IEEE SMC: Systems, Man, & Cybernetics Society

Robotics and Intelligent Sensing

Our Goal

The Robotics and Intelligent Sensing Technical Committee (RIS-TC) strives to maintain SMC’s leadership position in robotics and intelligent sensing research, provide strategic support to SMC members active in robotics and intelligent sensing research, and serves as a link between members of the RIS-TC and other technical committees within the IEEE SMC Society. In addition, the RIS-TC is committed to facilitating collaborative efforts between SMC and other IEEE societies and non-IEEE professional societies in advancing fundamental and applied research in robotics and intelligent sensing. Topics include:

  1. Autonomous Navigation Systems : Exploring algorithms for path planning and obstacle avoidance in mobile robots.
  2. Human-Robot Interaction : Studying methods for improving communication and collaboration between humans and robots.
  3. Robotic Vision and Perception : Investigating techniques for visual recognition and perception in dynamic environments.
  4. Sensor Fusion in Robotics : Analyzing how multiple sensor inputs can be integrated for enhanced decision-making.
  5. Swarm Robotics : Understanding collective behaviors in robotic swarms and their applications in search and rescue.
  6. Robots in Healthcare : Examining the role of robotics and sensing technologies in patient monitoring and surgical assistance.
  7. Industrial Automation : Evaluating the impact of intelligent sensing in manufacturing and logistics.
  8. Soft Robotics : Exploring the use of flexible materials and sensors for creating adaptable robotic systems.
  9. Artificial Intelligence in Robotics : Assessing the role of machine learning algorithms in improving robotic performance.
  10. Environmental Monitoring Using Robots : Utilizing autonomous robots equipped with sensors to collect and analyze environmental data.
  11. Drones and Aerial Robotics : Investigating the use of drones for mapping, surveillance, and delivery systems.
  12. Robotics for Hazardous Environments : Developing robotic systems for exploration and operation in dangerous or inaccessible areas.
  13. Ethics and Robotics : Discussing the ethical implications of deploying intelligent robots in society.
  14. Intelligent Prosthetics : Researching advancements in robotics that enhance mobility and functionality for individuals with disabilities.
  15. Augmented Reality and Robotics : Studying how AR can be used to enhance robot operation and user interaction.
  16. Robotic Touch Feedback : Developing systems that enable robots to provide tactile feedback to users, enhancing remote operations and telepresence. This can improve human-robot interaction, making it more intuitive.
  17. Haptic Interaction in Virtual Reality (VR) : Exploring how haptic technology can improve user experience in VR environments by simulating touch, feel, and texture, enhancing training simulations for robotic operations.
  18. Adaptive Haptic Interfaces : Creating interfaces that adapt to the user’s sensory preferences and the context of use to provide optimal feedback, improving precision and efficiency in robotic tasks, especially in delicate operations like surgery or assembly.
  19. Intelligent Haptic Sensing : Integrating advanced sensors that detect and interpret user touch, allowing robots to gauge force and nuance in physical interactions, which is crucial for applications in collaborative robots (cobots) working alongside humans.
  20. Environmental Interaction and Perception : Researching how haptic feedback can provide robots with better perception of their environment, allowing for enhanced navigation and manipulation capabilities within complex surroundings.
  21. Machine Learning in Haptics : Utilizing machine learning algorithms to interpret haptic data for improved decision-making in robotics, enabling robots to learn and adapt using feedback from physical interactions.

News

IEEE Distinguished Lecture, IEEE Systems Council, Transitioning from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: A Human-Centric Approach, Saeid Nahavandi, 18 December 2024

IEEE Academia-Industry Summer School (AISS) – Towards Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence (AI)-empowered Autonomy, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, 11-15 November 2024

IEEE SMC Distinguished Lecture: Emerging haptically-enabled systems for immersive simulation-based training: Design, Development, and Deployment, Saeid Nahavandi, 23 July 2024 (University of London)

IEEE SMC Distinguished Lecture: Emerging haptically-enabled systems for immersive simulation-based training: Design, Development, and Deployment, Saeid Nahavandi, 17 July 2024 (University of Glasgow)

International Defence and Security (IDEaS) Symposium, 21 November 2023, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Lecture – Towards Innovation Success: Commercialisation of SaMD and the Sustainability Transition to NetZero by Dr. Khoh Soo Beng, PMO Innovations Sdn Bhd, 7 September 2023

IEEE SMC Distinguished Lecture: Emerging haptically-enabled systems for immersive simulation-based training: Design, Development, and Deployment, Saeid Nahavandi, 29 August 2023 (Co-organised by IEEE SMC Society Western Australia Chapter; and Murdoch University)

IEEE SMC Distinguished Lecture: Emerging haptically-enabled systems for immersive simulation-based training: Design, Development, and Deployment, Saeid Nahavandi, 24 August 2023 (Co-organised by IEEE SMC Society Montreal Section Chapter; and Concordia University)

Lecture – Embracing the Future: Nanosensing Devices Revolutionizing Human Potential by Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri, Macquarie University, 17 August 2023

