The aim of the contest is to collect a good number of high quality posters containing novel, unusual, artistic, and entertaining ideas about the design and/or construction of robots that have to interact with humans. Posters should provide sufficient details about the novel idea(s), the size andappearance of the robot that is portrayed, functionalities, as well as behavioural, communicative and interactive abilities.
Submit:
Send a short (up to 500 words) summary of your poster briefly outlining the initial idea that will be further elaborated on the final poster. e-mail it by 20 August 2006 to “mailto:K.Dautenhahn@herts.ac.uk“. Poster proposers will be notified by 23 August 2006 about the availability of poster space and the acceptance of their proposal. The deadline for early registration fees will be extended, for authors of accepted poster contributions only, to 28 August 2006.