From the content: Simulation of Smog Diffusing Based on Particle Swarm Optimization -- Self-Compensating Technology for Disturbing Torque of Space Swing Camera -- Matrix Multiplication Parallelization on a Many-Core Platform -- Solar Power Station Monitoring System with Five Remote Functions and Double Intelligent Control Loop -- Design of Portable Solar Energy System with Fast-stationed Feature -- The Fuzzy Binary Relations on n- Frustum Pyramid Fuzzy Number Space and its Application -- Similarity Relation of Two-dimensional Frustum Pyramid Fuzzy Numbers Based on the Geometry and Its Application.

Session 2 includes 110 papers selected from 2011 3rd International Asia Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (CAR 2011), held on December 24-25, 2011, Shenzhen, China.   As we all know, the ever growing technology in robotics and automation will help build a better human society. This session will provide a unique opportunity for the academic and industrial communities to address new challenges, share solutions, and discuss research directions for the future. Robotics research emphasizes intelligence and adaptability to cope with unstructured environments. Automation research emphasizes efficiency, productivity, quality, and reliability, focusing on systems that operate autonomously. The main focus of this session is on the autonomous acquisition of semantic information in intelligent robots and systems, as well as the use of semantic knowledge to guide further acquisition of information.