Authors must submit their final version of camera-ready papers electronically in PDF format through the PaperPlaza system no later than 23:59:59 Pacific Time (UTC -8) on August 1, 2016 (no extensions). Before submitting the final version, authors are expected to revise their paper taking into account the feedback from the reviewers.

Only final submissions will be included in the conference proceedings and in IEEE Xplore.

Step 1: Prepare your final paper using the available LaTeX or Microsoft Word templates while following the given paper preparation instructions. Make sure to have the latest templates and do not change the format in any way. Final papers are expected to be six pages long, but you can have up to eight pages if you pay a surcharge of $180 per extra page. IMPORTANT: The required page size for IROS 2016 is US letter, please adjust the needed lines in your LaTeX sources or use the appropriate Word template. If your paper is accompanied by a video, an explicit reference to the accompanying video should be present in the text of the paper.

Step 2: Check that the names of all authors and their order is identical in the PaperPlaza submission system, the paper, the digest page, and the accompanying video (if applicable). Please write author names with only the first letter capitalized, that is, use “Firstname Lastname” in all instances and do not use “FIRSTNAME LASTNAME” anywhere.

Step 3: IROS 2016 subscribes to the PaperCept Compliant PDF Creation service. You can simply upload the Word or LaTeX source file of your submission and the service converts it to a compliant PDF document. Detailed instructions are available on PaperPlaza.  Alternatively, you can create a PDF version of your paper using the PDF writer of your choice and perform the IEEE PDF compliance test. Please limit the size of the PDF file to be less than 6MB. If your paper does not pass the test, you cannot continue and may read the PDF Test Help to revise the format of your paper until it passes the test. 

Step 4: During the conference, a Digest will be distributed to all participants. Please prepare one (and only one) PowerPoint slide that illustrates your paper. Use the IROS2016 Digest Template. Please do not change the template and keep fonts and font sizes as preset in the template. Please also note that the digest will be printed in black and white, a color version will be available on the conference website.

Step 5: Optional Multimedia/Video Attachment Submissions (Max 3 minutes play) can be added to supplement accepted papers. All video contributions (a self-contained 1-3 minutes video connected with a paper accepted to IROS 2016) must consist of a mpeg file (max. 100MB/ but less than 20MB recommended for easy access), that will be included on the proceedings, as well as a README and a SUMMARY file (see explanation below).
It is mandatory to use the most common media formats (mpg, mpeg 1 or mpeg 4). Any other extensions will be blocked. The video contributions should not have any commercial pitch and the authors of each video must have clear copyright of the audio and visual content. Accepted video contributions will be included in the Conference proceedings and also in IEEE Xplore. There, the video will appear as an enhanced object next to the PDF of the summarizing text (a sort of short paper). If your paper features a video attachment, please prepare the following two plain text files:

Note that both of the above files should be in plain text format and have a .txt extension. They are needed by IEEE in order to include the video in IEEE Xplore.

Step 6: Update the final submission information (title, author list, number of pages, abstract, copyright) in PaperPlaza. To process the copyright transfer for each contribution, follow the “Copyright Transfer” link, and you will be taken to the IEEE copyright transfer site (IEEE eCP) in a new window. Follow the steps as described on IEEE eCP pages and make sure that the paper title and author list are correct before your perform the copyright transfer.

Step 7: At least one of the authors listed on the paper must be registered for the conference when the final paper is uploaded. A single regular conference registration can be used to upload two papers. A single student conference registration can be used to upload one paper.

Step 8: In PaperPlaza upload the following files: