Robots, Automation and Learning Systems

SAMCE 2021 | Fall Series - Online event on 11 November 2021, 15:00 - 16:15

Topic

Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence, digitalization and industry 4.0. Thanks to robots and learning systems, the level of automation is constantly increasing in many industry sectors. Researchers often use new methods and approaches that are developed for other applications to produce even more powerful automation solutions for our industry.

In our second event, we aim to cover the following topics:

Industrial robots for material handling, processing operations, assembly and inspection, including traditional robots and collaborative robots, but also exoskeletons
Automation of individual manufacturing processes or production lines, including the monitoring and (closed-loop) control of such processes or production lines
Learning systems in manufacturing processes and production lines, in particular systems that use tools such as control theory, machine learning, pattern recognition or computer vision
Hardware components of industrial robots, automation and learning systems, e.g. sensors (optical, acoustic, electrical, mechanical, etc.) or actuators (motors, grippers, arms, etc.)

We believe that it is decisive in this topic to bring together people across disciplines and to connect data scientists with researchers from different domains in advanced manufacturing. Therefore, to strenghten the community also in this domain, we dedicate our second event in the Fall Series to "Robots, Automation and Learning Systems".

Program

With our Fall Series we aim to bring together and inspire our community in advanced manufacturing in short online events. We have a dense and diversified program with different modules which are described in more detail on this page. The program of this event is shown below.

15.00 UNITE
Welcome and introduction

15.05 INSPIRE
A visionary keynote to present the bigger picture and ask: what if?!

Robotics, an opportunity for medical rehabilitation | Mohamed Bouri, EPFL

15.20 CONNECT
Connect with scientists to collaborate and solve challenges they are facing.

Physical Human-Robot Contact Detection | Maryam Rezayati, ZHAW
Learning to Control: The challenge of rewarding good behaviors | Giulio Masinelli, Empa
Collaborative Robotics, digital skills and re-humanization of the workspace | Charly Blanc, BFH

15.35 DISCUSS
Small group discussions about key challenges and technological breakthroughs

15.55 IGNITE
Young investigators show how they cross borders & enter new territory.

Efficient and reliable learning control for soft robots | Minghao Han, ETH Zürich
Exact Title (tbd) | Amalric Ortlieb, EPFL
Plasma Spray Process Parameters Configuration using Sample-efficient Batch Bayesian Optimization | Xavier Guidetti, Inspire

16.10 CONCLUDE
What have we learned and what next?

16.15 END

Participate

You can register online to participate in this event.

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