AROB-ISBC-SWARM 2024, International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics

History of Symposium

This symposium was founded in 1996 under the support of Science and International Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japanese Government. Since then, this symposium has been held every year at B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Japan except AROB 5th '00 (Oita), AROB 6th '01 (Tokyo) and AROB 18th '13 (Daejeon, Korea). The twenty-eighth symposium will be held on January 24-26, 2024, at B-Con PLAZA, Beppu, JAPAN and ONLINE.

Objective of Symposium

The objective of this symposium is to develop new technologies for artificial life and robotics and their applications in various fields listed in the Topics. Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original research and to discuss development of new technologies concerning artificial life and robotics based on computer simulations and hardware designs of state-of-the-art technologies.

Important Dates

Deadline for Abstract Submission for review	~~October 12, 2023 (24:00 UTC)~~ ->October 26, 2023 (24:00 UTC)
Deadline for OS Proposal	~~October 5, 2023 (24:00 UTC)~~ ->October 19, 2023 (24:00 UTC)
Notification of acceptance	~~October 23, 2023~~ ->November 6, 2023
Deadline for Final Camera-Ready Papers	~~December 7, 2023 (24:00 UTC)~~ -> December 21, 2023 (24:00 UTC)
Deadline for Early Registration	~~December 18, 2023 (24:00 UTC)~~ -> December 21, 2023 (24:00 UTC)
Registration Deadline for Presenters	~~December 7, 2023 (24:00 UTC)~~ -> December 21, 2023 (24:00 UTC)

AROB 29th 2024 is Sponsored by

The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers

The Robotics Society of Japan

The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

The Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers

Japan Society for Simulation Technology

The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Japan Chapter

Journal Track

NEWS: Clarivate Analytics announced that Artificial Life and Robotics, our international journal, has achieved a 2022 Journal Impact Factor of 0.9.

We would like to announce the following journal option.

A unique feature of AROB Journal is the opportunity for authors to publish a full paper in a peer-reviewed journal and present the same paper at the conference of AROB-ISBC-SWARM 2024.
Papers for the General Sessions will be eligible for this option.

Schedule

Full paper submission (Max. 12 pages)
Deadline of a full paper submission: 31 August 2023
Notification of Acceptance: 30 November 2023
Final paper submission: 7 December 2023

A full paper will be included in the symposium proceedings of AROB-ISBC-SWARM 2024.

The accepted papers will be published in AROB Journal vol. 29, no.1, 2024.
If the final document of the accepted paper is not sent to Springer by 23 December 2023, it will not be included in AROB Journal vol. 29, no.1, 2024 but be published in another number.

The submission site will open around the beginning of June.

We look forward to submission of your papers to this journal option.