Intelligent Robotics: Current Developments and Future Trends
The 6th Annual IEEE UK and Ireland RAS Chapter Conference, led by Prof Hongmei He (HH), University of Salford
RAS 2023 was hosted by the University of Salford on the 28th February 2023. We invited academics and professionals from the robotics and automation industry (RAS) to come together to share our research and innovations in RAS, and explore future trends in RAS, and foster collaboration between academia and industry.
We invited two keynote speakers: Professor Darwin Caldwell, Research Director at the Italian Institute of Technology, and Professor Carsten Maple from the University of Warwick.
RAS2023 held four sessions:
RAS for extreme environments and hazards
RAS for social and health care
RAS for advanced manufacturing
Resilient robots and autonomous systems
We also hosted a poster competition.
We invited research students to participate in the conference and as part of the competition, certificates will be issued for three awards for the winner, runner-up, and third place posters, and all poster participants will receive a certificate for their participation.
The 6th Annual IEEE UK and Ireland RAS Chapter Conference
Agenda (Morning):
8:30am –9:00am Registration (with refreshment)
9:00am –9:10am Conference starting by host, Dr Denise Rennie, Deputy Dean of SEE School
9:10am –9:30am Welcome from
Prof IzzetKale (IK) –Chair of IEEE UK & Ireland Session
Prof John Gray (JG) –Chair of IEEE UK & Ireland RAS Chapter
9:30am –10:15am Keynote Speech: Prof Darwin Caldwell, IIT in Italy (Confirmed)
Topic: How Can Robotics and Wearable Technology Improve Healthcare?
10:15am -11:00am Morning coffee break
Session 1: RAS for Extreme and Hazard Environments (Room1)
Chair: Simon Watson
11:00am -11:15Prof Kaspar Althoefer (Queen Mary University of London)
11:15am -11:30 Dr Simon Watson (University of Manchester)
11:30am -11:45Dr Maurice Fallon (University of Oxford),
Topic: Learning to navigation in complex natural environments
11:45am-12:00Michael James -EPSRC UKRI, Robotics Portfolio Manager
Session 2: RAS for Social and Health Care (Room2)
Chair: Prof Sanja Dogramadzi, University of Sheffield
11:00am -11:15Prof. Alessandro Di Nuovo, Department of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University,
11:15am -11:30 Dr Dave Cameron, Information School, University of Sheffield
11:30am -11:45Prof. PramindaCaleb-Solly, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham
Topic:Trialling Telepresence Robots in Extra Care and Cultural Settings in the UK –Social, Logistic and Technical Challenges and Opportunities
11:45am-12:00Prof. Sanja Dogramadzi, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield
Topic: Modelling from real dressing data for uncertainty estimation in variable environmental conditions
Agenda (Afternoon)
12:00 -12:30group photo (participants, all chairs and committee)
12：30 –14:00 Lunch, Poster Session, Robotics Lab Touring
14:00-14:45Keynote speech 2: Prof Carsten Maple, University of Warwick (Confirmed)
14:45-15:30 afternoon coffee break
Session 3: RAS for Digital Manufacturing (Room 1)
Chair: Professor Niels Lohse, Loughborough University
15:30 -15:45Professor Niels Lohse
15:45 -16:00 Mike Wilson, MTC, Chief Automation Officer
16:00 -16:15Rich Walker, CEO of Shadow Robotics
16:15 -16:30Prof Jonathan Loo, University of West London
Session 4: Resilient Robots and Autonomous Systems (Room 2)
Chair: Prof Carsten Maple, University of Warwick
15:30 -15:45Dr Theo Theodoridis, Salford University
15:45 -16:00 Prof Ali Hessami, Innovation Director, VEGA Systems (to be confirmed)
16:00 -16:15Jonathan Lodge, City Farm Ltd.
16:15 -16:30Prof HongmeiHe, Salford University
16:30 -17:00Announcementof poster competition