RAS: Disruptive Technologies for the New Normal - IEEE UK&I RAS Conference

Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) is playing a central role in creating innovative tools to help us address several global challenges -- by enabling capabilities to do things more efficiently, safely, and in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner. The annual IEEE UK & Ireland RAS conference will be held at the University of Edinburgh on the 23rd Feb 2022, co-organised by The Alan Turing Institute and The Edinburgh Centre for Robotics. This interactive event is targeted at robotics practitioners, Ph.D. students, PDRAs, researchers in academia and industry professionals to discuss blue sky, high-risk moon-shot ideas. The event combines a poster session, short selective talks by invited speakers in the four key themed areas of RAS and an interactive panel interspersed with inspiring keynotes by leading UK researchers.The IEEE chapter has successfully held the RAS conferences since 2017. Due to COVID-19, we missed RAS2021. Now, we cordially invite participation from industry, academia (faculty, postdocs, PG students) in RAS and related areas to join us in this exciting opportunity to identify disruptive solutions to some of our grand challenges.

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RAS: Disruptive Technologies for the New Normal
The 5th IEEE UK & Ireland RAS Conference, University of Edinburgh,  23 Feb 2022

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The Chapter is concerned with promoting the study and uptake of RAS technology within the region and encompasses aspects of training, research, development, and a wide range of application domains, such as manufacturing, healthcare, surgery, environments.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) is playing a central role in creating innovative tools to help us address several global challenges -- by enabling capabilities to do things more efficiently, safely, and in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner. The annual IEEE UK &amp; Ireland RAS conference will be held at the University of Edinburgh on the 23rd Feb 2022, co-organised by The Alan Turing Institute and The Edinburgh Centre for Robotics. This interactive event is targeted at robotics practitioners, Ph.D. students, PDRAs, researchers in academia and industry professionals to discuss blue sky, high-risk moon-shot ideas. The event combines a poster session, short selective talks by invited speakers in the four key themed areas of RAS and an interactive panel interspersed with inspiring keynotes by leading UK researchers.The IEEE chapter has successfully held the RAS conferences since 2017. Due to COVID-19, we missed RAS2021. Now, we cordially invite participation from industry, academia (faculty, postdocs, PG students) in RAS and related areas to join us in this exciting opportunity to identify disruptive solutions to some of our grand challenges.8:30am – 9:00am 		Registration 9:00am – 9:10am 		Welcome to Edinburgh and Edinburgh Centre for Robotics<ul><li>Professor Sethu Vijayakumar, University of Edinburgh / Alan Turing Institute</li></ul>9:10am – 9:30am 		Introduction to IEEE RAS Conference <ul><li>Professor John Gray, Chair of IEEE UK &amp; Ireland RAS Chapter</li></ul><ul><li>Welcome from the IEEE UK &amp; Ireland Session Chair</li></ul>9:30am – 10:00am 		Keynote Speech 1 <ul><li>Professor Michael Wooldridge, University of Oxford / Alan Turing Institute </li></ul>10:00am - 11:00am 	Poster Session and Coffee break<ul><li> Introduced by Dr Helge Wurdermann, UCL</li></ul>11:15am - 12:15pm Parallel Session 1 : RAS for Extreme Environments: Construction, Inspection, Maintenance (Room1)Session Chair: Professor Sethu Vijayakumar, University of EdinburghProfessor Maurice Fallon, Oxford University / Alan Turing InstituteDr Sen Wang, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh Centre for RoboticsProfessor Rob Richardson, Chair of the EPSRC UK-RAS network / University of LeedsProfessor Sara Bernardini, Royal Holloway University of LondonParallel Session 2: RAS for Social &amp; Health Care and Assisted Living (Room2)Session Chair: Prof Sanja Dogramadzi, University of SheffieldProfessor Sanja Dogramadzi, University of SheffieldProfessor Praminda Caleb-Solly, University of NottinghamProfessor Ram Ramamoorthy, University of EdinburghDr Mauro Dragone, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics12:15pm-1:00pm		Edinburgh Centre for Robotics Lab Tours 1:00pm - 2:00pm 		Lunch and Poster Session2:00pm - 2:30pm 		Keynote speech 2<ul><li>Paul Clarke, Independent advisor to government, industry and startups and formerly CTO of Ocado</li></ul>2:30pm - 3:30pm Parallel Session 3 : Verifiable and Explainable Tools for real-world RAS Deployment (Room 1)Session Chair: Professor Michael Wooldridge, Alan Turing InstituteMike Wilson, CTO of MTCDr Stefano Albrecht – University of Edinburgh / Alan Turing InstituteProfessor David Lane – Heriot Watt UniversityDr Simon Watson, University of Manchester Parallel Session 4: RAS for Space (Room 2)Session Chair: Professor Yang Gao, University of SurreyProfessor Yang Gao, Head of STAR LAB, University of SurreyAron Kisdi, UK Robotics Lead, GMV NSL LimitedProfessor Clare Dixon, University of ManchesterAdrian Stoica, Robotics Section, NASA-JPL, USA (Virtual)3:30pm - 4.00pm 		Coffee Break4:00pm - 4:30pm		Keynote speech 3<ul><li>Professor Kaspar Althoefer, QMUL</li></ul>4:30pm - 5:15pm		Panel Forum <ul><li>Opportunities of RAS facing the current ongoing challenges across sectors</li></ul>5:15pm - 5:30pm		Awards: Poster Spotlight for AwardeesChaired by: Dr Helge Wurdermann, UCL and Dr Hongmei He, Cranfield University 5.30pm			 Closing <ul><li>Prof John Gray, Chair of IEEE UK &amp; Ireland RAS Chapter</li></ul> Further information: https://sites.google.com/view/ieee-turing-ras-seminar/home?authuser=0

We encourage early-stage researchers (research students and postdocs) to submit a contribution for the poster competition at the 2022 IEEE UK &amp; I RAS Conference at the University of Edinburgh on the 23rd Feb. The template can be accessed <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5lm6jlxwn7gsuvj/IEEE%20RAS%20UK%20IRL%202022%20poster%20template.pptx?dl=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>through the link: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5lm6jlxwn7gsuvj/IEEE%20RAS%20UK%20IRL%202022%20poster%20template.pptx?dl=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Template Link</a>. The registration deadline is 20 Feb. 2022. Please send the poster in pdf format to my email h.wurdemann@ucl.ac.uk.

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