The 2017 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (IEEE RCAR 2017) will take place from July 14 to 18, 2017 in Okinawa, Japan. The objective of this conference is to provide a forum for researchers in robotics and real-time computing to share the latest results and explore the opportunity of research collaboration. With wide applications of robots in industry and services sectors, real-time computing plays one of the major roles in various topics in robotics including real-time control, human-robot interactions, sensor perception and fusion, robot intelligence, etc. The scope of IEEE RCAR 2017 covers research, development and applications in the dynamic and exciting areas of real-time computing and robotics. Okinawa (Okinawa-ken) is Japan's southernmost prefecture, consisting of a few dozen, small islands in the southern half of the Nansei Shoto, the island chain which stretches over about one thousand kilometers from Kyushu to Taiwan. IEEE RCAR 2017 promises to be a great event for all participants, with excellent technical and social programs. 

Contributed Papers: Original papers are solicited in all related areas of Real-time Computing and Robotics. Full papers must be submitted in PDF format prepared strictly following the IEEE PDF Requirements for Creating PDF Documents for the IEEE Xplore. For detailed format information, please visit the conference website. All accepted papers are expected to be indexed by EI and included in IEEE Xplore. 

Tutorials & Workshops: Proposals for tutorials and workshops addressing new topics in robotics and biomimetics are invited for submission to the T/W chair. 

Journal Publications: Expanded versions of the accepted and presented papers with high quality will be invited for publication in Robotics and Biomimetics (a Springer open journal).