Short description: This workshop is an invitation to systematically analyze the requirements and core research questions for long-term adoption of collaborative robots from industrial and academic perspectives with the aim to form a European community to iteratively refine those.
Date: 05.11.2024 | 13.15 - 14.45
Location: Mercury room
Description:

In a time of complex societal changes such as ageing populations and mounting labour shortages, collaborative robots present the opportunity to shape, and re-think how society reacts to these challenges. 
The application domains of   collaborative robotics technologies are very diverse, ranging from logistics to rehabilitation and household assistance. Yet, fundamental requirerments for successful, long-term adoption alongside core research questions are general and transversal to the application domain. 


Ensuring human safety at all time is paramount, but user acceptance, flexibility in task execution, ad online adaptation to dynamic environments are sine-qua-non conditions for long term adoption. 
Stimulating a holistic approach, capable of integrating the latest developments from machine learning, model-based control, simulation, robot design and ethics to address the fundamental requirements and core scientific challenges of collaborative robots is key for a step change.


With representatives from European robotics industry, SMEs, and research institutions, this workshop is an invitation to discuss and form a community that revolves around the fundamental challenges for collaborative robots.


Through a panel discussion, we will systematically analyze the application requirements and core scientific questions from industry and academia outlining priorities for the next steps in the development of Robotics and AI.

 

Organiser:

  • Wouter Kuijpers - Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Elena Torta - Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Hala Elrofai - Eindhoven University of Technology
     

Speakers: 

  • Elena Torta - Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Thomas Vögele - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
  • Sarah Terreri - PAL Robotics 
  • Marco Alonso - Philips I.G.T.
  • Carlos Zednik - Eindhoven University of Technology and director of the Eindhoven Center for Philosophy of AI

Moderator: 

  • Wouter Kuipers - Eindhoven University of Technology