Day 1, Tuesday 27th June

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1 Day 1, Tuesday 27th June Time Tuesday 27 th June Chair 9.00 am Introduction and Welcome - Prof Rob Richardson, Event Chair, Professor of Robotics, - Prof Lisa Roberts, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research & Innovation, - Dr Elaine Massung EPSRC Prof Rob Richardson 9.20 am Keynote: The Self-Healing City Vision: balancing the impact of city infrastructure engineering on natural systems using robots. Prof Phil Purnell, Professor of Materials and Structures, 9.40 am Keynote: Societal Dissemination of Robot Technology for Disaster Prevention and Response Prof Hajime Asama, Department of Precision Engineering, The of Tokyo am Refreshment break am Talk: From Driving Diggers to Driving Robots Mr Michael Cook, Transformation Director, Kier Utilities am Talk: Acoustic Sensing for Buried Pipe Infrastructure Prof Kirill Horoshenkov, Professor of Acoustics, of Sheffield Dr Bilal Kaddouh, am Competition entry pitches (Day 1) pm Lunch and exhibition stands Challenge Demonstrations: to view during lunch. - Centre for Robotics Research group, King's College London: Metahand - STRANDS project: Autonomous Safety Guard 1.20 pm Talk: Remote Handling Systems for Hazardous Environments Stephen Sanders, Oxford Technologies Ltd 1

2 Time Tuesday 27 th June Chair 1.40 pm Talk: Robots saving energy, creating jobs and making your feet warmer! Mathew Holloway, CEO, Q-Bot Limited 2.00 pm Talk: Thinking Inside the pipe.robotics for extreme environments Wez Little, Innovations Director, Synthotec Ltd 2.20 pm Talk: Robotics and Automation in a Harsh Nuclear Environment Dr Carwyn Jones, Technical Consultant, James Fisher Nuclear Ltd 2.40 pm Refreshment break Dr Jongrae Kim, 3.00 pm Talk: How and City collaboration can aid local infrastructure funding, finance and value creation: A case study of the Leeds Climate Commission Tom Knowland, Head of Sustainable Development, Leeds City Council Prof Netta Cohen, 3.20 pm Talk: Autonomous weed spraying on disadvantaged farms. Charles Director, Ibex Automation Ltd / 3.40 pm Video-only entry robots 4.00 pm Refreshment break Challenge Demonstrations: exterior demonstrations to be held on cricket ground 4.20 pm Computational Engineering and Design group, of Southampton: Aerial perching and manipulation 4.40 pm Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimisation group, of Leeds: A mock-up earthmoving truck autonomous operation from drones 7.00 pm Evening Meal 2

3 Day 2, Wednesday 28 th June Time Wed 28th June Chair 9.00 am Keynote: Developing materials technologies for self-repairing roads Prof Mark Miodownik, Director of Institute of Making, College London 9.40 am Talk: UAVs in self-repairing cities Dr Bilal Kaddouh, Research Fellow in Robotics, Autonomous Systems & Sensing, of Leeds Prof Abbas Dehghani, am Talk: Innovations in Autonomous Aircraft Design and Operations in Southampton. Dr Chang Liu, Department of Engineering and the Environment, of Southampton am Refreshment break am Competition entry pitches (Day 2) Juliet Jopson, am Discussion session: Road mapping the future pm Lunch and exhibition stands Challenge Demonstration: to view during lunch. - Multimedia and Vision group, Queen Mary of London: Automatic emotion detection in group settings 1.00 pm Talk: "Autonomous Robots for Long-Term Environment Monitoring" Dr Nick Hawes, Reader in Autonomous Intelligent Robotics, of Birmingham Prof Tony Cohn, 1.20 pm Talk: Responsible Autonomy Prof Michael Fisher, Professor of Computer Science, of Liverpool 3

4 Time Wed 28th June Chair 1.40 pm Talk: Challenges and Solutions of Robotic Space Missions Shaun Whitehead, CTO, ThumbSat Inc 2.00 pm Talk: Challenges in Drone Autonomy Dr Arthur Richards, Deputy Director of Bristol Robotics Lab, of Bristol 2.20 pm Talk: Title to be confirmed. Prof Sandor Veres, Professor of Autonomous Control Systems, of Sheffield 2.40 pm Refreshment break Challenge Demonstrations: exterior demonstrations to be held on cricket ground 3.00 pm Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimisation / Institute of Robotics, Autonomous systems and Sensing, : Wireless power transfer for buried infrastructure inspection 3.20 pm Centre for Robotics Research group, Kings College London: Metamorphic walker 3.40 pm Statistical Learning and Motor Control Group, of Edinburgh: Robust shared autonomy for mobile manipulation with continuous scene monitoring 4.00 pm Event close and thanks Prof Rob Richardson 4.20 pm Prize Giving Mr Michael Cook, Kier Utilities 4

5 Register for the Event The event is free to attend but places are limited so you must register. For further information and to register for the event, please see our website (link above). Acknowledgements The challenge is supported by The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) through the Grand Challenge of Balancing the impact of City infrastructure engineering on natural systems using robots & EPSRC investment in capital equipment. It is organised in collaboration with the UK RAS Network and UK Robotics Week. The challenge is also supported by the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (I.A.A.R.C.), Kier and AEROWORKS. 5