General Description
The European Robotics Forum 2021 (ERF 2021), the most influential meeting of the robotics community in Europe, will be held as a virtual event 13-15 April 2021. The ERF2021 covers all aspects and current themes related to the field of robotics. Researchers, engineers, managers, and a growing number of entrepreneurs, businesspeople, and public funding officers from all over Europe come together to discuss technology push and market pull and how innovation in robotics and robotics-related AI can be accelerated.
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Agenda (Workshops info coming soon)
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
Autonomy in Aerial Robotics for inspection and maintenance
Inspection Maintenance Robotics Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
Miniaturised Robotics Forum
Manipulation Mechatronics Robotics Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
Robotics FSTP funding, any good for SME’s? - TRINITY experiences
Brokerage DIHs FSTP Robotics Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
Software Systems Engineering: Platform, Ecosystem, Perspective
Robotics Systems and SW Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
Trustworthy Robots – Safety, Credibility, Explainability
Robotics Safety Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
Demonstration of Affective Manufacturing for Increased Performance
Agile Production Industry Robotics Robotics Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
Education WS 1
Education Robotics Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
Enabling safe operations and ease of use on different levels of collaboration
ABB Robotics Sponsored track Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
How to make an impact in EU projects and boost innovation
Robotics Sponsored track Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
Robotics and AI for Rural Development
Robotics Smart Cities/Areas Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
The Role of Robot Companions in the New Paradigm of Industry 5.0
Agile Production Industry Robotics Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
8th Workshop on Hybrid Production Systems – Part 1
Agile Production Industry Robotics Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
European Leadership in Open Source for Robotics and AI
Robotics Systems and SW Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
First Autonomous Robot for Infrastructures I&M: Genova New Bridge
Inspection Maintenance Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
Robotics in healthcare: Future perspectives
Healthcare Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
Soft objects robotic manipulation for the future of European factories
Manipulation Mechatronics Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
Technology Transfer stories on Agile Production and Robotics
Brokerage DIHs FSTP Robotics Workshop
Start
1:20 PM
End
11:55 PM
Opening ceremony
Opening Plenaries
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
8th Workshop on Hybrid Production Systems – Part 2
Agile Production Industry Robotics Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
AI and Robotics: Intelligent, Learning and Trustworthy Robots
AI Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
Applying AI and HRI results of competitions in service robotics
Benchmarking Competition Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
Deeply embedded software
Robotics Systems and SW Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
I&M robotics: Learning across industries from deployments
Inspection Maintenance Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
TERRINet Lab Tour
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Horizon2020 Robotics Projects: Success Stories
EC project track Robotics Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Impact aware manipulation - H2020 I.AM. - live demo Innovation Lab
Lab Tour Robotics Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Reproducibility and Benchmarking: the next stage
Benchmarking Competition Robotics Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Robotics in Smart Cities
Robotics Smart Cities/Areas Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Software Engineering and Verification Techniques for Cobots
Robotics Systems and SW Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
TG-Industrial Robotics - Challenges and Needs
Agile Production Industry Robotics Robotics Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
FSTP Success Stories - Cross-Sectorial Session
Brokerage DIHs FSTP Robotics Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
George Giralt PhD Award presentations
Award Robotics Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
Human-Robot Collaboration & AI for Sustainable Production
AI Robotics Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
Robotics challenges in novel aerial transportation services
Logistics & Transport Robotics Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
What does the robotics community expect and need from Benchmarking?
Benchmarking Competition Robotics Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
Accelerating productivity with robotics - RAMP.eu
Agile Production Industry Robotics Robotics Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
Cloud robotics: Deployment prospects and future needs
Cloud Robotics Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
Education WS 2
Education Robotics Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
Information about upcoming EU funding programmes
EC project track Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
Entrepreneurship Award Presentations
Award Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
How Robots Adapt to Changing Scenarios: Pandemic Situations and Beyond
Covid-19 response Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
New Horizon2020 Robotics Projects
EC project track Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
RIMA DIH Network - Success Stories & Lessons Learnt
Inspection Maintenance Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
Risk-aware Robots - Improving Autonomy Through Smart Hazard Assessment
AI Robotics Safety Workshop
Start
1:20 PM
End
11:55 PM
Tough tech transfer in rehabilitation robotics: The bumpy road from academic research to empowering individuals with walking impairments
Keynote Plenaries
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
Agrifood: AI and robotics in agri-food: the present and the future
Agri-food Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
Robots for Agrifood
Agri-food Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
Socially Useful Robots in the era of social distancing and new normal
Covid-19 response Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
TechTransfer Award presentations
Award Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
Towards applied AI in agile production, logistics, and lab automation
AI Robotics Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Breakthrough technologies for Agile Manufacturing - SMEs’ experience
Brokerage DIHs FSTP Robotics Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Franka Emika - Tactile Robotics for the AI Revolution
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Robotics in the Lab during the pandemic and beyond
AI Covid-19 response Laboratory Robotics Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
The UK in Horizon Europe: How does that work?
Robotics Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Virtual Tour at SDU Robotics
Lab Tour Robotics Workshop
Start
4:25 PM
End
11:55 PM
Award Ceremony
Award Entrepreneur Robotics Start-up
Start
5:00 PM
End
11:55 PM
Charity Run
5 km ABB Charity Google Run Virtual Workshop4me X
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
Applying Information Modelling for Agriculture Robotics
Agri-food Robotics Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
Blockchain in Robotics and AI
AI Robotics Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
COVR - Building consensus for Cobot safety
Robotics Safety Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
Information about upcoming FSTP funding and Brokerage
EC project track Robotics Workshop
Start
9:00 AM
End
11:55 PM
Marine Robotics: challenges and opportunities and TG meeting
Robotics Specific Environments Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
Cross Fertilisation of Nuclear and other Harsh Environment Robotics
Robotics Specific Environments Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
From product ideas to robotic healthcare solutions
Healthcare Robotics Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
New Robotic Solutions for Manufacturing Industry
Agile Production Industry Robotics Robotics Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
Resilient Field Robotics
Agri-food Robotics Workshop
Start
10:25 AM
End
11:55 PM
Upcoming EDIH network and H2020 Ias
Brokerage DIHs FSTP Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
Humanoid Robots Today and Tomorrow
Humanoid Robots Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
Robot technologies for monitoring of radiological threats
Robotics Specific Environments Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
SPACE Robotics - Challenges and Opportunities
Robotics Space Robotics Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
Standards and Safety
Robotics Safety Workshop
Start
11:20 AM
End
11:55 PM
Telerobotics - where are we and what do we do next?
Robotics Telerobotics Workshop
Start
1:20 PM
End
11:55 PM
Plenary session: Embodied AI
Plenaries
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
Challenges in Automated Food Processing
Agri-food Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
Cybersecurity for robotics (CSfR)
Cybersecurity Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
Robotics and Mechatronics Lab tour (RAM Lab) - University of Twente
Lab Tour Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
Robotics for Logistics and Transport
Logistics & Transport Robotics Workshop
Start
2:05 PM
End
11:55 PM
TG-Safety - Needs and Challenges for Assuring the Safety of AI
Robotics Safety Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Construction Robotics – the Future of building
Construction Robotics Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
EuRobotics & SMEs: Enabling Innovation
Robotics Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Find out about Cascade Funding opportunities under I4MS
Brokerage DIHs FSTP Robotics Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
LIAISON: Liaising robot development and policymaking
Robotics Standardisation Workshop
Start
3:40 PM
End
11:55 PM
Putting robotics co-creation into practice
Innovation Environment Robotics Workshop
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