Join as Presenter

If you are interested in giving a presentation on the conference, without publishing your paper in the proceeding, you can choose to attend the conference as a Presenter. As a presenter, you shall submit an abstract of your presentation before register. For further information, please contact us at: apcras@hksra.org.

Join as Listener

The APCRAS is a global event focused on Robotics and Autonomous Systems. It is a good chance and an effective platform to meet many renowned experts and researchers in the field of Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Welcome you to attend the great event.

Join as Reviewer

Distinguished professors, associate professors, researchers, engineers, experts, industry researchers, teachers, students and other scholars are always welcomed to join the international review board and serve as the scientific committee member of APCRAS. If you are interested in joining us, please send your latest CV to apcras@hksra.org.

Welcome

2020 Asia-Pacific Conference on Robotics and Autonomous Systems (APCRAS 2020) will take place during  25-27, 2020 in Nagoya, Japan.

APCRAS 2020 aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results in the field of Robotics and Autonomous Systems.

With the themeeRobotics and Autonomous Systems, APCRAS 2021 aspires to keep up with advances and changes to a consistently morphing field. Leading researchers and industry experts from around the globe will be presenting the latest studies through papers and oral presentations. 

Welcome to join us!

APCRAS 2020 is organized by HKSRA.


Submission

The APCRAS 2020 conference is now in the process of soliciting submissions of original and innovative papers. Authors are encouraged to submit original and previously unpublished papers. The submitted papers must not be previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere.

!!!Kindly notice that if you are planning to submit a full paper for publishing, you do not need to submit the abstract first, and you can submit the full paper once you finished it.

Submission Methods:

Please choose one of the following ways to submit your paper:

1, You can submit your paper to us via the online submission system: Online Submission System. 

2, You can also submit your paper to us vis the conference official email directly: apcras@hksra.org.

Paper Template Download:

Please make sure your paper will be adhering to the conference paper format. For the detail format information, please download here:

Full Paper Template

Abstract Template

Publication

All the accepted and registered papers of APCRAS will be published in the digital conference proceedings, which will send to be indexed by all major citation databases such as Ei Compendex, Scopus, CPCI, Google Scholar, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), Inspec, SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), EBSCO, CrossRef, Thomson Reuters (WoS), etc.

Selected papers will be recommended to be published in Journals.


Program

The detailed conference program will be updated when it is available. Please find the following brief version of the timetable for your reference so that you can make your schedule in advance. 

March 25, 2020: Registration

March 26, 2020: Keynote Session+Parallel Sessions

March 27, 2020: Parallel Sessions+Social Networking Event

Organizer Statements

On the principal of participants' safety 1st, the organizer reserves the right to change the conference date and venue against force majeure. The participants are obliged to comply and cooperate with the organizer's decision.

Key Dates

Abstract Submission: Jan. 8, 2020

Full Submission: Jan. 20, 2020

Author Notification: Feb. 15, 2020

Final Version: Feb. 28, 2020

Registration: Feb. 28, 2020

Main Conference: March 25-27, 2020

About HKSRA

The Hong Kong Society of Robotics and Automation(HKSRA) is an educational nonprofit organization, which aims to connect the global industry of automation and promote progress in the design, research, new technology, manufacture, and application of robotics across the world.

Venue

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Oral Presentation Guideline

15 mins(including 2-3 mins Q&A)

As the most common presentation type, most authors choose to present their paper by an oral presentation. For your reference, please find the following instructions for poster presentation:

1, Normally, each presenter will be given 15 minutes (including questions and answers) for his/her oral presentation. 

2, The conference organization will provide AV equipment, PC equipped with Microsoft, PDF reader. Please prepare the necessary material for your oral presentation with both PDF and PPT format.  

3, After you finish your presentation material, please send it (PDF and PPT) to the conference email box, the conference secretary will help to upload it on the conference computer on-site before your presentation.

4, The presenters are allowed to use their own PC to do the presentation, but it is suggested to prepare an adapter, just in case the adapter in the conference room is not suited for your PC. 

5, If the presenter wants to upload their slides into Conference PC on-site, please choose the period of coffee break and lunch, so as to make sure your uploading will not affect other presentations.

6, Each presenter will get a certificate after their presentation.

Poster Presentation Guideline

If you are planning to attend the conference with a poster presentation, please find the following brief instructions for your reference:

1, Please prepare your poster in advance with the size of A0(1189mm*841mm).

2, The poster is expected to cover your paper title, author name, affiliation, contact information, and the conference name. In addition, the most important is about the contents, concise and pointed introduction, logical and clear structure, the convincing and powerful experimental data and sound result. Of course the references will enhance the persuasiveness.

3, The poster presenters will be encouraged to hand in the posters to the conference staff who will set up it in advance.

4, During the poster session, the presenters should stand by their posters and be ready to answer questions.

5, Each presenter will get a certificate after the poster session.

***If any other questions about the poster presentation, please feel free to contact us via the conference official email address: apcras@hksra.org.