The Industry 4.0 is an integrated system which consists of an automation tool, robotic control, communications and big data analytics. The Industry 4.0 holds a lot of potentials and is expected to register a substantial growth in the near future. There are several conferences on automation, robotics and communications, but they are not meet the Industry 4.0 challenges. The series of annual ARCI Winter IFSA conferences have been launched to fill-in this gap and provide a forum for open discussion of state-of-the-art technologies related to control, automation, robotics and communication - three main components of Industry 4.0.

The ARCI' 2021 conference will incorporate three symposiums covering research and development in a broaden range in automation, robotics and communication, and united by the Industry 4.0 challenges. However it will be not a conference only about the future concepts and new visions. It will be also to discuss how to adopt the current R&D results for Industry 4.0 and to customize products under the conditions of highly flexible (mass-) production. The ARCI' 2021 conference is organized by the IFSA - one of the major professional, non-profit association serving for sensor industry and academy during 20 years.

The purpose of ARCI' 2021 is bring together leading international researchers, developers and practitioners to attain synergetic exchanges of ideas and practices. The conference will offer plenary and invited talks, contributed oral and poster presentations, special sessions, industry tracks, panel discussions, tutorials and exhibition of commercial products. Social and cultural events will also take place to foster networking among the participants in a friendly manner.​ We trust that you will find the ARCI 2021 conference professionally rewarding and stimulating as well as enjoyable.


Automation:

* Automatic Control ​
* Control Theory and Applications
* Linear/Nonlinear Control
* Adaptive/Robust Control
* Control Devices and Instruments
* Components and Technologies for Control
* Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
* Control System Modeling and Simulation
* Fuzzy-logic and Artificial Neural Networks in Control Systems I
* Industrial Automation and Control
* Manufacturing Systems and Automation
* Process Automation
* Process Control and Monitoring
* Optimal Control
* Telematics
* CAD / CAM / CIM / SCADA
* Computers for Control
* Computational Intelligence in Control
* Information Control in Manufacturing
* Intelligent Traffic Control
* Chemical Process Control
* Control in Agriculture Biological and Medical Systems
* Modeling and Control of Environmental Systems
* Artificial Intelligence for Cyber-Physical Systems in Automation
* Machine Learning in Control Applications
* Education and Training in Automatic Control and Systems


Robotics:

* Industrial Robots
* Soft Robots
* Biorobotics and Medical Robots
* Sensors for Robots Mobile Robots
* Humanoid Robots
* Intelligent Robots & Systems
* Mechatronic Systems
* Multimodality Human-machine Interaction
* Robot Control and Learning
* Cognitive Approach for Robotics
* Flexible Automation
* Industrial and Manufacturing Trends in Robotics
* Autonomous Systems and Drones
* Robots for Space Exploration
* Robotics in Defense
* Underwater Robots
* Network Robotics
* Telerobotics
* Nanorobotics


Communications:

* Industrial Communication Technologies and Systems
* Industrial Networks and Automation
* Real-Time and Networked Embedded Systems
* Network Control and Security
* Web-enabled Manufacturing Control and Wireless Automation
* Wireless Sensor Networks for Robot Navigation
* Distributed Networks
* Network Architectures and Protocols
* Intelligent Network Components
* Next Generation Networks
* Communication Theory, Protocols and Signal Processing
* Telecommunications
* Digital Telecommunications
* Telecommunications in Smart Cities
* Wireless and Mobile Communications
* 3G and 4G Mobile Communications Services
* Satellite and Space Communications
* Sensor, Mesh, and Ad hoc Networks
* Underwater Sensor Networks
* Radio Communications Systems
* Energy Harvesting and Power Management in Communication Systems
* Telemetry and Telecontrol


Type of presentation:

* Keynote presentations
* Invited presentations
* Special sessions
* Regular sessions
* Poster sessions
* Industrial presentations
* Panel discussions and Round tables
* Exhibition


Social Events:

- Welcome 'Cheese & Wine party'
- Gala Dinner
- Excursions


Special Sessions:

Authors are welcome to organize and manage special sessions during the conference. Each session will contain 4-6 papers in a related field as specified above.


Session organizers will get:

* Certificate of appreciation
* Free registration for the event
* Special publishing theme within conference proceedings
* Free article and book chapter post conference publications in appropriate open access journals and ‘Advances in Robotics and Automatic Control: Reviews’, Book Series, Vol.3 or ‘Advances in Networks, Security and Communications: Reviews’, Book Series, Vol.3.


Publications:

One events - three publications !

1) All registered abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings (USB flash drive edition of published Proceedings with the ISBN), distributed during the conference and submitted for indexing to the Web of Science.

2) Authors will be invited to submit full-page extended papers to the special issue of Sensors & Transducers open access journal (ISSN 2306-8515, e-ISSN 1726-5479) for free of charge.

3) The limited number of full-page papers published in the journal will be selected by the Editorial Board to extend for book chapters for the open access Book Series on ‘Advances in Robotics and Automatic Control: Reviews’, Book Series, Vol.3 or ‘Advances in Networks, Security and Communications: Reviews’, Book Series, Vol.3.