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Rutgers Robotics Workshop
September 27, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
The workshop is held annually as part of the NSF National Research Traineeship SOCRATES (Socially Cognizant Robotics for a Technology Enhanced Society) at Rutgers. This annual robotics workshop is held for faculty, students, and industry representatives. The workshop will have both internal and external speakers as well as a poster session for students to present their robotics research. The workshop panels will discuss RobotGPT: current trends and future directions in robotics foundation model and unintended consequences of robotics foundation models.
Please join us in person on September 27, 2024, at the Civic Square Building (33 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ) Registration is required. The workshop is free. Please register via the following form below.
Registration Form: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rutgers-robotics-workshop-2024-tickets-927973061407?aff=oddtdtcreator
Robotics Workshop Agenda:
8:30 – 9:00 Check – in
9:00 – 9:30 Introduction – Welcoming Remarks
9:30 – 10:30 Plenary Speaker, Camillo J. Taylor, UPenn “Perception and Control for Autonomous Systems”
10:30 – 10:45 Poster Spotlight Talks
10:45 – 11:30 Coffee break & Poster Session
11:30 – 12:30 Panel: RobotGPT: Current Trends and Future Directions in Robotics Foundation Models. Panelist: Kristin Dana, Kostas Bekris, Jingang Yi, Industry Representatives
12:30 – 1:30 Networking Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 Panel: Unintended Consequences of Robotics Foundation Models. Panelist: Qiong Zhang, Matthew Stone, Clint Andrews, Jacob Feldman
2:30 – 3:15 Student Talks (SOCRATES NRT fellows/trainees)
3:15 – 4:00 Robot Demos
Optional: Walk over to the CS Robotics Lab on 1 Spring Street for demo
4:00 – 5:00 Industry Consortium meeting at 1 Spring Street (by invitation for consortium members) For more information, visit https://robotics.rutgers.edu/#workshop