IEEE SMC Distinguished Lecture: Emerging haptically-enabled systems for immersive simulation-based training: Design, Development, and Deployment, Saeid Nahavandi, 28 June 2023 (Co-organised by IEEE SMC Society Singapore Chapter; and Singapore University of Technology and Design)

IEEE SMC Distinguished Lecture:

Transitioning from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: A Human-Centric Approach, Saeid Nahavandi, 27 June 2023 (Co-organised by IEEE SMC Society Malaysia Chapter; and University of Malaya)

Lecture: Emerging haptically-enabled systems for immersive simulation-based training: Design, Development, and Deployment, Saeid Nahavandi, 27 June 2023 (Taylor’s University, Malaysia)

IEEE SMC Distinguished Lecture: Emerging haptically-enabled systems for immersive simulation-based training: Design, Development, and Deployment, Saeid Nahavandi, 26 June 2023 (IEEE SMC Society IEEE SMC Malaysia Chapter)

Lecture – Does Australia need a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) by Dr. Braden McGrath, Managing Director, MITRE Australia, 27 March 2023

Call for Papers: SPECIAL SESSION ON “Human Machine Interfaces and Haptics” for SMC’2023

Lecture -Simulated Robots – Robotic Simulators by Dr. Tobias Bellmann at Institute of System Dynamics and Control, German Aerospace Center (DLR), December 2022

Lecture – Gravitational Biology and Bioregenerative Life Support at the DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine by Dr Jens Hauslage, December 2022

Defence and Security Symposium 2022, 1 December 2022

Call for Papers: SPECIAL SESSION ON “Human Machine Interfaces and Haptics” for SMC’2022

Call for Papers: SPECIAL SESSION ON “AI for Human Performance Monitoring (AI4HPM)” for SMC’2022

Call for Papers: SPECIAL SESSION ON “Robotics and Intelligent Sensing” for SMC’19 Deadline March 31, 2019.

Call for Papers: SPECIAL SESSION ON “Human Machine Interfaces and Haptics” for SMC’19 Deadline March 31, 2019. Download CFP (PDF).

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  • Interact with experts in robotics and intelligent sensing.
  • Participate in leading international conferences and workshops.
  • Network with colleagues from around the world.
  • Publish in quality conferences and journals such as IEEE SMC and SMC Society Transactions.

