For this science week, the lights are on robotics in the region. Besides the meetings in Giens, co-organised with the INRIA Sophia, the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis is organising from October 16th to 18th the eighth IEEE conference (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), a reference in the high tech world. At the congress center of Juan-les-Pins, more than two hundred communications will be done by worldwide contributors on automated production systems, intelligent robots, virtual factories, micromachines and everything linked to emerging technologies and industry automation. Information and contacts: www.esinsa.unice.fr/etfa2001
