The 44th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR 2013) will be held during October 24~26, 2013 at KINTEX, Seoul, Korea. The purpose of ISR 2013 is to provide opportunities for worldwide researchers and engineers to present their pioneering works and to share their ideas in the fields of robotics. During the conference, significant progresses in all aspects of research, development, and application will be covered and discussed in presentations and lectures together with other relevant events. ISR 2013 solicits original and state-of-the-art contributions to the related topics with plenary and invited lectures, oral contributions, and posters.