The KAUST Research Conference on Robotics and Autonomy 2021, #RobotoKAUST, brought together leading international and in-Kingdom robotics researchers and government and industry representatives from the robotics industry to discuss robotics and its applications.
The conference topics have included: research on foundational robotics topics, planning and learning, locomotion, assured autonomy, human-robot interaction, swarm robotics, and the application areas of modern robotics, such as urban mobility, agriculture, marine, wearable robotics.
The recordings of the talks are listed below. To visit our YouTube Channel: KAUSTRISCLab follow the link.
The KAUST RISC Lab Team organized the Short Story Competition for KAUST Community and met with TKS KG students. The youngest members had a chance to learn about the drones and observe them in action.
Watch video recordings of the KAUST Research Conference on
Robotics and Autonomy 2021
Marine Robotics
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Challenges in Marine Autonomy Head of School of Aerospace, Mechanical, and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney |
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Enhancing visibility for reliable underwater visual SLAM Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST |
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Trajectory planning in uncertain transient currents: a stochastic optimization approach Research Scientist, CEMSE, KAUST |
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Using drones, fluid lensing, and network analysis to get a more comprehensive view of coral reef mapping in the Red Sea Ph.D. Student, KAUST |
Human Robot Interactions
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Human Robot Interaction with Natural Language Logic: a Step Closer Clover.AI |
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Core Challenges in Navigation in Human Environments Carnegie Mellon University |
Aerospace Robotics
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Safe learning and control with L1 adaptation University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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Dynamic Explorations of a TiltWing Aircraft Transitioning from Conventional to Hovering Flight Prof. John Hauser University of Colorado Boulder |
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Xwing: the journey to deploying autonomous cargo aircraft Xwing |
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Optimization-Based Control of Autonomous Aerospace Systems University of Washington |
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Autonomous Vision-Based Navigation and Control for Robotic Space Objects KACST |
Mobile Robotics
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Multi-Robot Task Allocation Games in Dynamically Changing Environments with Application to Trash Collection KAUST |
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From one to many, coordination problems of multiple mobile robots University of Pisa |
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Levering AI for Unmanned Aerial Systems: Deployment Strategies Prince Sultan University |
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Swarms for People University of Bristol |
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Distributed AI: Optimal algorithms for distributed stochastic non-convex optimization Tufts University |
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On the Fundamental Challenges for Self-Driving Cars ETH Zürich |
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The Robots are Coming – to your Farm University of Illinois |
Wearable Robotics and Microrobotics
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Designing And Modelling Soft Active Artificial Muscles “Geometric and Material Nonlinearities IEEE RAS Org |
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An Egocentric Wearable Camera for Assistive Technologies Saudi Electronic University |
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The challenging path to creating fully autonomous and controllable microrobots University of Southern California |
Assured Autonomy
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Efficient Reachability for Safe Autonomous Systems: A Mixed Monotone Approach Georgia Institute of Technology |
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Certification of Autonomous Vehicles: A Regulator-Oriented Approach University of Maryland |
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Safe, Interaction-Aware Decision Making and Control for Robot Autonomy Stanford University |
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Safe autonomy with imperfect information University of Michigan |
Agenda
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
Marine Robotics
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Prof. Stefan Williams | University of Sydney | Challenges in Marine Autonomy |
| 12:45 - 13:30 | Prof. Ayoung Kim | KAIST | Enhancing visibility for reliable underwater visual SLAM |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | Dr. Ricardo Lima | KAUST | Trajectory planning in uncertain transient currents: a stochastic optimization approach |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Ms. Colleen Campbell | KAUST | Using drones, fluid lensing, and network analysis to get a more comprehensive view of coral reef mapping in the Red Sea |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Q&A Session for Marine Robotics | ||
Human Robot Interactions
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Dr. Emmanuel Roche | Clover.AI | Human Robot Interaction with Natural Language Logic: a Step Closer |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Dr. Jean Oh | Carnegie Mellon University | Core Challenges in Navigation in Human Environments |
| 17:15 - 17:45 | Q&A Session for Human Robot Interactions | ||
Aerospace Robotics
| 18:15 - 19:00 | Prof. Naira Hovakimyan | University of Illinois | Safe learning and control with L1 adaptation |
| 19:00 - 19:45 | Prof. John Hauser (& Dr. Jacob Cook) |
University of Colorado Boulder | Dynamic Explorations of a TiltWing Aircraft Transitioning from Conventional to Hovering Flight |
| 19:45 - 20:30 | Dr. Maxime Gariel | Xwing | Xwing: the journey to deploying autonomous cargo aircraft |
| 20:30 - 21:15 | Prof. Behcet Acikmese | University of Washington | Optimization-Based Control of Autonomous Aerospace Systems |
| 21:15 - 22:00 | Prof. Hesham Shageer | KACST | Autonomous Vision-Based Navigation and Control for Robotic Space Objects |
| 22:00 - 22:45 | Prof. Manal Linjawi | Jeddah University | ToRCH framework for describing robots |
| 22:45 - 23:15 | Q&A Session for Aerospace Robotics | ||
Thursday, April 1st, 2021
Mobile Robotics
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Prof. Shinkyu Park | KAUST | Multi-Robot Task Allocation Games in Dynamically Changing Environments with Application to Trash Collection |
| 12:30 - 13:15 | Prof. Lucia Pallottino | University of Pisa | From one to many, coordination problems of multiple mobile robots |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | Prof. Anis Koubaa | Prince Sultan University | Levering AI for Unmanned Aerial Systems: Deployment Strategies |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Prof. Sabine Hauert | University of Bristol | Swarms for People |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Prof. Usman A. Khan | Tufts University | Distributed AI: Optimal algorithms for distributed stochastic non-convex optimization |
| 15:30 - 16:15 | Prof. Emilio Frazzoli | ETH Zürich | On the Fundamental Challenges for Self-Driving Cars |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Prof. Girish Chowdhary | University of Illinois | The Robots are Coming – to your Farm |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Q&A Session for Mobile Robotics | ||
Wearable Robotics and Microrobotics
| 17:15 - 18:00 | Ms. Marwa Eldiwiny | IEEE RAS Org | Designing And Modelling Soft Active Artificial Muscles “Geometric and Material Nonlinearities |
| 18:00 - 18:45 | Prof. Mohammed Kutbi | Saudi Electronic University | An Egocentric Wearable Camera for Assistive Technologies |
| 18:45 - 19:30 | Prof. Nestor Perez | University of Southern California | The challenging path to creating fully autonomous and controllable microrobots |
| 19:30 - 20:00 | Q&A Session for Wearable Robotics and Microrobotics | ||
Assured Autonomy
| 19:45 - 20:30 | Prof. Samuel Coogan | Georgia Institute of Technology | Efficient Reachability for Safe Autonomous Systems: A Mixed Monotone Approach |
| 20:30 - 21:15 | Prof. Huan Mumu Xu | University of Maryland | Certification of Autonomous Vehicles: A Regulator-Oriented Approach |
| 21:15 - 22:00 | Prof. Marco Pavone | Stanford University | Safe, Interaction-Aware Decision Making and Control for Robot Autonomy |
| 22:00 - 22:45 | Prof. Necmiye Ozay | University of Michigan | Safe autonomy with imperfect information |
| 22:45 - 23:15 | Dr. Jean-Pierre Collognat | Ewellix | From the factory floor to Mars: Story of an extra-ordinary robot actuator |
| 23:15 - 23:45 | Q&A Session for Assured Autonomy | ||
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