8Th Ifac Symposium on Cost Oriented Automation, Coa 2007, Date: 13 February 2007 through 15 February 2007, Location: La Habana, Sponsors: IFAC Technical Committees on Cost Oriented Automation (4.4);IFAC Technical Committees on Computers for Control (3.1);IFAC Technical Committees on Components and Instruments (4.1);IFAC Technical Committees on Robotics (4.3);IFAC Technical Committees on Human-Machine-Systems (4.5)