The workshop takes places on Saturyday, July 12, 2014 in room 210 Wheeler. It is structured around 3 pairs of invited presentations, each pair consisting of a human and a robot side. The topics for the three pairs will be a) hands, b) grasping, c) perception. Following each pair of invited talks, there will be a discussion session on the corresponding topic. After the presentation/discussion sessions, there will be a panel discussion. The workshop will close with a poster session under the theme “Novel Directions in Grasping and Manipulation”.
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Humans |
Robots |
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Intro (15 mins) |
Organizers |
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Hands (9:00-10:00) |
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Discussion 1 (10:00-10:30) |
Towards the right hardware
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Break (10:30-11:00) |
Coffee break |
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Grasping (11:00-12:00) |
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Oliver Brock |
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Discussion 2 (12:00-12:30) |
Towards effective grasp planning |
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Break (12:30-14:00) |
Lunch break |
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Perception (14:00-15:00) |
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Discussion 3 (15:00-15:30) |
Towards appropriate perception |
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Break (15:30-16:00) |
Coffee break |
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Panel Discussion (16:00-17:00) |
All invited speakers + one moderator from among the organizers |
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Novel directions in grasping and manipulation (17:00-18:00) |
Poster session with contributed and invited posters |
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Closure (15 mins) |
Organizers |
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List of questions to be discussed:
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What kind of knowledge representation do we need to efficiently capture the understanding of the world?
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How can we exploit human knowledge in an efficient way as a teaching tool?
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Are we currently exploiting all the capabilities of the robotic hardware that we have, or the limitations that we experience come more from the sensing/ planning/ control/ execution/ supervision side?
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How much should we rely on sensorial vs a-priori information?
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Is machine learning the new paradigm for robotic manipulation?
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Do we really need grasp/manipulation.task planning, or we can create a more natural robot-environment interaction?
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What type of benchmarking do we need to compare advances in robotic manipulation?