The 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation(ICRA 2013)will be held in Karlsruhe，Germany on May 6—10，2013.The conference theme is“anthropomatics-technologies for humans”，highlighting the paramount role of robotics and automation in improving human quality of life.

Prospective authors should submit PDF versions of their paper.Six pages in standard ICRA format are allowed for each paper，including figures.A maximum of two additional pages is permitted.A video clip may also be submitted.Detailed instructions for submission are available on the conference website.

The following challenges will be featured:outdoor challenge(flying，walking and/or driving platform fulfilling exploration and manipulation tasks);mobile manipulation challenge(humanoid assistance robots performing an indoor task，e.g.，in a kitchen);human-robot interaction challenge(different tasks of multimodal interaction，speech，face，gesture and intention recognition).Proposals on other topics are welcome.

Important Dates:

September 17，2012:Submission deadline

January 7，2013:Acceptance notification

February 11，2013:Final contribution deadline

Website:http://www.icra2013.org/