The International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics (ICAROB 2023) was held from 9 to 12 of February 2023 in Beppu, Japan. The purpose of the conference was to involve scientists and researchers in a productive discussion of new developments and key issues in the field of artificial life and robotics.

The Laboratory of Intelligent Robotic Systems members presented the articles at the conference.

The main speakers on the results of scientific research conducted under the direction of Evgeni Magid were LIRS members – Assistant Professor Elvira Chebotareva, Bachelor’s students of the Institute of Information Technologies and Intelligent Systems (ITIS) and Research Assistants Ramir Sultanov, Aidar Zagirov and Maxim Mustafin, postgraduate students and Teaching Assistants Alexandra Dobrokvashina and Ramil Safin, Master’s student and engineer Artem Apurin, and Master's student Elaman Kidiraliev.

This year LIRS presented 8 articles. The topics of the presented reports:

“Android Based Educational Mobile Robot Design and Pilot Evaluations”. Authors: Assistant Professor Elvira Chebotareva and Research Assistant Maxim Mustafin.

“Virtual Collaborative Cells Modeling for UR3 and UR5 Robots in Gazebo Simulator”. Authors: Research Assistant Ramir Sultanov, Teaching Assistant Shifa Sulaiman, Teaching Assistant Tatyana Tsoy and Assistant Professor Elvira Chebotareva.

“New Features Implementation for Servosila Engineer Model in Gazebo Simulator for ROS Noetic”. Authors: Teaching Assistant Alexandra Dobrokvashina, Teaching Assistant Shifa Sulaiman, Teaching Assistant Tatyana Tsoy, ITIS student Timur Gamberov, Assistant Professor Kuo-Hsien Hsia (National Yunlin University of Science & Technology) and Intelligent Robotics Department Professor Evgeni Magid.

“Features of Interaction Between a Human and a Gestures-controlled Collaborative Robot in an Assembly Task: Pilot Experiments”. Authors: Research Assistant Maxim Mustafin, Assistant Professor Elvira Chebotareva, Assistant Professor Hongbing Li (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Professor Edgar Martinez-Garcia (Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez) and Professor Evgeni Magid.

“Modeling of Human Actions in a Collaborative Robotic Space Using AR601M Humanoid Robot: Pilot Experiments in the Gazebo Simulator”. Authors: Research Assistant Aidar Zagirov, engineer Artem Apurin and Assistant Professor Elvira Chebotareva.

“Modern Methods of Map Construction Using Optical Sensors Fusion”. Authors: Teaching Assistant Ramil Safin, Teaching Assistant Tatyana Tsoy, Assistant Professor Roman Lavrenov, Assistant Professor Ilya Afanasyev and Professor Magid.

“Omniwheel Chassis' Model and Plugin for Gazebo Simulator”. Authors: engineer Artem Apurin, Research Assistant Bulat Abbyasov, Teaching Assistant Alexandra Dobrokvashina, Professor Yang Bai (Ritsumeikan University), Assistant Professor Mikhail Svinin (Ritsumeikan University) and Professor Evgeni Magid.

“Using optical sensors for industrial robot-human interactions in a Gazebo environment”. Authors: Master’s Student Elaman Kidiraliev and Assistant Professor Roman Lavrenov.