Artificial Life and Robotics is an international journal publishing original technical papers and authoritative state-of-the-art reviews on the development of new technologies concerning artificial life and robotics, especially computer-based simulation and hardware for the twenty-first century. This journal covers a broad multidisciplinary field, including areas such as artificial brain research, artificial intelligence, artificial life, artificial living, artificial mind research, brain science, chaos, cognitive science, complexity, computer graphics, evolutionary computations, fuzzy control, genetic algorithms, innovative computations, intelligent control and modelling, micromachines, micro-robot world cup soccer tournament, mobile vehicles, neural networks, neurocomputers, neurocomputing technologies and applications, robotics, robus virtual engineering, and virtual reality. Hardware-oriented submissions are particularly welcome. Publishing body: International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics Editor-in-Chiei: Hiroshi Tanaka Hatanaka R Apartment 101, Hatanaka 8-7A, Ooaza-Hatanaka, Oita city, Oita, Japan 870-0856   ©International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics.