BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//http://www.ieee-ras.org///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130521T083304EDT-5557HnlJPx@http://www.ieee-ras.org/ DTSTAMP:20130521T123304Z DESCRIPTION:The 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automati on (ICRA 2013) will be held on 6-10 May 2013 in Germany\, in Karlsruhe\, t he city in which Heinrich Hertz discovered the electromagnetic waves in 18 88 and which gave birth in 1844 to Karl Benz – the inventor of the gasolin e-powered automobile – and in 1785 to Karl von Drais – inventor of the fir st bicycle-like vehicle called “Walking Machine” or “Draisine”. \;The conference theme is “Anthropomatics – Technologies for Humans\,” \;hig hlighting the paramount role of Robotics and Automation in improving human quality of life. \; \;The IEEE International Conference on Roboti cs and Automation is sponsored by the IEEE Robotics &\; Automation Soci ety. IEEE is a non-profit\, technical professional association of more tha n 377\,000 individual members in 150 countries. The full name is the Insti tute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers\, Inc. The IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas ranging from computer engineering\, biomedica l technology and telecommunications\, to electric power\, aerospace and co nsumer electronics\, among others.The Robotics &\; Automation Society i s a very active world-wide research association working on the future of r obotics. The conference will join experts in the field of robotics and aut omation for technical communications through presentations and discussions . The conference will create a remarkable environment to indulge all the d elegates in the frontier of science and technology in robotics and automat ion.The ICRA 2013 edition will last for five days\, consisting of two days of workshops/tutorials\, three days of technical presentations with six p lenary talks\, exhibitions\, technical and non-technical tours\, attractiv e social events\, as well as RA society meetings. \;For more informati on\, see http://www.icra2013.org \;Full financial sponsorship by IEEE RAS DTSTART:20130506T080000Z DTEND:20130510T180000Z LOCATION:Kongresszentrum Karlsruhe - Karlsruhe\, Germany (Badenwerkstr. - A m Festplatz 9\, 76137 Karlsruhe\, Germany) SUMMARY:ICRA 2013 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automatio n END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR