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Join us in exploring the current landscape of robotics research and applications in Africa!
Keynote Speakers
Benjamin Rosman
University of the Witwatersrand
Prof. Benjamin Rosman is a Professor at the University of the Witwatersand, where he is the director of the RAIL lab. Benjamin co-founded the Deep Learning Indaba and is a Director of the National E-Science Postgraduate Teaching and Training Platform. Benjamin is a Senior Member of the IEEE, was awarded a 2017 Google Faculty Research Award, and is a 2022 CIFAR-Azrieli Global Scholar. He holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and delivered an invited keynote at ICRA 2022.
Sekou L. Remy
Dr. Sekou L. Remy is a Senior Research Scientist at Google and was previously a Research Scientist at IBM Research - Africa. With a keen interest in healthcare he is excited about developing appropriate technologies which will transform Africa, and the world. A proud alum of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering), and of Morehouse College (Computer Science), Sekou has spent time learning and teaching at Clemson University, the University of Notre Dame, Spelman College, and at the University of Washington.
Sponsors
We are very grateful to our sponsors for helping make this workshop a reality.
Partners
For this workshop, we are partnering with Scaleup Robotics AB (scaleuprobotics.com), a Swedish cloud robotics startup pioneering remotely accessible robotics solutions for education and research. The team from Scaleup Robotics will lead our morning "Cloud Robotics Tutorial with Scaleup Robotics" session during which participants will be able to program live robot arms located in Sweden and learn more about cloud robotics and the state of the art in robotic manipulation.
Organising Committee
Ndivhuwo Makondo
IBM
Jenalea Rajab
Lelapa AI
Sicelukwanda Zwane
University College London
Tamlin Love
Institut de Robòtica i Informà tica Industrial
Zukisa Mbuli
University of the Witwatersrand
Geraud Nangue Tasse
University of the Witwatersrand
Iretiayo Akinola
Nvidia Research
About Us
 We are a group of researchers and industry professionals who are passionate about strengthening African expertise in AI and robotics. Our mission is to build an active community of robotics and machine learning practitioners with the skills to develop practical and sustainable solutions for addressing key societal issues on the African continent. Through this workshop, we hope to introduce robotics to the curious, spark collaborations, and provide opportunities for sharing knowledge and resources.
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