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International Expert Days

Chairmen
Prof. Henrik I. Christensen Georgia Institute of Technology


“Real systems for real applications.”




Martin Hägele Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing,
Engineering and Automation (IPA)



”A unique opportunity to develop and launch new products for established and especially for new markets”


Christopher ParlitzManager Service Robotics SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG


“To develop service robots is a chance to shape our future”




Roko Tschakarow Business Unit and Sales Manager Mechatronic Components
and System Solutions SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG



“The key factors for service robots are dependability and modularity”


Speakers
Eric Berger Willow Garage

ROS and PR2 - Platforms for personal robotics





Prof. Antonio Bicchi University of Pisa

Variable impedance actuators for adaptive robotics




Rainer Bischoff Kuka Roboter GmbH / EUROP

Towards closer academia-industry cooperation
and faster technology transfers in robotics




Prof. Markus Schwarz / Dr. Robert Boesecke University of Heidelberg / PRECISIS AG

Industrial robot and custom made solutions for orthopaedic and trauma surgery / Computer aided surgery research projects at the University Hospital Heidelberg



Thomas Bömer Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (IFA)

Safety of collaborative robots in industry





Prof. Darius Burschka TU München

GRASP – Cognitive grasping through emulation,
introspection and surprise




Dr. Stefano Saliceti / Dr. Ryad Chellali Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)

Environment for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of grasping eff ectiveness using embedded sensory feedback
/ Mapping human hand motion to 3-finger robotic hand – preliminary results

Prof. Henrik I. Christensen Georgia Institute of Technology

Reshaping robotics to address new opportunities





Diego Compagna University of Duisburg-Essen

The insertion of service robots in environments
of high social complexity




Sorin Grigorescu University of Bremen

FRIEND – Robust machine vision in assistive robotics tasks




Thomas Haase Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Intelligent control and reactive grasping for multi-finger grippers




Sami Haddadin German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Next Generation Robots:
From robotic co-workers to intrinsic compliance




Prof. Michael Hofbaur University for health sciences, medical informatics and technology

Modular Machines – reconfigurable mobile robots
for research and education




Dr. Reinhard Lafrenz TU München

ECHORD – European clearing house for open robotics development




Prof. Rezia Molfino Univeristy of Genova

Robotic handling of limp, soft, near 2D material





Dr. Danijela Ristic University of Bremen

RoboWalker – A mobile robot-assisted
gait rehabilitation system




Dr. Marc Ronthaler German Research Center for Artifi cial Intelligence (DFKI)

Mobile robots are actors in the internet of things





Prof. Bruno Siciliano University of Naples

Fast visual grasp of unknown objects
with a multi-fingered hand




Prof. Mike Stilmann Georgia Institute of Technology

Robotics and Intelligent Machines





Florian Weißhardt Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing,
Engineering and Automation (IPA)


Care-O-bot-Research: Providing robust robotics hardware
to an open source community


Preliminary list of speakers. Changes may occur.




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