TC Leadership

Saeid Nahavandi

Saeid Nahavandi

TC Chair

Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

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Mozafar Saadat

Mozafar Saadat

TC Co-Chair

University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Mehrdad Saif

Mehrdad Saif

TC Co-Chair

University of Windsor, Canada

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About This TC

  • 2025 IEEE SMC Society Workshop on AI Applications and Challenges, Bellevue, USA, 17 May 2025
  • Publicity Chair for ICHMS2024, Toronto Canada, 15-17 May 2024
  • Organised IEEE SMC workshop on Human Machine Systems and Digital Twin Technologies, Orlando, 16 February 2024
  • Ran IEEE Academia-Industry Summer School (AISS) – Towards Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence (AI)-empowered Autonomy, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, 20-24 November 2023
  • Organized International Defence and Security (IDEaS) Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, 21 November 2023
  • Organized Special Sessions for IEEE SMC 2023 on Human Machine Interfaces and Haptics
  • Organized Invited Session for IFAC World Congress 2023, Yokohama, Japan, 9 July – 14 July 2023
  • Defence and Security Symposium 2022, 1 December 2022
  • Publicity Chair for ICHMS2022
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for ICINCO 2022
  • Technical Program Chair for 2022 17th Annual System of Systems Engineering Conference (SOSE) (SoSE 2022)
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for IEEE RASSE 2022
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for ACIIDS 2022
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for ICPEA 2022
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for SSCI 2022
  • Organized Invited Session for 10th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control, June 22-24, 2022, Nantes, France
  • Organized Special Sessions for IEEE SMC 2022 on AI for Human Performance Monitoring (AI4HPM)
  • Organized Special Sessions for IEEE SMC 2022 on Human Machine Interfaces and Haptics
  • Organized two workshops for IEEE SMC 2021 on Teleoperation and Medical Robotics; Challenges and Solutions, and Signal Processing for Real-Life Applications
  • Organized three tutorials for IEEE SMC 2021 on Intelligent Systems and Process Control Design and Implementation, ROS: Idea and Implementation, and Uncertainty Quantification for Deep Learning (UQ4DL)
  • Industry Chair for ACRA 2021, Melbourne, Australia
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for ICINCO 2021
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for IEEE RASSE 2021
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for 13th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems (ACIIDS 2021)
  • Organized two Special Sessions for IEEE SMC 2021 on Human Machine Interfaces and Haptics and AI for Human Performance Monitoring (AI4HPM)
  • Organized a Special Session for ICONIP 2021 on Uncertainty-aware Imitation Learning
  • Arranged IJCNN-16 Special Session on Neural Network-based Uncertainty Quantification at IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI), 2020
  • Arranged special session on Uncertainty Estimation: Theories and Applications at International Conference on Neural Information Processing, 2020
  • Helped arranging 2020 International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication in Taiwan
  • Organised Special Session on “Human Machine Interfaces and Haptics” for the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 11-14 2020
  • Organized Special Session on “Robotics and Intelligent Sensing” for the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 11-14 2020
  • Organized a Tutorial session on “On AI-based uncertainty quantification: importance, challenges, and solutions” for 2020 IEEE SYMPOSIUM SERIES ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, 1-4 December, 2020, Canberra, Australia
  • Delivered keynote speech at International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 12-15 July 2020, Adelaide, Australia
  • PC Member (PC Member) for the conference 26th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP2019)
  • Assisted with the organising process of International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (IMCOM 2020)
  • Assisting with paper reviews and Organizing committee member for ICHMS 2020 – 1st IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, April 6-8, 2020, Rome Italy
  • Assisted with paper reviews and program committee member for AI2019, the 32nd Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, held in Adelaide, Australia from Dec 2 – 5, 2019
  • Invited keynote (Prof. Saeid Nahavandi) at IEEE Future Directions Symbiotic Autonomous Systems Initiative, October 09, 2018, Miyazaki, Japan
  • Organized a special session at the 20th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology IEEE-ICIT 2019
  • Assisted as technical program committee member for 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering
  • Arranged special Session on “Robotics and Intelligent Sensing” at IEEE-ICIT2019
  • Organization of special sessions on Human Machine Interfaces, and Haptics, IEEE International Conference on System, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2018)
  • Organization of special session on Robotics and Intelligent Sensing, IEEE International Conference on System, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2018)
  • Assisted with paper reviews and Organizing committee member for IEEE ICRA 2018, Exhibition Chair
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering 2018, 1-3 October, 2018, Rome, Italy
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering 2018, 11-13 October, 2017, Vienna, Austria
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for IEEE International Systems Conference, 24-27 October, 2017, Montreal, Canada
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for 2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics, 23-25 August 2017
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for 2017 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 3-7 July 2017, Munich, Germany
  • Organization of special sessions on advances in robotics, haptics and intelligent sensing, IEEE International Conference on System, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2011-2016)
  • Provided support and leadership within the organizing committee for the IEEE 2016 Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century, 13-15 July 2016, Melbourne, Australia
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering 2016, 3-5 October, 2016, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Provided support and leadership within the organizing committee for 11th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE) 2016, 12-16 June, Kongsberg, Norway
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for 8th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, 14-16 March 2016, Da Nang, Vietnam
  • Technical Committee members for 2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 12-16 July, 2016, Banff, Canada
  • Assisted with paper reviews as Technical Committee members for 10th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, 18-21 April 2016, Orlando, USA
  • 2016 Annual IEEE Connecticut Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation (CT-IETA 2016), 14 – 15 October, 2016, USA
  • Technical Committee members for 3rd International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies, 6-8 April 2016, Malta
  • Mali Abdollahain RMIT University, Australia
  • Martin Adams Universidad de Chile, Chile
  • Gary T. Anderson University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
  • Houshyar Asadi Deakin University, Australia
  • Juan Carlos Augusto Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
  • Aladdin Ayesh De Montfort University, UK
  • Adetokunbo Arogbonlo Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • Laxmidhar Behera Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India
  • Fernando Bello Imperial College London, UK
  • Mahdi Bodaghi Nottingham Trent University, UK
  • Jose L. Contreras-Vidal University of Houston, USA
  • Mir Feroskhan Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Ali Ghafarian, Australia
  • Yisheng Guan South China University of Technology, China
  • Abdollah Ebbie Homaifar North Carolina A&T State University, USA
  • Zhao-Hui Jiang Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Yan Jin Queen’s University Belfast, UK
  • Panagiotis Liatsis  Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE
  • Archit Krishna Kamath Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Parham Kebria The University of Queensland, Australia
  • Ambarish Kulkarni Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • Vu Le Deakin University, Australia
  • Sukhan Lee Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
  • Honghai Liu University of Portsmouth, UK
  • Tien-Fu Lu University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Anthony A. Maciejewski Colorado State University, USA
  • Conor McGinn Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
  • Navid Mohajer Deakin University, Australia
  • Darius Nahavandi Australia
  • Michael Packianather Cardiff University, UK
  • Yongping Pan Sun Yat-sen University, China
  • Rodney Roberts Florida A&M University-Florida State University, USA
  • Mozafar Saadat Birmingham University, United Kingdom
  • Soheil Sabri, University of Central Florida, USA
  • Syed Salaken ANZ, Australia
  • Mehrdad Saif University of Windsor, Canada
  • Adrian Stoica Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
  • Liqiong Tang Massey University, New Zealand
  • T. Thanaraj Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Edward Tunstel Motiv Space Systems, USA
  • Peter Xu The University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Venkata Yadla Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • Ali Yavari Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • Cang Ye University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
  • John Zelek University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Hongbin Zha Peking University, China
  • Qiangfu Zhao The University of Aizu, Japan
  • Jinchuan Zheng Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • Hailing Zhou Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • Ali Zolfagharian Deakin University, Australia