ICT 2008 :: Conference sessions
Sensing, Understanding Robotics
Auditorium Pasteur, 25/11/2008 (14:00-15:30)
Technical devices and systems could deliver greatly improved services if they were able to sense actively and understand the world around them in ways that match their users' expectations and demands. Cheap, miniaturised sensors and abundant computing power, new materials and networking technologies, are now bringing such capabilities within reach of industrial realisation.
In this session key research and engineering issues will be highlighted in addition to the benefits gained from this research in terms of new or enhanced products, and fresh opportunities for sustainable growth.
Specific topics that will be addressed include:
- What robots sense and do;
- Robots that understand;
- Robots that learn;
- Making and selling robots.
Chair: Libor KRÁL (European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, Unit E5 - Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics, Luxembourg)
Featuring
- Jeremy WYATT (University of Birmingham, UK, School of Computer Science, United Kingdom)
- Ralf KOEPPE (KUKA Roboter GmbH, Research & Development, Germany)
- Danica KRAGIC (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)
- Bruno SICILIANO (Università di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Italy)
- Sethu VIJAYAKUMAR (University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics, United Kingdom)
Session organiser: Bjoern JURETZKI (European Commission, Unit E5 - Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics, Luxembourg)