Welcome Message from the Chair

Welcome to the Web page of the IFAC Technical Committee on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles.

The target of this Technical Committee is to promote discussion on generic methodologies and techniques applicable to intelligent autonomous vehicles, including mobile robots and multi-vehicle systems on land, at sea, in air or in space and to share ideas and views on future trends and emerging areas within IAVs.

Besides co-sponsoring a number of workshops, symposia and conferences, the Committee organizes, every three years, the IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAV). The IAV Symposium aims at providing an opportunity for the presentation and discussion of research and development work in the general area of intelligent autonomous vehicles. Researchers and practitioners from the fields of land, air and marine robotics are brought together to discuss common theoretical and practical problems, describe scientific and commercial applications and explore avenues for future research. Following United Kingdom (1993), Finland (1995), Spain (1998), Japan (2001) and Portugal (2004), the 6th Symposium, (IAV2007) took place in Toulouse, France on September 2007. The 7th IAV Symposium, IAV2010,already approved, will take place in Lecce, Italy on 6-8 September 2010.

In a new initiative within the Committee activities, a workshop on Multi-Vehicle Systems took place in Salvador, Brazil in 2-3 October 2006.(http://www.lti.pcs.usp.br/mvs2006/).

Your views and ideas about the current and future of intelligent autonomous vehicles and associated activities are welcome by the Committee. If you wish to join the Committee or to contact it, please send an e-mail.

Michel Devy: michel.devy@laas.fr