WELCOME

The 2018 IEEE-RAS 18th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2018) will take place at Beijing Friendship Hotel in Beijing, China, on November 6-9, 2018. 

IMPORTANT DATES

•  July 20, 2018 (no further extension!) July 7, 2018: Submission deadline for papers. More info in the submission page.
• July 24, 2018 Submission deadline for workshop / tutorial.          

• September 10, 2018: Notification of acceptance of workshops.
• September 22, 2018  September 15, 2018: Notification of acceptance of full-length papers.

• October 13, 2018: Submission for final manuscripts.
  
• November 6 - November 9, 2018: Conference and exhibition.

NEWS 

• Special Issue of the International Journal of Humanoid Robotics: The authors of the selected outstanding papers from the 2018 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2018) are invited to submit the extended version of their papers to this Special Issue of the International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (IJHR). Please refer to the CFP. Deadline for manuscript submissions: March 31, 2019

• WiFi is available at the conference venue from November 7 to 9

SSID: HUMANOIDS2018, Password: lovebeijing

• Registration

        Registration will be open on the 1st floor of the Friendship Palace from 08:00 to 17:30         on Nov.6 (Tue.) ~ Nov. 8 (Thur.), and from 08:30 to 12:00 on Nov. 9 (Fri.). 

• Room information for interactive session 3 on November 9, 2018

  (1)Paper No. presented in Meeting Room #3 : 67,110,140,141,142,143,146,148,149,152,153,154, 156,160,162,164,165, 167, 169,172,174

  (2)Paper No. presented in Meeting Room #9 :
  176,179,180,184,186,187,188,189,197，81, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204, 208, 211, 215, 216, 15
• Final version of detalied Program is updated. 

Regular session: Presentations of 8 min + 2 min for Q&A (Projector with VGA port).

Spotlight session: Each interactive session participant will present a 1 minute spotlight of their paper. We will display your 1-slide ppt summary you have already submitted.

Interactive session: Electronic posters presented on TV displays connected to your laptop (TV displays are 23″ HD smart TVs, with VGA port; screen aspect ratio: 16:10).

• ACCOMMODATION: Room Reservation in Beijing Frienship Hotel (Venue of Humanoids 2018) at Discounted Prices available. For details please refer to the Accommodation Page.
• Registration: the online registration system is open now.
• Special Issue of IJHR: Authors of selected outstanding papers from Humanoids 2018 are invited to submit the extended version of their papers to a coming Special Issue of the International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (IJHR). Submission deadline: 31 March 2019. Please refer to the Special Issue of IJHR.
• Invitation Letter: For an Invitation Letter, please contact us via humanoids2018@bit.edu.cn, and specify “Visa Invitation Letter Request” in the subject field, and provide the following information about you:
  

  - Full Name (as appear on passport)
  - Preferred Title (e.g., Prof./Dr./Mr./Ms.)
  - Affiliation
  - Gender
  - Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY)
  - Nationality
  - Passport Number
  - Date of Passport Issue (DD/MM/YYYY)
  - Place of Passport Issue
  - Title of Paper Submitted to Humanoids 2018
  - Paper Submission Number

• CATERING: In consideration of different dietary customs and preferences of the conference attendees, two kinds of diets will be prepared as follows:
  1. Regular diet (including different kinds of meat and eggs).
  2. Vegetarian diet.
  If you prefer a vegetarian diet, please e-mail (specifying “Vegetarian Diet Preferred” in the subject field) to humanoids2018@bit.edu.cn before Nov. 1, 2018; otherwise a regular diet will be prepared by default.

CONTACT: humanoids2018@bit.edu.cn