Artificial Intelligence, robotics and automation have gained quintessential prominence in the workplace. Rapidly increasing research focus on building robots and automation systems that can make difference in the quality of human life. The days are not far away when humanoid robots become common in many homes and offices. Topics in this track include, but are not limited to (a) Networked and Distributed Intelligent Controls, (b) Adaptive Control Systems, (c) Mobile and Autonomous Systems, (d) Multi-Agent Collaborative Systems (MACS), (e) Bio Robotics and Biomechatronics, (f) Space and Underwater Robotics, (g) Service and Security Robotics, (h) Humanoid Robots, (i) Human-Machine Interfaces and Interaction, (j) Robotics and Industrial Monitoring, (k) Vision Systems for Automation and Robotics, (l) Smart Sensors and Sensor Fusion and (j) Digital and virtual manufacturing & automation systems.