The 2025 International Conference on

Artificial Life and Robotics(ICAROB2025)

30th AROB Anniversary

Call for Papers
General Chair
Masanori Sugisaka
Co-General Chairs
Yingmin Jia
Takao Ito
Ju-Jang Lee
Advisory Committee Chairs
Eiji Hayashi
Jeffrey Johnson
Kazuo Ishii
Kensuke Harada
Takashi Kohno

Usa Shrine (Before BC era three goddesses “Shikitusima-himemikoto, Hasizu-himemikoto, Tag

iri-himemikoto descended on the earth of Usa from heaven.) The shrine is called Total Motomiya
Hachiman Shrine Usa located in Oita Prefecture.

Vice General ChairsAng, Chun Kit
John L. Casti
Katia Passerini
Henrik Hautop Lund
Luigi Pagliarini
Mohd Rizon
Norrima Mokhtar

The 2025 International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics
February 13 to 16, 2025
The 2025 International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics (ICAROB2025) will be held at J:COM
HorutoHall February 13 to 16, 2025. A series of Proceedings of ICAROB are included in both CPCI-Web ofScience and Scopus. This Conference will provide new development of modern technologies concerning
Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life(vol.1-8) 8 Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life(vol.9-) this journal
is included in ESCI, Scopus) associated with computer simulations, hardware designs, and networking of stateof-the-art technologies to researchers, and to share findings on how advancements in robotics, networking,complexity and artificial life technologies that relate to inter-disciplinary approach to the field such as artificial
intelligence, virtual reality, and computer science are creating the basis for exciting new research and applications
in various fields listed in the following topics. Please submit papers to ICAROB Office (email toProgram Chair
Makoto Sakamoto
Co-Program Chair
Marion Oswald

icarob@alife-robotics.co.jp). website: https://alife-robotics.co.jp/

Conference Site
(J:COM HorutoHall, Oita, Japan)

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to•••••••••••••••••••

J:COM HorutoHall

ICAROB Office

Mobile: +81-80-8565-8256
email: icarob@alife-robotics.co.jp
web: https://alife-robotics.co.jp/
or https://alife-robotics.org/

Analysis of randomized algorithms
Artificial nervous systems for robots
Artificial living
Bipedal robot
Bio-inspired immune system
Cognitive science
Evolutionary computations
Intelligent control
Medical surgical robot
Computational Molecular biology
Nano-robotics
NeuroscienceNeuro-computer
Neuromorphic systems
Reinforcement learning system & genetic programing
Software development support method
System cybernetics
Foundation of computation and its application
Unmanned aerial systems technologies

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Artificial sciences
Artificial mind research
Brain science and computing
Artificial intelligence & complexity
adaptive behavior and metabolism
Data mining
Fuzzy control
Human-welfare robotics
Micro-machines
Multi-agent systems
Networking
Pattern recognition
Virtual reality
Environment navigation and localization
Facial expression analysis, music recommendation
and augmented reality
Applications in Kansei engineering
Unmanned aero vehicles
Unmanned aerial systems designing, controls andnavigation••••••••••••••••••

Intelligence in biological systems
Agent-based software
Chaos
Computer graphics
DNA computing
Genetic algorithms
Image processing
Management of technology
Insect-like aero vehicles
Nano-biology
Neural circuits
Unmanned underwater vehicles
Quantum computing
Robotics
Visualization
Disasters robotics
Empirical research on network and MOT(Others etc.)

Important Dates•November 25, 2024: PS, IS, OS, GS, Poster S, TS abstract proposal submission deadline•November 25, 2024: Final early bird registration deadline•November 28, 2024: Letter of Acceptance deadline•December 15, 2024: (we don’t accept papers after deadline ): Final paper submission deadline
OS: Organized Session, GS: General Session, PS: Poster Session, IS: Invited Session, TS: Tutorial Session

Fukuoka Section

Publication

CCAI

https://alife-robotics.co.jp/

hAccepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of the ICAROB Series that was includedin Scopus and CPCI-Web of Science. Extended versions of the selected papers will bepublished in theinternational journal：Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life orRobotics, Networking and Artificial Life (JRNAL became ESCI & Scopus journal ) published bySugisaka Masanori & Advances in Artificial Life Robotics or Advances in Artificial Life Robotics( JAALR to be soon indexed by Scopus) published by Sugisaka Masanori & Takao Ito.

Banquet fee is FREE because ALife Robotics Co. Ltd., will defray the expenses. Welcome to Banquet!
Registration Fee
Registration fee ¥55,000 (¥50,000 for early birds) and ¥30,000 for Students (¥25,000 for early birds) :Organized byInternational Steering Committee of International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics (ICAROB)

Technical co-sponsored byIEEE Fukuoka Section (Japan)

Co-Organized by

Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI, P. R. China)

Sponsored by

ALife Robotics Corporation Ltd.

