The second IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics – BioRob 2008 – is a joint effort of the two IEEE Societies of  Robotics and Automation – RAS – and Engineering, Medicine, and Biology – EMBS.

BioRob covers both theoretical and experimental challenges posed by the application of robotics and mechatronics in medicine and biology.  The primary focus of Biorobotics is to analyze biological systems from a “biomechatronic” point of view, trying to understand the scientific and engineering principles underlying their extraordinary performance.  This profound understanding of how biological systems work, behave and interact can be used for two main objectives:  to guide the design and fabrication of novel, high performance bio-inspired machines and systems, for many different applications; and to develop novel nano-, micro-, macro- devices that can act upon, substitute parts of, and assist human beings in diagnosis, surgery, prosthetics, rehabilitation and personal assistance. 

BioRob is a highly interdisciplinary conference that brings together scientists and engineers from different backgrounds to share and learn about research activities in this fast growing field.  The IEEE RAS and EMBS share this vision and thus jointly sponsor this conference.

The IEEE BIOROB 2008 Conference includes:

• Plenary Speeches by prominent researchers/practitioners in the field of Biorobotics.
• Oral presentations of papers in parallel organized sessions.
• Mini-Symposiums.
• Workshops on fields of interest to the Biorobotics community.

Technical Program will consist of technical tracks featuring:

•      Biologically-inspired systems
•      Biomechatronic systems
•      Biorobotics
•      Exoskeletons and augmenting devices
•      Human-machine interaction
•      Locomotion and manipulation in robots and biological systems
•      Micro/nano technologies in medicine and biology
•      Modeling interactions between robots and biological systems
•      Neuro-robotics
•      Protheses
•      Rehabilitiation and assistive robotics
•      Surgery and diagnosis

Author(s) should submit full papers electronically in double column IEEE-compliant PDF format. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be invited for oral and poster presentations, and published in CD-ROM format.

BioRob 2008 is sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society & IEEE Engineering,
Medicine, and Biology Society

IEEE BIOROB manuscripts are available for download through IEEE Xplore and all abstracts are available in the Elsevier databases Engineering Index (EI) and Compendex.