The Style of Manuscript for 38th Annual Conference of the RSJ*Taro WASEDA (Robotics Society of Japan), Hanako TOHOKU (RSJ Co. Ltd.)
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Generalinstructions
manuscriptfortheThe paper submission procedure for the International Sessions is basically the same as that for otherregular sessions. For details, please refer to the International Session web site [2] for the 38th RSJ annualconference.
1. [Microsoft Word]: Please write the manuscriptby using the sample ﬁle sample2020_IS.doc
which can be downloaded from the web site [2].
Depending on the versions of your MS Wordand OS, there is a possibility that the layoutof the sample ﬁle is broken. In such a case,the manuscript should be properly prepared inaccordance with the sample ﬁle in PDF format
sample2020_IS.pdf.
[LATEX]: When typesetting by LATEX2e, please
download sample2020_IS.zip from the web site[2] and use included sample2e2020_IS.tex andrsj2020e_IS.sty .
[Other cases]: The manuscript should be written in accordance with the sample ﬁle in PDF
format sample2020_IS.pdf.
2. You must create a PDF ﬁle from DVI ﬁle or Wordﬁle, etc. Please refer to the web site [2] about theembedded font, the quality of graphics, and thesecurity setup. Before submitting the PDF ﬁle,please double-check your ﬁle by using the AdobeReader.
3. Follow the paper submission procedure describedin the web site [2]. The uploaded PDF ﬁle will
be included in the conference proceedings.
4. It is strongly recommended for the authors who
are willing to submit papers to the International
Sessions to contact the corresponding session organizers before submitting the paper. They will
check the ﬁtting of your paper to their session.

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Format of the manuscript

Number of pages and ﬁle size
Manuscripts for the International Sessions must
be in English, and up to 2 pages of A4 size paper. Thesizes of PDF ﬁle should not exceed 3 Mbytes. Youcan submit a movie ﬁle for a reference material. The
total size of the movie ﬁle and the main paper PDF
ﬁle should be less than 4MB. Manuscripts exceeding
2 pages cannot be published and ﬁles exceeding theregulated sizes cannot be submitted.

SampleFig.1 Sample imageand keywords are no longer necessary. Please follow
the guidelines described in the web site [2] for thestructure of a paper written in English.
2·2.1 Figures and tables
The ﬁgures and tables should have suﬃcient resolution for printing. Note, however, that the total ﬁlesize including ﬁgures should not exceed the maximum
ﬁle size (3M bytes).
2·2.2 References
In the main text, each reference citation should
be enclosed in brackets as [1], and all references should
be listed together at the end of the manuscript. Theirformats are based on those of the Journal of theRobotics Society of Japan. Again please refer to theweb site [2] for details.

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Application for presentation andpaper submission

The application for the presentation and thepaper submission for the International sessions are
the same as that for the regular sessions. Eachcontributor must apply for the presentation throughthe conference website by noon of July 15, 2020
and then upload the manuscript in PDF format
by noon of August 12, 2020. Please keep the deadline strictly. For details, please refer the web site
[2].

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Paper layout
Please note that the conference paper format has
been changed signiﬁcantly since 2011 and an abstract

References[1] Taro Yamada and Ichiro Suzuki: “A New Styleof Manuscript for 100th Annual Conference of theRobotics Society of Japan,” Journal of the Robotics
Society of Japan, Vol. 100, No. 4, pp. 8–12, 2082.
[2] “International Session web site for the 38th Annual
Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan,” https://ac.rsj-web.org/2020/