  RoboNet-II uses a global network of robotic telescopes to perform follow-up
observations of microlensing events in the Galactic Bulge. The current network
consists of three 2m telescopes located in Hawaii and Australia (owned by Las
Cumbres Observatory) and the Canary Islands (owned by Liverpool John Moores
University). In future years the network will be expanded by deploying clusters
of 1m telescopes in other suitable locations. A principal scientific aim of the
RoboNet-II project is the detection of cool extra-solar planets by the method
of gravitational microlensing. These detections will provide crucial
constraints to models of planetary formation and orbital migration. RoboNet-II
acts in coordination with the PLANET microlensing follow-up network and uses an
optimization algorithm ("web-PLOP") to select the targets and a distributed
scheduling paradigm (eSTAR) to execute the observations. Continuous automated
assessment of the observations and anomaly detection is provided by the ARTEMiS
system.
