This volume presents the proceedings of the 4th Asian Conference on Robotics and Its Applications (ACRA 2001). The conference, held from June 6-8, 2001, at the National University of Singapore, brought together researchers and practitioners in the field of robotics. The papers included cover a range of topics within robotics and its applications, reflecting the state of research in Asia at the time.

As a collection of conference proceedings, this volume serves as a snapshot of the research landscape in robotics in Asia during 2001. It is likely to be of interest to specialists in the field seeking to understand the historical development of robotics research and applications presented at ACRA 2001. The technical papers would offer insights into the methodologies and findings of the researchers who presented their work.