Aquaculture Robotics - Call for Contributions

Autonomous Robotic Systems in Aquaculture: Research Challenges and Industry Needs

A half-day workshop to be held as part of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024)

Place: Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Date: 14th of October 2024, 14:00-18:00, Room 6

Call for Contributions

We have the pleasure to announce a half-day workshop ''Autonomous Robotic Systems in Aquaculture: Research Challenges and Industry Needs'' will be held as part of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024) in 14th of October in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

We invite participants to submit high-quality extended abstract (2-8)+n pages, with n pages (no page limit) for bibliography, in the 2 column IEEE format. We also encourage authors to submit a video for their manuscript as supplementary material. All video submissions must be in mp4 format with a size of less than 100 MB.

Papers can be submitted through Microsoft CMT:

https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/AQUAROB2024/

Participants both from academia and industry that have developed and demonstrated relevant solutions aligned with the theme of the workshop are invited to submit abstracts. The primary aim of the workshop is to bring together technologists from both industry and academia, and as such, previously published work is welcome. Original papers, new ideas, novel concepts/results, discoveries, large scale projects, etc. will be prioritized. We welcome preliminary results, work in progress and industrial applications as well.

''Best vision-method dedicated to aquaculture'', 300USD prize award, sponsored by IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Computer & Robot Vision
''Best control framework for autonomous navigation and control'', 300USD prize award, sponsored by IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Algorithms for Planning and Control of Robot Motion

Important Dates

· Paper submission open: August 1, 2024

· Paper submission deadline: September 12, 2024

· Notification of acceptance: September 16, 2024

· Final Submission: September 23, 2024

· Workshop date: October 14, 2024

We have launched a linked Research Topic (special issue) of Frontiers in Robotics and AI linked to the workshop. We will award a full fee waiver at a value of $2125USD, to the best paper submitted to the workshop, should they wish to extend their paper into a full journal article.

Submissions will be reviewed (single blind by experts in their respective field). Accepted papers will be presented during dedicated poster presentation sessions (3 min presentation per paper). Authors are expected to print out and bring their own posters to the workshop. At least one author will need to be present at the venue for each poster. Accepted papers will be made available on the workshop website after IROS 2024 but will not appear in the official IEEE conference proceedings. You can contact the corresponding organizer with any questions: Dr. Eleni Kelasidi, eleni.kelasidi@sintef.no

The workshop topics of interest include, but not limited to:

· Robot design and innovative tools relevant to target challenges in aquaculture

· Robotic platforms and systems for aquaculture applications

· Long-term autonomy, navigation, planning and control in dynamic environments

· Underwater robotic perception and mapping

· Robot-Fish and Robot-Structure interaction

· Machine vision and AI methods for precision aquaculture

· Estimation methods and modeling of environment, flexible structures, fish behaviour

· Methods for biofouling assessment and prevention

· Robust localization in uncertain and dynamic environments

· Sensing technologies for monitoring and inspection in aquaculture

· Sensor System and Data Assimilation