Programme

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Morning Session

10.00–11.00
Registration and Coffee
11.00–11.20
Opening remarks
11.20–13.00
Chi-An Chen
Dynamic Power Sharing for Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots
Yao-Chang Chen
Using Range and Bearing Observation in Stereo-based EKF SLAM
Juan Cao
An evaluation of image-based robot orientation estimation
Li Sun
A Heuristic-Based Approach for Flattening Wrinkled Clothes
13.00–14.00
Lunch

Afternoon Session

14.00–15.00
Keynote Talk by John Hallam
15.00–15.50
Ulf Witkowski
Novel Method of Communication in Swarm Robotics Based on the NFC Technology
Said Al-Abri
Autonomous Coverage Expansion of Mobile Agents via Cooperative Control and Cooperative Communication
15.50–16.10
Coffee
16.10–16.50
Poster Teaser 1
16.50–17.30
Poster Session 1
17.30–18.30
BARA Academic Forum for Robotics Meeting

Social Dinner at Balliol College

19.15–20.00
Drinks reception Old Common Room or Fellows Garden (dependent on weather)
20.00
Dinner in the Grand Hall

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Morning Session

09.00–10.15
Two Parallel Sessions
  • Parallel Session 1: Swarm Robotics
    Gaëtan Podevijn
    Gesturing at Subswarms: Towards Direct Human Control of Robot Swarms
    Erion Plaku
    Path Planning for Swarms by Combining Probabilistic Roadmaps and Potential Fields
    Victor Spirin
    Time Preference for Information in Multi-Agent Exploration with Limited Communication
  • Parallel Session 2: Computer Vision
    Muhammad Latif Anjum
    Sensor Data Fusion using Unscented Kalman Filter for VOR-based Vision Tracking System for Mobile Robots
    Alan Broun
    Visual Homing of an Upper Torso Humanoid Robot Using a Depth Camera
    Sotirios Diamantas
    Active Vision Speed Estimation From Optical Flow
10.15–10.45
Coffee
10.45–12.00
Two Parallel Sessions
  • Parallel Session 1: Bio-inspired & Aerial Robots
    Emma Wilson
    Developing the cerebellar chip as a general control module for autonomous systems
    Michael Park
    Sensor Integrated Navigation for a Target Finding UAV
    Nina Gaissert
    Inventing a Micro Aerial Vehicle inspired by the mechanics of dragonfly flight
  • Parallel Session 2: Control and Planning
    Erion Plaku
    Motion Planning and Decision Making for Underwater Vehicles Operating in Constrained Environments in the Littoral
    Nima Keivan
    Realtime Simulation-in-the-loop Control for Agile Ground Vehicles
12.00–13.00
Keynote talk by Arnoud Visser
13.00–14.00
Lunch

Afternoon Session

14.00–15.15
Matt Webster
Ethical Choice in Unforeseen Circumstances
Samuel Wane
A Robotic Geospacial Surveyor
Peter Entschev
Efficient Construction of SIFT Multi-Scale Image Pyramids for Embedded Robot Vision
15.15–15.35
Coffee
15.15–16.15
Poster Teaser 2
16.15–16.30
Closing Remarks
16.30–17.15
Poster Session 2
18.00–19.00
Invited Public Lecture by Paul Newman

Friday, August 30, 2013: Industry Day

Morning Session

9.30–9.35
Welcome and Introduction
9.35–9.55
Horizon 2020: Juha Heikkila - Robotics Unit EU-DG Connect
9.55–10.15
The Robotics PPP: Rainer Bischoff — Kuka & euRobotics aisbl
10.15–10.35
The UK Perspective: Lee Vousden — BIS EU Innovation Policy
10.35–10.45
Echord++: Farid Dailami — Bristol Robotics Laboratory
10.45–11.05
The Role of Private Capital: Renaud Champion — Robolution Capital
11.05–11.20
Coffee
11.20–12.00
Panel discussion
12.00–12.45
Lunch

Afternoon Session

12.45–12.50
Introduction
12.50–13.00
The Robotics & Autonomous Systems SIG: David Lane — RAS SIG Chair
13.00–13.10
The Intelligent Automation Centre: Phil Webb — Cranfield University
13.10–13.20
The GAMMA Programme: Jeffrey Kuo — National Nuclear Laboratory
13.20–13.30
UK Opportunities for Robotics: Huw Davies — Technology Strategy Board
13.30–13.40
Robotics in the Food Sector: Simon Lushy — Marks and Spencer
13.40–13.50
Robotics in the Agriculture: Samuel Wane — Staffordshire University
13.50–14.00
Robotics in the Health Sector: David Sinclair — International Longevity Centre
14.00–14.10
Robotics in the Transport Sector: Miles Elsden — Department of Transport
14.10–14.20
Robotics in the Transport Sector: Geraint West — National Oceanography Centre
14:20–14:30
Robotics in the energy sector: Jeffrey Kuo — National Nuclear Laboratory
14:30–14:40
Robotics in the energy sector: Jo Elder — BP
14.30–15.00
Coffee
15.00–16.00
Roundtable Discussions & Workshops
16.00
Closing Remarks