TAROS 2015

TAROS is a platform for robotics researchers with a wide range of interests from the UK, Europe and worldwide. TAROS welcomes paper submissions on a wide range of topics related to the principles and practice of robotics.

TAROS 2015 was hosted by the Department of Computer Science at the University of Liverpool, and included an academic conference, industry exhibitions/talks, robot demonstrations and other satellite events.

TAROS 2016 will be held in Sheffield, 28th-30th June, 2016.

TAROS Prize Winners

Best Student Paper Prize

In memory of the late Prof. Ulrich Nehmzow (1961-2010), a founder and leading light of the TAROS conference series. Awarded to

• Andrew Wells and Eroin Plaku
  Catholic University of America
• for the paper
  Adaptive Sampling-Based Motion Planning for Mobile Robots with Differential Constraints

IET Robotics and Mechatronics TPN Prize

for the most promising robot application. Awarded to

• Ke Ma, Juanjuan Zhu, Tony Dodd, Richard Collins and Sean Anderson
  University of Sheffield
• for the paper
  Robot Mapping and Localisation for Feature Sparse Water Pipes using Voids as Landmarks

Springer Best Paper Prize

Awarded to

• Alexandros Giagkos, Elio Tuci and Myra Scott Wilson
  Aberystwyth University
• for the paper
  Advancing evolutionary coordination for fixed-wing communications UAVs