This book contains a selection of papers
accepted for presentation and discussion at ROBOT 2015: Second Iberian Robotics
Conference, held in Lisbon, Portugal, November 19th-21th, 2015. ROBOT 2015 is
part of a series of conferences that are a joint organization of SPR –
“Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica/ Portuguese Society for Robotics”, SEIDROB –
Sociedad Española para la Investigación y Desarrollo de la Robótica/ Spanish
Society for Research and Development in Robotics and CEA-GTRob – Grupo Temático
de Robótica/ Robotics Thematic Group. The conference organization had also the
collaboration of several universities and research institutes, including: University
of Minho, University of Porto, University of Lisbon, Polytechnic Institute of
Porto, University of Aveiro, University of Zaragoza, University of Malaga,
LIACC, INESC-TEC and LARSyS.

Robot 2015 was focussed on the Robotics
scientific and technological activities in the Iberian Peninsula, although open
to research anddelegates from other countries. The conference featured 19
special sessions, plus a main/general robotics track. The special sessions were
about: Agricultural Robotics and Field Automation; Autonomous Driving and
Driver Assistance Systems; Communication Aware Robotics; Environmental
Robotics; Social Robotics: Intelligent and Adaptable AAL Systems; Future
Industrial Robotics Systems; Legged Locomotion Robots; Rehabilitation and
Assistive Robotics; Robotic Applications in Art and Architecture; Surgical
Robotics; Urban Robotics; Visual Perception for Autonomous Robots; Machine
Learning in Robotics; Simulation and Competitions in Robotics; Educational
Robotics; Visual Maps in Robotics; Control and Planning in Aerial Robotics, the
XVI edition of the Workshop on Physical Agents and a Special Session on
Technological Transfer and Innovation.