Robotics Cluster

This area cluster brings together everyone who is interested in robotics. The cluster wants to create some team spirit among all WASP roboticists and offer a springboard for networking. As Covid allows, we plan to visit companies and want to meet up during robotics conferences for beer and fun. We have monthly intellectual recreational meetings and discuss topics that are of general interest.

Cluster Activities

Upcoming meeting

• We are bringing together those who are interested in VLAs, diffusion models and physical AI. Please check out the slack channel for news on this.

Upcoming events

• Feb 26, 9:00-12:00 Online workshop on how to make use of remote computer resources from your robot. This workshop is offered by the Vinnova Competence Center NextG2Com. The zoom link and the agenda will be shared in due time.

Other information

Please contact the cluster leader about:

1. 1. 1. our google-drive with relevant documents, slide-decks, etc., and
      2. access to our SLACK channel

Contact all members by mailing list: Area_Robotics@wasp-sweden.se

Past meetings

1. Jan 13, 10-12, Wasp winter conference via Gather.Town. Talk by Volker Krueger:” A brief overview of Industrial Robotics”.
2. Feb 15, 15:30-16:30 via Zoom. Talk by Achim Lilienthal: Logistics Robots: From continuous deployment of autonomous forklifts in shared environments to robots that throw goods over the last meter.
3. Mar 15, 15:30-16:30 via Zoom. Talk by Jonas Larsson, ABB: The Robotics WARA: A Research Arena for Verifikation and Validation in Robotics
4. April 26, 15:30-16:30 via Zoom. Talk by Volker Krueger, LTH: STAMINA: Sustainable and Reliable Robotics for Part Handling in Manufacturing Automation and ScalABLE 4.0: Scalable automation for flexible production systems. 
5. May 17, 15:30-16:30 via Zoom. Talk by Ron Petrick, Heriot-Watt University, on Task-level Planning with Robots. Ron will use a number of EU projects as an example. Task planning is concerned with enabling the robot to autonomously decide on-the-fly what to do exactly in order to achieve a given goal.
6. June 14, 15:30-16:30 via Zoom. Talk by Yiannis Karayiannidis, Chalmers University, Lund University, Cancelled due to good weather ?⛱️☀️?
7. Nov 8, 15:30-16:30 via Zoom. Talk by Yiannis Karayiannidis, Chalmers University, Lund University, on Manipulation of Deformable (Linear) Objects: From simulation to real world experiments. The presentation will be given together with Algoryx.
8. Dec 13, 15:30-16:30 via Zoom. Talk by Elin Anna Topp, Lund University, on Human-Robot-Interaction, or All the Things that can go Wrong. The presentation will be some sort of a Christmas Presentation with a nice mix of information and some funny bloopers.
9. Sept 12, 16:00-17:00: IROS presentations, coordination of a WARA-Robotics visit, coordinate a get together at IROS
10. Oct 16, 16:00-17:00: IROS presentations, Discussion Robotics WARA. Momina Ritzwan will give her invited talk at CMU about Robot Safety
11. Dec 5, 16:00-17:00:  Rita Laezza will give us an overview of her PhD work.
12. WASP Winter Conference in Örebro