General Chair

Masanori Sugisaka (ALife Robotics Co., Ltd., Japan)

Co- General Chairs

Yingmin Jia (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Takao Ito (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Ju-Jang Lee (KAIST, Korea)

Advisory Committee Chairs

Eiji Hayashi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Jeffrey Johnson (The Open University, UK)
Kazuo Ishii (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Katia Passerini (Seton Hall University, USA)Kensuke Harada (Osaka University, Japan)
Takashi Kohno (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Vice General ChairsAng, Chun Kit (University of UCSI, Malaysia)
John L. Casti (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria)(The company X-Event Dynamics - (Co-founder), Austria)
Katia Passerini ((Seton Hall University, USA)

Henrik Hautop Lund (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)Luigi Pagliarini (Academy of Fine Arts of Macerata, Italy)
Mohd Rizon (University of UCSI, Malaysia)
Norrima Mokhtar (University of Malaya, Malaysia)

Bruce Eisenstein (Drexel University, Former IEEE President, USA)
Hidenori Kimura (RIKEN, Japan)
Jeffrey Johnson (The Open University, UK)
Joshua M. Epstein (The Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Ken-ichi Tanaka (Executive Fellow, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan)

Masato Nakagawa (Executive Fellow, DENSO CORPORATION, Visiting Professor of HiroshimaUniversity, Japan)
Moshe Kam (New Jersey Institute of Technology, Former IEEE President, USA)Paul Kalata (Drexel University, USA)Peter Herczfeld (Drexel University, USA)

Advisory Committee

Program Chair

Makoto Sakamoto (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)

Co-Program Chair

Marion Oswald (The Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

International Organizing Committee

Akira Nakamura (AIST, Japan)
Akinori Abe (Chiba University, Japan)
Andrew Gadsden (University of Guelph, Canada)
Caoli Wang (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Chan Gook Park (Seoul National University, Korea)
Eiji Hayashi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Evgeni Magid (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
Fengzhi Dai ((Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)
Fuzhong Wang (Henan Polytechnic University, P. R. China)
Hazry Desa (University of Malaysia, Perlis, Malaysia)
Hidehiko Yamamoto (Gifu University, Japan)
Hiroki Tamura (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Hiroshi Kage (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan)
Hiroshi Matsuno (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Huailin Zhao (Shanghai Institute of technology, P. R. China)
Jiwu Wang (Beijing Jiaotong University, P. R. China)
Jovana Jovic (CNRS-AIST JRL, Japan, France)
Junping Du (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P. R. China)
Katsunori Shimohara (Doshisha University, Japan)
Kazuo Ishii (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Kunikazu Kobayashi (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan)
Kuo-Hsien Hsia (National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
Masao Kubo (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)

