The 15th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 2021
The 4th International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics 2021
June 1–4, 2021
Kyoto, Japan
Online
DARS-SWARM2021
What's new
May 31, 2021: Online Talk/Discussion Guide announced.
May 25, 2021: On-demand Discussion Guide announced.
May 17, 2021: Symposium Program announced.
May 14, 2021: Video Instruction emailed. Check your mailbox.
Apr. 21, 2021: Plenary / Keynote / Invited Speech Program announced.
Mar. 19, 2021: Late registration deadline (May 24) announced.
Mar. 9, 2021: Keynote speaker page (Prof. Miura) updated.
Mar. 2, 2021: Keynote speaker page (Prof. Cao) updated.
Feb. 26, 2021: Registration site reopened.
Feb. 23, 2021: Registration fee updated.
Feb. 22, 2021: Organized session page (Prof. Petersen and Prof. Peters) updated.
Feb. 18, 2021: Notification of SWARM papers is behind schedule. Sorry.
Feb. 17, 2021: Invited speaker page (Prof. Hirata) updated.
Feb. 14, 2021: DARS-SWARM2021 will not be held in-person but online.
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Feb. 14, 2021: The registration site is temporarily closed. New registration fees will be announced soon.
Jan. 13, 2021: Organized session page (Prof. Philamore and Prof. Ikegami) updated.
Jan. 5, 2021: Invited speaker page (Prof. Gravdahl) updated.
Dec. 10, 2020: Keynote speaker page (Prof. Tsuji) updated.
Dec. 10, 2020: Organized session page (Prof. Tamura, Prof. Ohkura, and Prof. Sakurama) updated.
Dec. 1, 2020: Organized session page (Prof. Ariizumi and Prof Gravdahl) updated.
Nov. 29, 2020: Paper submission due extended to Dec. 10, 2020.
Nov. 29, 2020: Notification of acceptance extended to Feb. 15, 2021.
Nov. 20, 2020: Organized session page (Prof. Asano, Prof. Manoonpong, Prof. Aoi, Prof. Ambe, and Prof. Kamimura) updated.
Nov. 11, 2020: Registration page is available.
Oct. 29, 2020: Paper submission due extended to Nov. 30, 2020.
IMPORTANT Information
DARS-SWARM2021 will be held as a virtual conference.
Calendar
Nov. 1, 2020 Nov. 30, 2020 Dec. 10, 2020 JST (UTC +09:00) Submission of full/short papers (NO additional extensions)
Feb. 15, 2021 JST (UTC +09:00) Submission of OS papers
Feb. 1, 2021 Feb. 15, 2021 Notification of acceptance (Extended)
March 15, 2021 JST Camera-ready submission and Fee payment deadline
March 15, 2021 JST Submission of abstracts
April 1, 2021 JST Early registration deadline
May 24, 2021 JST Late registration deadline
June 1-4, 2021 Symposium
Publication
Proceedings of DARS2021 will be published as Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems in the book series Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics.
Selected papers from accepted papers to SWARM2021 will be invited to submit to a special issue on Artificial Life and Robotics (Springer).
SCOPE
Living things achieved perfection through natural selection. A swarm could do many things, which its individuals could not. Swarms do not just adapt to their environment but can construct suitable habitats for their own advantages. A constructive understanding of the intelligence of living things is productive in biology and engineering. The aim of this joint symposium DARS-SWARM2021 is the construction of a bridge between biologists and engineers who are interested in the intelligence of living things and the creation of a new academic field by integrating biology and engineering. This joint symposium will focus on the biological and engineering approaches for understanding swarm behavior, biologically-inspired robotics and distributed autonomous robotic systems. All aspects of swarm behavior and bio-inspired robotics are welcome, including - but not limited to - the following topics:
Biology
Social insect
Evolution cooperation
Ethology
Social physiology
Adaptation
Self-organization
Sociometry
Phase polyphenism
Quorum sensing
Biomechanics
Engineering
Swarm intelligence
Swarm robotics
Biomimetics
Bio-inspired robotics
Multi-agent system
Walking robots
Modular robotics
Decentralized control
Distributed system