Special Message from the TePRA 2013 Organizers: Dear TePRA Attendee, As you have no doubt heard, Greater Boston is on high alert following the Boston Marathon bombing and manhunt for the surviving suspect, with many universities closed and events cancelled today.  Our conference venue in Woburn is approximately 10 miles from downtown Boston and is not directly affected.  Our current plan is to hold the TePRA conference as scheduled on Monday and Tuesday.  However, we recommend that you allow extra time for travel due to heightened security, especially if you will be passing through Logan Airport.  Looking forward to seeing you next week. Meanwhile, please join us in passing on our thoughts, prayers, and condolences to everyone in the community who has been affected by these tragic events. Sincerely, Mike Gennert, TePRA General Chair Taşkın Padır, TePRA Technical Program Chair William Agassounon, TePRA Conference Secretary Bob Alongi, TePRA Business Manager   Welcome to TePRA 2013! The 5th Annual IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA) will be held in the Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts, USA on April 22-23, 2013. TePRA is aimed at catalyzing the development of enabling technologies and encouraging their adoption by robot designers. With an emphasis on practical applications and industrial participation, TePRA provides researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs and robotics professionals with a forum balanced between an academic conference and an exhibition, while presentations are selected through IEEE's rigorous peer-review process. Past TePRA conferences featured leaders in the field as keynote speakers including Rob Maline (JGRE), Mick Mountz (Kiva), Jorgen Pedersen (RE2), Hanu Singh (WHOI), Eddie Tunstel (JHU), Colin Angle (iRobot), Helen Greiner (CyPhy Works), Gill Pratt (DARPA), Mike Rufo (Boston Engineering), Tom Ryden (Vgo Communications), Kevin Blankespoor (Boston Dynamics). As an emerging robotics conference, past TePRA programs included more than 150 technical paper and poster presentations combined, robot demonstrations, student competitions sponsored by iRobot, panel sessions and exhibits This year's conference will feature: Elaine Chen, Rethink Robotics Henrik I. Christensen, Georgia Institute of Technology Helen Greiner, CyPhy Works David Audet, NSRDEC Mark Micire, NASA Ohad Shvueli, PrimeSense The conference theme this year will be new technologies in robotics and automation and their practical applications. While papers are solicited in all related areas of robotics and automation, the conference tracks include:	Technical Program Online! Online Conference Registration Now Open! Online Hotel Reservation Now Open! IMPORTANT DATES March 15, 2013 Submission of final papers April 22-23, 2013 5th Annual TePRA PLENARY SPEAKERS: Elaine Chen, Rethink Robotics Henrik I. Christensen, Georgia Institute of Technology Helen Greiner, CyPhy Works David Audet, NSRDEC Mark Micire, NASA Ohad Shvueli, PrimeSense             Join the 2013 TePRA Email List Email address: (optional) Your name:
Robot Applications: Robot Technologies: Medical and Rehabilitation Military and Security Actuation and Manipulation Consumer and Industrial Best Practices and Experience Reports Robust and Reliable Robotics Technologies Resource Aware Algorithms Power & Communications Sensing Software Development Tools
TePRA Conference Committee invites robotics researchers, developers, engineers, scientists and industry representatives to submit their contributions (full paper or poster). Detailed instructions for submissions can be found on the conference website. Exhibit and demonstration opportunities are available. TePRA will also feature a college-level student robotics competition for which prizes will be awarded to top teams.

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