Forum

FORUM ON SMART CITY ROBOT COMPETITIONS

October 4

(immediately after the end of the ERL competition)

Room 4.L.7 (Restaurante)

Chairs: G. Kraetzschmar, P. U. Lima, M. Studley

Program:

16:00 - 16:15 - Welcome and Introduction by the Chairs

16:15 - 16:45 - IROS 2018 ERL Consumer Service Robots competition - Pedro U. Lima, Meysam Basiri, Jordi Pagès

16:45 - 17:15 - IROS 2018 ERL Consumer Competition Award Ceremony, conducted by Marta Palau

17:15 - 17:30 - Presentation of the upcoming 2019 ERL Smart City tournament, by Daniele Nardi 

17:30 - 17:40 - Professional Service Robots in Smart City Competitions, by Gerhard Kraetzschmar

17:40 - 17:50 - Emergency Service Robots in Smart City Competitions, by Antidio Vigura 

17:50 - 19:00 - Debate about the impact of robot competitions on tech transfer, research advances, and student recruiting by companies

Confirmed Participants:

• Pascual Campoy, U. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

• Jorge Dias, Khalifa University, UAE

• Mehmet Dogar, U. Leeds, UK

• Francesco Ferro, CEO PAL Robotics, Spain

• Hyungpil Moon, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea