This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Second International Multi-Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technology, M-CAIT 2013, held in Shah Alam, in August 2013. The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 110 submissions. M-CAIT 2013 hosted four special tracks in a single event: Intelligence Computation on Pattern Analysis and Robotics (ICPAIR 2013), Data Mining and Optimization (DMO 2013), Semantic Technology and Information Retrieval (STAIR 2013) and Industrial Computing & Applied Informatics (IComp 2013). The papers address issues of state-of-the-art research, development, implementation and applications within the four focus areas in CAIT: pattern recognition, data mining and optimization, knowledge technology and industrial computing.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th FIRA Robo World Congress, FIRA 2013, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in August 2013. The congress consisted of the following three conferences: 5th International Conference on Advanced Humanoid Robotics Research (ICAHRR), 5th International Conference on Education and Entertainment Robotics (ICEER), and 4th International Robotics Education Forum (IREF). The 38 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions. They cover various topics related to the technical developments and achievements in the field of robotics.