |
| Alessandro Di Nuovo | Sheffield Hallam University, UK |
| Heiko Hamann | University of Paderborn, Germany |
| Rob Alexander | University of York, UK |
| Raul Marin | Jaume I University, Germany |
| Oskar von Stryk | Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany |
| Mark Lee | Aberystwyth University, UK |
| Marco Leo | Institute of Optics, Italy |
| Ronald Arkin | Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
| Rob Buckingham | UKAEA, UK |
| Robert Richardson | University of Leeds, UK |
| António J. R. Neves | DETI-IEETA-University of Aveiro, Portugal |
| Nicola Bellotto | University of Lincoln, UK |
| Stanislao Lauria | Brunel University, UK |
| Liang Ding | Harbin Institute of Technology, China |
| Jin-Guo Liu | Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| Daniel Mège | Polish Academy of Science's Space Research Centre, Poland |
| Paul Siebert | University of Glasgow, UK |
| Dongbing Gu | University of Essex, UK |
| Panagiotis Tsiotras | Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
| Xiaolin Meng | University of Nottingham, UK |
| Poramate Manoonpong | University of Southern, Denmark |
| Kerstin Eder | University of Bristol, UK |
| Andrew Philippides | CCNR University of Sussex, UK |
| Marco Dorigo | Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium |
| Tobias Seidl | Westfälische Hochschule, Germany |
- TAROS 2016 - University of Sheffield
- TAROS 2015 - University of Liverpool
- TAROS 2014 - University of Birmingham
- TAROS 2013 - University of Oxford
- TAROS 2012 - University of Bristol
- TAROS 2011 - University of Sheffield
- TAROS 2010 - University of Plymouth
- TAROS 2009 - University of Ulster
- TAROS 2008 - University of Edinburgh
- TAROS 2007 - University of Aberystwyth
- TAROS 2006 - University of Surrey
- TAROS 2005 - Imperial College London
- TAROS 2004 - University of Essex
- TIMR 2003 - University of the West of England
- TIMR 2001 - University of Manchester
- TIMR 1999 - University of the West of England
- TIMR 1997 - University of Manchester.
Past TAROS for 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003 were known as TIMR (Towards Intelligent Mobile Robots).
Take a look at images taken from the TAROS event in our TAROS 2017 gallery.
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