(Ebook) Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 15th International Conference, ICIRA 2022, Harbin, China, August 1–3, 2022, Proceedings, Part I by Honghai Liu, Zhouping Yin, Lianqing Liu, Li Jiang, Guoying Gu, Xinyu Wu, Weihong Ren ISBN 9783031138430, 3031138430

(Ebook) Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 15th International Conference, ICIRA 2022, Harbin, China, August 1–3, 2022, Proceedings, Part I by Honghai Liu, Zhouping Yin, Lianqing Liu, Li Jiang, Guoying Gu, Xinyu Wu, Weihong Ren ISBN 9783031138430, 3031138430

With the theme “Smart Robotics for Society”, the 15th International Conference onIntelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2022) was held in Harbin, China, August1–3, 2022, and designed to encourage advancement in the field of robotics, automation,mechatronics, and applications. It aims to promote top-level research and globalizethe quality research in general, making discussions, presentations more internationallycompetitive and focusing on the latest outstanding achievements, future trends, anddemands.ICIRA 2022 was organized by Harbin Institute of Technology, co-organized byHuazhong University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,and Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, undertakenby State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems, State Key Laboratory of DigitalManufacturing Equipment and Technology, State Key Laboratory of MechanicalSystems and Vibration, and State Key Laboratory of Robotics. Also, ICIRA 2022was technically co-sponsored by Springer. On this occasion, ICIRA 2022 was asuccessful event this year in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. It attracted more than440 submissions, and the Program Committee undertook a rigorous review process forselecting the most deserving research for publication. The advisory Committee gaveadvice for the conference program. Also, they help to organize special sections forICIRA 2022. Finally, a total of 284 papers were selected for publication in 4 volumes ofSpringer’s Lecture Note in Artificial Intelligence. For the review process, single-blindpeer review was used. Each review took around 2–3 weeks, and each submission receivedat least 2 reviews and 1 meta-review.