AI in Robotics

📅 Date: 30th of January 2025

📍 Location:  Campus Zug-Rotkreuz, Suurstoffi 1, 6343 Risch-Rotkreuz

🕘 Duration: 1 day

🗣  Language: English

Registration: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IBRws_AI

The Innovation Booster Robotics, together with the AI Robotics Research Lab from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), is organizing a workshop to explore the revolutionary impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on robotics across various industries. This workshop will cover cutting-edge technologies and practical applications, with a focus on how AI is reshaping the fields of logistics, healthcare, and Industry 4.0.

Sessions Overview:

• Keynote: “Using robots and AI to investigate animal locomotion and to assist people with limited mobility” – Auke Ijspeert. The ability to efficiently move in complex environments is a fundamental property both for animals and for robots, and the problem of locomotion and movement control is an area in which neuroscience, biomechanics, and robotics can fruitfully interact. In this talk, I will present how robots and deep reinforcement learning can be used to explore how animals learn and control locomotion. I will also present the Roombots project, a project in which we use self-reconfigurable and mobile robots to create an assistive environment for people with limited mobility.
• Session 1: Logistics + Industry 4.0
  Explore the integration of AI in optimizing supply chains and advancing smart manufacturing systems.
• Session 2: AI Robotics in Healthcare
  Discover AI-driven innovations in surgical robotics, rehabilitation, assistive technologies, and personalized treatment powered by intelligent diagnostics.
• Roundtable: The Future of AI Robotics & Humans
  Engage in a forward-looking discussion about the evolving relationship between AI, robotics, and human collaboration, featuring experts from various industries.

Agenda:

• 09:00 – 09:30 | Welcome Coffee & Registration
• 09:30 – 10:00 | Introduction + Keynote
• 10:00 – 11:00 | Logistics + Industry 4.0: Keynotes & Panel Discussions
• 11:00 – 11:30 | Break
• 11:30 – 12:30 | AI Robotics in Healthcare: Keynotes & Panel Discussions
• 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch
• 13:30 – 14:15 | The Future of AI Robotics & Humans: Roundtable 
• 14:15 – 14:30 | Break
• 14:30 – 15:50 | Ideation Workshop
• 15:50 – 16:15 | Workshop Wrap-up
• 16:15 – 16:35 | Keynote
• 16:35 – 17:30 | Networking Event

Speakers:

Among the speakers we will count on the participation of:

Introduction + Keynote

• Anca Rusu, Programme Coordinator and Executive Director at Innovation Booster Robotics, EPFL Robotics, and Swiss Robotics Association
• Björn Jensen, Full Professor, and Co-Head of the AI Robotics Research Laboratory at HSLU
• Auke Ijspeert, Full Professor, and Head of the Biorobotics Laboratory (BioRob) at  EPFL

Session 1: Logistics + Industry 4.0

• Baptiste Busch, CEO and Co-founder of AICA
• Jana Koehler, Co-Head of the AI Robotics Research Laboratory at HSLU 
• Alisa Rupeyan, Associate Professor and Group Leader for Industrial AI at ZHAW School of Engineering
• Efe Balta, Head of Control and Automation Research Group at Inspire AG
• Moderator: Björn Jensen, Full Professor, and Co-Head of the AI Robotics Research Laboratory at HSLU

Session 2: AI Robotics in Healthcare

• Emmanuel SENFT, Research Scientist , and Leader of the Human-Centered Robotics and AI Group at IDIAP Research Institute
• Diego Paez-Granados, Head of the Spinal Cord Injury Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) Lab at ETH Zürich and the Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF) in Nottwil.
• Jelena Godjevac, Director of the Swiss Foundation for Innovation and Training Surgery (SFITS) at the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG)
• Moderator: Anca Rusu 

Roundtable: The Future of AI Robotics & Humans

• Max Erick Busse-Grawitz, Technology Transfer Manager at maxon
• Boris Inderbitzin,  IEC External Relations Officer
• Alessandro Giusti, Professor of AI for Autonomous Robotics at IDSIA USI-SUPSI
• Georg Rauter, Associate Professor, and Head of Bio-Inspired RObots for MEDicine-Lab (BIROMED-Lab) at University of Basel 
• Moderator: Umberto Michelucci, Professor, AI Researcher, Co-Founder AI Applied Center, HSLU

This workshop offers a platform for professionals, researchers, and industry leaders to share insights and collaborate on the future of AI in robotics.

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While participation is free, registration is required. Use this link to register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IBRws_AI