SIG members will participate in an industry roundtable with with Rodney Brooks of ReThink Robotics prior to his talk at the University of Michigan. Attendance at this meeting is limited.
Please don\’t miss this unique opportunity to meet with Dr. Brooks. Rodney Brooks is founder, CTO, and Chairman of Rethink Robotics, a 2008 Boston-based startup. The company is developing a new class of industrial robot that will help keep manufacturing jobs in America. Rethink\’s robots are to current industrial robots what the PC was to the mainframe. The new robots are made in the USA. After his talk we will continue our meeting at NCMS with a full agenda of topics.
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8:30 am – 9:00 am |
Registration/Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am – 9:15 am |
Welcome/Michigan Robotics Day Report Phil Callihan, NCMS |
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Morning- Advanced Automation |
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9:15 am – 9:40 am |
Travel to North Campus |
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9:45 am – 10:45 am |
Industry Roundtable Rodney Brooks, Rethink Robotics |
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11:00 am -Noon |
Main Talk Rodney Brooks, Rethink Robotics |
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Noon – 12:30 pm |
Return from North Campus |
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12:30 pm – 1:00 pm |
Lunch and Networking |
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1:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
Brooks Discussion- What Rethink’s Approach Means For Manufacturing |
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Afternoon- Autonomous Technologies |
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1:30 pm – 2:00 pm |
PreScan: A Co-Simulation Tool for Developing Sensor Based Autonomous Control Algorithms Jeff Blackburn, TASS International |
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2:00 pm – 2:15 pm |
Break/Networking |
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2:15 pm – 2:45 pm |
Teleoperation, Semi-Autonomy, and Ground Vehicles Mitchell M. Rohde, PhD, Quantum Signal LLC |
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2:45 pm – 3:15 pm |
Aerial Inspection Using Autonomous Vehicles Skyspecs |
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3:15 pm – 3:30 pm |
Final Discussion Phil Callihan, NCMS |
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Phil Callihan
Executive Director - NCMS
philc@ncms.org
(734) 995-2046
