Edinburgh centre for robotics & the alan turing institute symposium
Bridging international robotics and ai grand challenges
Working with the japanese moonshot initiative
Monday 5 June 2023
The symposium will bring together select leaders in AI, robotics and machine learning from Japan, UK, Europe and USA to discuss how we can think outside the box through large-scale initiatives that use Robotics and AI to tackle some of the grand challenges of our generation. Representatives from Japan Science and Technology (JST) Agency and Japan's Moonshot Programme will be at hand to introduce their current initiative and solicit ways of enhancing international collaborations, potentially facilitated by the Alan Turing Institute and other national agencies.
Speakers
Professor Sethu Vijayakumar
The Alan Turing Institute, UK
Professor Toshio Fukuda
Nagoya University, Japan
Professor Nicolas Mansard
LAAS/CNRS, France
Professor Ludovic Righetti
New York University, USA
Professor Abhinav Valada
University of Freiburg, Germany
Professor Shingo Shimoda
RIKEN, Japan
Dr Ekaterina Komendantskaya
Heriot-Watt University, UK
Dr Steve Tonneau
University of Edinburgh, UK
Venue
University of Edinburgh
Informatics Forum
10 Crichton Street
Edinburgh
EH8 9AB