International Program Committee

Abdul Rahman bin Dullah (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia)
Akinori Abe (Chiba University, Japan)
Akira Utsumi (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Akihiro Yamaguchi (Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan)
Akihito Kanai (Hosei University, Japan)
Ali Selamat (University of Technology of Malaysia, Malaysia)
Aminurafiuddin bin Zulkifli (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Amornphun Phunopas (King Mongkut’s University of Technology, North Bankok, Thailand)
Andre Rosendo (ShanghaiTech University, P. R. China)
Anne Jeannin-Girardon (University of Strasbourg, France)
Anton Shiriaev (Nowegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Artur Sagitov (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
Ashi Gautam (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Atsuya Tange (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Ayumu Tominaga (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Bin Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P. R. China)
Cecilia Zanni-Merk (INSA-Rouen, France)
Chang-Hua Lien (National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
Chaoli Wang (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Cheng-Shion Shieh (Far East University, Taiwan)
Chenyang Li (Beijing Jiaotong University, P. R. China)
Chia-Nan Ko (Nan kai University of Technology, Taiwan)
Chung-Wen Hung (National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Taiwan)
Congdao Han (Shanghai Institute of Technology, P. R. China)
Cui Zhang (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Cynthia Matuszek (University of Maryland, USA)
Donglian Qi (Zhejiang University, P. R. China)
Dongmei Ai (Universty of Science and Technology Beijing, P. R. China)
Duangiai Jitkongchuen (Dhurakij Pundit University, Thailand)
Dunwei Gong (China University of Mining and Technology, P. R. China)
Endra Joelianto (Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia)
Enrico Di Mari (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Fabio Guigou (University of Strasbourg, France)
Fei Hao (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Fenghua Shan (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China)
Fuzhong Wang (Henan Polytechnic University, P. R. China)
Haibo Li (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Maxim Sokolov (Innopolis University, Russia)
Mehta Rajiv (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)
Minsoo Kim (Pusan National University, Korea)
Peter Sapaty (Ukrainian Academy of Science, Ukraine)
Pierre Parrend (University of Strasbourg, France)
Qiang Cai (Beijing Technology and Business University, P. R. China)
Qu Yanbin (Harbin Institute of Technology, P. R. China)
Shin Jisun (Pusan National University, Korea)
Singo Mabu (Yamaguchi University, Japan)Takashi Kohno (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Takashi Ogata (Iwate Prefectural University)
Tetsuro Hattori (Kagawa University, Japan)
Thi Thi Zin (University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Thomas S. Ray (University of Oklahoma, USA)
Toru Yamamoto (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Victor Berdonosov (Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University ofTechnology, Russia)
Yasunari Yoshitomi (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
Yi Chai (Chongqing University, P. R. China)
Yoshifumi Morita (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
Yoshiro Imai (Kagawa University, Japan)
Yuji Shinano (Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany)
Zengqiang Chen (Nankai University, P. R. China)
Moeko Tominaga (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Mohammad Al-Shabi (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
Mohammad Biglarbegian (University of Guelph, Canada)
Mou Chen (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, P. R. China)
Nan Xiao (Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, P. R. China)
Naoki Toyoshima (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Nicolas Monmarché (university of Tours, France)
Noriaki Kuwahara (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
Noritaka Sato (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
Norrima Mokhtar (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
Palakorn Tantrakool (King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, North Bankok, Thailand)
Ping Wang (North China Electric Power University, P. R. China)
Pierre David (University of Strasbourg, France)
Pierre Willaume (University of Strasbourg, France)
Ricardo Q. Figueroa (National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico)
Rizauddin bin Ramli (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)
Roman Lavrenov (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
Ruztamreen bin Jenal (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia)
Ryohei Anshi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
R.K.P.S. Ranaweera (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)
R.P.C. Janaka Rajapakse (Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan)
Satoshi Ikeda (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Seong-Ik Han (Pusan National University, Korea)
Shahriman Abu Bakar (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia)
Shanbi Wei (Chongqing University, P. R. China)
Shifang Xu (Shanghai Institute of Technology, P. R. China)
Shihao Sun (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Shin-ichi Asakawa (Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Japan)
Shing-Tai Pan (Kaohsiung University, Taiwan)
Shin Wakitani (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Shinichi Imai (Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan)
Shoichiro Fujisawa (Tokushima Bunri University, Japan)
Shumin Fei (Southeast University, P. R. China)
Shyi-Ming Chen (National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan)
Stephany Mai Nishikawa (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Stephen Wilkerson (York College of Pennsylvania, USA)
Takashi Kuremoto (Yamaguchi University, Japan)

Haisheng Li (Beijing Technology and Business University, P. R. China)
Haruhisa Okuda (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan)
Haruka Tsuboi (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Haruna Matsushita (Kagawa University, Japan)
Heeje Kim (Pusan National University, Korea)
Hidetsugu Suto (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan)
Hideyuki Tanaka (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Hiroki Fukushima (Kyusyu Women’s University, Japan)
Hiroyuki Iizuka (Osaka University, Japan)
Hong Niu (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)
Hongbo Li (Tsinghua University, P. R. China)
Hongji Ma (Shandong University of Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Hongjiu Yang (Yanshan University, P. R. China)
Hongpeng Yin (Chongqing University, P. R. China)
Hsien-Huang Wu (National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
Huaping Liu (Tsinghua University, P. R. China)
Hussein Abbass (University of New South Wales, and ADFA, Australia)
I-Hsien Liu (National Cheng Kung Univrsiity, Taiwan)
Ilya Afanasyev (Innopolis University, Russia)
Istvan Harmati (Budapest Institute of Technology and Economics, Hungary)
Ivan Tanev (Doshisha University, Japan)
Jiandong Zhao (Beijing Jiaotong University, P. R. China)
Jiao Jia (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Jingchuan Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China)
JJ Merelo (University of Granada, Spain)
Joono Cheong (Korea University, Korea)
Julio Navarro Lara (University of Strasbourg, France)
Jun Kobayashi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Jung-Shian Li (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Junhg-Perng Su (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan)
Jumpei Ono (Digital Arts Sendai, Japan)
Junping Du (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P. R. China)
Kazuo Kawada (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Kei Sahara (Doshisha University Japan)
Keiji Kamei (Nishinippon Institute of Technology, Japan)
Keisuke Watanabe (Tokai University, Japan)
Keita Honda (Gifu university, Japan)
Ke Zhang (Chongqing University, P. R. China)
Ken-ichi Tanaka (Meiji University, Japan)
Kensuke Ogata (Osaka City University Japan)
Khairul Salleh bin Mohamed Sahari (Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia)
Khoyratee Farad (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Kouichi Takeuchi (Okayama University, Japan)
Konstantin Yakovlev (Russian Academy of Sciences, Higher School of Economics, Russia)
Kui Xiang (Wuhan University of Technology, P. R. China)
Leonid Freidovich (Umea University, Sweden)
Levi Timothéeé (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Liming Chen (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Lin Li (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Lin Zhao (Qingdao University, P. R. China)
Mamoru Yoshimura (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Manabu Yamada (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
Masahide Ito (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan)
Masahiro Ushio (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Masahiro Yokomichi (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Masamichi Hori (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Masanori Takahashi (Tokai University, Japan)Masayoshi Kano (Chukyou University, Japan)
Masayoshi Tabuse (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
Masaomi Hatakeyama (university of Zurich, Switzerland)
Max Talanov (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
Meng Duan (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Mingguo Zhao (Tsinghua University, P. R. China)
Minoru Kumano (University of Miyazaki, Japan)

Local Arrangement Committee

Makoto Sakamoto (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Masanori Sugisaka (ALife Robotics Corporation Ltd., Japan)
Takao Ito (Hiroshima University, Japan)

Takayoshi Yamada (Gifu University, Japan)
Takuya Fuginaga (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Takuya Nanami (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Taishiro Kishimoto (Keio University, Japan)
Taisuke Akimoto (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Tarik bin Abd Latef (Universiti Malaya, Malaysia)
Taro Shibanoki (Ibaraki University, Japan)
Taro Takagi (National Institute of Technology, Maizuru College, Japan)
Teruhisa Hochin (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
Tetsuro Katayama (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Thomas Noel (University of Strasbourg, France)
Thunyaseth Sethaput (Thammasat University, Thailand)
Tianping Zhang (Yangzhou University, P. R. China)
Tomohiko Takagi (Kagawa University, Japan)
Tomohiro Henmi (National Institute of Technology, Kagawa Collage, Japan)
Toshihiro Inukai (DENSO Wave Incorporated, Japan)
Toshinori Nawata (Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan)
Tsunehiro Yoshinaga (Tokuyama National College of Technology, Japan)
Ussath Martin (The University of Potsdam, Germany)
Wan Khairunizam Wan Ahmad (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia)
Wang Jie (Pusan National University, South Korea)
Wanjun Yu (Shanghai Institute of Technology, P. R. China)
Weicun Zhang (University of Science and Technology Beijing, P. R. China)
Wei-Lung Mao (National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
Weiwei Yu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China)
Weixin Zeng (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China)
Wenhao Zheng (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Wenlin Li (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Wisanu Jiviriya (King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bankok, Thailand)
Xiaocan Wang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P. R. China)
Xiaofeng Su (Beijing Institute of Astr onautical Systems Engineering, P. R. China)
Xiaoyan Chen (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Xiaoyan Fu (Capital Normal University, P. R. China)
Xuemei Ren (Beijing Institute of Technology, P. R. China)
Xuhui Lu (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Yafan Liu (Beijing Jiaotong University, P. R. China)
Yan Cui (Shanxi Normal University, P. R. China)
Yasunori Takemura (Nishinippon Institute of Technology, Japan)
Yeong-Jeu Sun (I-Shou University, Taiwan)
Yo Horikawa (Kagawa University, Japan)
Yongqiang Qi (China University of Mining and Technology, P. R. China)
Yoshihiro Kita (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Yoshihiro Ohnishi (Ehime University, Japan)
Youji Kawamura (Kindai University, Japan)
Yu-an Zhang (Qinghai University, P. R. China)
Yuanlin Wang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P. R. China)
Yue Lin (Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, P.R. China)
Yueqian Liang (China Academy of Elecronics and Information Technology, P. R. China)
Yuji Minami (National Institute of Technology, Ube College, Japan)
Yujie Yan (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Yuki Hayashi (Chiba University, Japan)
Yunxiang Liu (Shanghai Institute of Technology, P. R. China)
Yunzhong Song (Henan Polytechnic University, P. R. China)
Yuxing Ouyang (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P. R.China)
Yuya Nishida (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Zacharie Mbaitiga (National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College, Japan)
Zakri bin Ghazali (Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia)
Zengqiang Chen (Nankai University, P. R. China)
Zhao Peng (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Zhengquan Yang (Civil Aviation University of China, P. R. China)
ZhiLi Song (Shanghai Institute of Technology, P. R. China)
Zhongxin Liu (Nankai University, P. R. China)
Zuradzman bin Mohamad Razlan (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia)