The Future of Robotics
| December 8, 2009 | ||
| 8:30 AM | to | 4:30 PM |
A Review of Robotics Research in New England’s Universities - Presented by the Mass Technology Leadership Council in collaboration with the Mass Technology Transfer Center
Location: Microsoft, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
Join New England’s leading robotic research institutions for an unprecedented look at the future of robotics. The summit will begin with remarks from the Massachusetts Secretary for Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki. Our research briefing will include a dozen labs and culminate with a presentation on technology transfer opportunities. For those interested, there will be tours of seven Robotics Labs at MIT following lunch. Attendees from academia, government, and the private sector will learn first hand about the latest research coming down the pipeline and opportunities for partnership and commercialization.
Agenda
8:30am - Registration, networking, and lab tour sign-ups
9:00-9:30am - Opening Remarks
- Tom Hopcroft, President & CEO, Mass Technology Leadership Council
- Gregory Bialecki, Massachusetts Secretary for Housing and Economic Development
- Tom Ryden, co-counder & COO, North End Technologies; MassTLC Robotics Cluster co-chair (moderator)
9:30-12:30pm - University Research Lab Presentations:
- Biomimetic Underwater Robot Program - Joseph Ayers, Northeastern University Marine Science Center
- Hybrid and Networked Systems Lab - Calin Belta, Boston University
- WPI Robotics Engineering Program - Mike Gennert, WPI
- Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics - Rod Grupen, UMass Amherst
- Robotics, Learning and Autonomy Lab - Chad Jenkins, Brown University
- Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering - Jim Kinsey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
- Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory - Hata Nobuhiko, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
- Biomimetic Devices Laboratory - Jason Rife and Ethan Danahy, Tufts University
- MIT Robotics Labs - Seth Teller, MIT CSAIL
- Robotics Lab @ UMass Lowell - Holly Yanco, UMass Lowell
- How to effectively work with Universities - William Rosenberg, UMass Presidents Office
12:30-1:30 pm - Lunch
1:30-4:30 pm - Tours of the following MIT Robotics Labs
- Distributed Robotics Laboratory - Daniela Rus, MIT CSAIL
- Robot Locomotion Laboratory - Russ Tedrake, MIT CSAIL
- Robust Robotics Laboratory - Nicholas Roy, MIT CSAIL
- Humans and Automation Laboratory - Mary Cummings, MIT CSAIL
- Personal Robots Group - Cynthia Breazeal, MIT Media Lab
- Aerospace Controls Laboratory - Jonathan P. How
- Robotics, Vision, and Sensor Networks Group - Seth Teller, MIT CSAIL
Robotics Cluster Sponsor: Textron Systems
Host Sponsor: Microsoft NERD
Supporting Organizations:
Mass Tech Transfer Center & Xconomy
Registration: http://futureofrobotics2009.eventbrite.com
MTTC members and affiliates may register for a reduced fee using the code ROBOMTTC.