Abstract :
There is a silent revolution in the making at the beginning of the 21st Century: Robotics. It is the next "computer revolution," the next technological leap, and the next economic opportunity. As happened with computers, we predict that robotics will become ubiquitous in very short order. Robotics is not limited to the traditional \´3Ds\´ (dirty, dangerous, and distant). Graying of the population will require new types of robots and new approaches to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of care and service. Biorobotics encompasses a broad spectrum of robots inspired by biological living systems and beings, robots intended to "repair" human beings, and robots intended to assist, augment, or rehabilitate human beings. It is, therefore, not surprising that biorobots represent at least half of all present academic publications on robotics. With so much excitement and work in progress, it is not surprising to see how much this conference has grown since the last editions. There was a record of 449 papers submitted for this edition. These papers came from 49 countries and 75% of them were accepted. These 449 papers were brilliantly handled by 3 editors:
