8th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions

 

Conference Prizes

The 8th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions awarded the following prizes:

Best Conference Paper

Best Artificial Intelligence Paper

  • Description: recognize the most outstanding paper describing applications of Artificial Intelligence in Robotics
  • Prize: 250€ and certificate
  • Funding: sponsored by the Portuguese Artificial Intelligence Association (APPIA)
  • Committee: Cesar Analide, Pedro Rangel Henriques, António Abelha

Best Control/Instrumentation Paper

  • Description: recognize the most outstanding paper describing applications of Automatic Control and/or Instrumentation in Robotics

  • Prize: 150€ and certificate
  • Funding: sponsored by the Portuguese Association of Automatic Control (APCA)
  • Committee: José Boaventura Cunha, José Tenreiro Machado, Estela Bicho

Winners

  • The winners of the paper awards were announced during the closing session on Wednesday, April 2:

Best Conference Paper

  • Multi-Camera Active Perception System with Variable Image Perspective for Mobile Robot Navigation, Miguel Oliveira and Vítor Santos (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro)

Best Artificial Intelligence Paper

  • Integrated Capabilities for Knowledge Acquisition through Spoken Language Interaction in a Mobile Robot, Luís Seabra Lopes, António Teixeira, Marcelo Quinderé and Mário Rodrigues (Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, University of Aveiro)

Best Control/Instrumentation Paper

  • Visual Self-Calibration of Pan-Tilt Kinematic Structures, Bartosz Tworek, Alexandre Bernardino and José Santos-Victor (Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico)

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