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The International Symposium on Advanced Robotics and Machine Intelligence is specially organized for Professor Suguru Arimoto, Ritsumeikan University, for celebrating his 70th birthday and achievements in academic research and education. Prof. Arimoto is one of the pioneers in robotics research and has been studying robotics since early 1970s. He has made many original works with significant impacts on the advancement of robotics, including discovery of the unique structure of robot dynamics, development of passivity-based control theory and iterative learning control for robot manipulators, proposal of sensory manipulation control for multi-fingered robot hands, etc. His contributions are not limited to robotics. Prof. Arimoto has also made many significant contributions to information theory, control theory and signal processing. He has received numerous awards from professional societies like IEEE, RSJ, SICE, and governments, including the IEEE Best Paper Award in Information Theory and the 2000 Engineering Achievement Award by the Japanese Emperor.

This symposium is associated with the 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2006). For IROS 2006, please refer to www.iros2006.org.

We have invited many renowned speakers to deliver distinguished talks during the symposium, which will be held at the Beijing International Convention Centre on October 9 and 10, 2006. The symposium is open to public for participation. You are welcome to register for the symposium early at a special discount.