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Day 1, Tuesday 27th June
Time Tuesday 27th June Chair
9.00 am Introduction and Welcome
- Prof Rob Richardson, Event Chair, Professor of Robotics, University of Leeds
- Prof Lisa Roberts, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research & Innovation, University of Leeds
- Dr Elaine Massung EPSRC
Prof Rob Richardson University of Leeds
9.20 am Keynote: “The Self-Healing City Vision: balancing the impact of city
infrastructure engineering on natural systems using robots.” Prof Phil
Purnell, Professor of Materials and Structures, University of Leeds
9.40 am Keynote: “Societal Dissemination of Robot Technology for Disaster
Prevention and Response” Prof Hajime Asama, Department of
Precision Engineering, The University of Tokyo
10.20 am Refreshment break
10.40 am Talk: “From Driving Diggers to Driving Robots” Mr Michael Cook,
Transformation Director, Kier Utilities
Dr Bilal Kaddouh, University of Leeds 11.00 am Talk: “Acoustic Sensing for Buried Pipe Infrastructure” Prof Kirill
Horoshenkov, Professor of Acoustics, University of Sheffield
11.20 am Competition entry pitches (Day 1).
12.00 pm Lunch and exhibition stands
Challenge Demonstrations: to view during lunch.
- Centre for Robotics Research group, King's College London: Metahand
- STRANDS project: Autonomous Safety Guard
1.20 pm Talk: “Remote Handling Systems for Hazardous Environments”
Stephen Sanders, Oxford Technologies Ltd
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Time Tuesday 27th June Chair
1.40 pm Talk: “Robots saving energy, creating jobs and making your feet
warmer!” Mathew Holloway, CEO, Q-Bot Limited
Dr Jongrae Kim, University of Leeds 2.00 pm Talk: “Thinking Inside the pipe….robotics for extreme environments”
Wez Little, Innovations Director, Synthotec Ltd
2.20 pm Talk: “Robotics and Automation in a Harsh Nuclear Environment” Dr Carwyn Jones, Technical Consultant, James Fisher Nuclear Ltd
2.40 pm Refreshment break
3.00 pm Talk: “How University and City collaboration can aid local
infrastructure funding, finance and value creation: A case study of the
Leeds Climate Commission” Tom Knowland, Head of Sustainable
Development, Leeds City Council
Prof Netta Cohen, University of Leeds
3.20 pm Talk: “Autonomous weed spraying on disadvantaged farms”. Charles
Fox, Director, Ibex Automation Ltd / University of Leeds
3.40 pm Video-only entry robots
4.00 pm Refreshment break
Challenge Demonstrations: exterior demonstrations to be held on
cricket ground
4.20 pm Computational Engineering and Design group, University of
Southampton: Aerial perching and manipulation
Dr Charles Fox, University of Leeds 4.40 pm Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimisation group, University of
Leeds: A mock-up earthmoving truck autonomous operation from
drones
7.00 pm Evening Meal
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Day 2, Wednesday 28th June
Time Wed 28th June Chair
9.00 am Keynote: “Developing materials technologies for self-repairing roads”
Prof Mark Miodownik, Director of Institute of Making, University
College London
Prof Abbas Dehghani, University of Leeds
9.40 am Talk: “UAVs in self-repairing cities” Dr Bilal Kaddouh, Research
Fellow in Robotics, Autonomous Systems & Sensing, University of
Leeds
10.00 am Talk: “Innovations in Autonomous Aircraft Design and Operations in
Southampton”. Dr Chang Liu, Department of Engineering and the
Environment, University of Southampton
10.20 am Refreshment break
10.40 am Competition entry pitches (Day 2) Juliet Jopson, University of Leeds
11.10 am Discussion session: Road mapping the future
12.00 pm Lunch and exhibition stands
Challenge Demonstration: to view during lunch.
- Multimedia and Vision group, Queen Mary University of London: Automatic emotion detection in group settings
1.00 pm Talk: "Autonomous Robots for Long-Term Environment Monitoring" Dr
Nick Hawes, Reader in Autonomous Intelligent Robotics, University of
Birmingham
Prof Tony Cohn, University of Leeds
1.20 pm Talk: “Responsible Autonomy” Prof Michael Fisher, Professor of
Computer Science, University of Liverpool
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Time Wed 28th June Chair
1.40 pm Talk: “Challenges and Solutions of Robotic Space Missions” Shaun
Whitehead, CTO, ThumbSat Inc
2.00 pm Talk: “Challenges in Drone Autonomy” Dr Arthur Richards, Deputy
Director of Bristol Robotics Lab, University of Bristol
2.20 pm Talk: Title to be confirmed. Prof Sandor Veres, Professor of Autonomous Control Systems, University of Sheffield
2.40 pm Refreshment break
Challenge Demonstrations: exterior demonstrations to be held on
cricket ground
3.00 pm Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimisation / Institute of Robotics,
Autonomous systems and Sensing, University of Leeds: Wireless
power transfer for buried infrastructure inspection
Dr Charles Fox, University of Leeds
3.20 pm Centre for Robotics Research group, Kings College London:
Metamorphic walker
3.40 pm Statistical Learning and Motor Control Group, University of Edinburgh: Robust shared autonomy for mobile manipulation with continuous scene monitoring
Dr Charles Fox, University of Leeds
4.00 pm Event close and thanks Prof Rob Richardson University of Leeds
4.20 pm Prize Giving Mr Michael Cook, Kier Utilities
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Register for the Event
The event is free to attend but places are limited so you must register. For further information and to
register for the event, please see our website (link above).
Acknowledgements
The challenge is supported by The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
through the Grand Challenge of “Balancing the impact of City infrastructure engineering on natural
systems using robots” & EPSRC investment in capital equipment. It is organised in collaboration
with the UK RAS Network and UK Robotics Week. The challenge is also supported by the
International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (I.A.A.R.C.), Kier and
AEROWORKS.
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