Theme
'Mechatronics' has become accepted for what it is, the blending of mechanics, electronics and computer control into an integrated design. It forms the basis of an ever growing list of products and techniques of great technical and commercial value. Mechatronic design can result in products which are much simpler than their intricate and costly predecessors and can make commonplace the miracles of yesterday. Much value-added comes from the skilful use of sensors and embedded machine intelligence. Machine-vision has emerged from the laboratory among other sophisticated sensors to find real applications in areas which include inspection, fault detection, vehicle guidance and robot control. Low-cost cameras have been developed for multimedia applications, but with their ease of interfacing they offer a whole new field of low-cost vision-based control.
Following the success of its thirteen predecessors, M2VIP 2007 will provide a dynamic forum for international experts and researchers to present and review advances in mechatronics and machine vision which have culminated in practical applications, or which promise practical implementation in the very near future. Theoretical or simulated applications are not encouraged.
Topics
The topics covered in the conference will include, but not be limited to, the following:
Medical mechatronics, consumer mechatronics, including toys/entertainment industry, underwater mechatronics, aeronautical mechatronics, agricultural mechatronics, visual inspection, visual servoing and tracking, sensors and sensor fusion, building mechatronics, actuator and drive technology, intelligent control and automation, intelligent aids for the elderly and disabled, MEMS technology, and machine vision.
Submission of Abstracts:
Abstract submission has now closed. However, we are always happy to consider full papers for inclusion. Send this, formatted as required on the Authors' pages, as an email to eersbrad@cityu.edu.hk, with a subject-line starting M2VIP2007 Paper and followed by a few words to identify your paper. Make sure that your 'reply' address is valid!
All submitted paers will be subjected to a rigorous review process.
Submission of Final Papers:
Authors whose abstracts are selected will be encouraged to submit full papers, which will be subject to a second round of review. All accepted final papers will be included in the conference CDROM proceedings, to be published by the IEEE, if registration is received before the conference. It is expected that the proceedings will be cited in the Engineering Index.