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WELCOME

LOCATION: All events on the Hilton's 2nd Floor | Key Ballroom Spaces

Event Details

LOCATION: All events on the Hilton's 2nd Floor | Key Ballroom Spaces

PDF File of the Program Agenda

Arrival Night (Sunday)

04/28/2024

Welcome Reception

6:00 pm

-

9:00 pm

2nd Floor Foyer & Key Ballroom

Event Details

04/28/2024

Welcome Reception

Early Registrants Check-in and Informal Networking Reception 

6:00 pm

-

9:00 pm

2nd Floor Foyer & Key Ballroom

Meeting Day 1 (Monday)

04/29/2024

Hot Breakfast and Registration

7: 30 am

-

8:30 am

Key Ballroom 8

04/29/2024

Hot Breakfast and Registration

7: 30 am

-

8:30 am

Key Ballroom 8

NSF Welcome and Introductory Remarks

8: 30 am

-

9:00 am

Key Ballroom 6

Event Details

NSF Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Program Chairs:  Cynthia Matuszek (UMBC) and Jie Yin (NCSU)

NSF Officials: Juan Wachs and Jordan Berg

8: 30 am

-

9:00 am

Key Ballroom 6

KEYNOTE: Dieter Fox, University of Washington and NVIDIA

9:00 am

-

10:00 am

Key Ballroom 6

Event Details

KEYNOTE: Dieter Fox, University of Washington and NVIDIA

Topic: Where is RobotGPT?

9:00 am

-

10:00 am

Key Ballroom 6

BREAK

10:00 am

-

10:30 am

BREAK

10:00 am

-

10:30 am

NRI PI Long Talks Session

10:30 am

-

11:30 am

Key Ballroom 6

Event Details

NRI PI Long Talks Session

  1. "Harnessing the Potential of Playful Social Robots across Life Phases", Naomi Fitter, Oregon State University
  2. "Cooperative Robotic Systems fo...

Event Details

10:30 am

-

11:30 am

Key Ballroom 6

Increasing Diversity and Participation in Robotics Research

11: 30 am

-

12:30 pm

Key Ballroom 6

Event Details

Increasing Diversity and Participation in Robotics Research

Topic:  Dimensions in Diversity

Speakers: Elaine Short, Tufts University;  Melisa Martinez, CMU

11: 30 am

-

12:30 pm

Key Ballroom 6

LUNCH (on your own)

12: 30 pm

-

2:25 pm

Event Details

LUNCH (on your own)

Nearby Restaurants

12: 30 pm

-

2:25 pm

Keynote: Xuanhe Zhao, MIT

2:25 pm

-

3:25 pm

Key Ballroom 6

Event Details

Keynote: Xuanhe Zhao, MIT

Topic:  Soft Medical Robots

2:25 pm

-

3:25 pm

Key Ballroom 6

Transition to Workshops

3:25 pm

-

3:30 pm

Transition to Workshops

3:25 pm

-

3:30 pm

Concurrent Workshops

3:30 pm

-

5:00 pm

Breakout Rooms in Ballroom 9-12 and 6

Event Details

Concurrent Workshops

  1. Aspiring Robotics Principal Investigators (Invitation Only, Blue Group)  (Key Ballroom  9)
  2. Harnessing AI and Robotic Technologies for Smart a...

Event Details

3:30 pm

-

5:00 pm

Breakout Rooms in Ballroom 9-12 and 6

POSTER (Foyer) & DEMO (Ballroom 7-8) NETWORKING RECEPTION

5: 00 pm

-

7:00 pm

2nd Floor Foyer & Demos in Key Ballroom 8

Event Details

POSTER (Foyer) & DEMO (Ballroom 7-8) NETWORKING RECEPTION

Poster/Demo Session 1

5: 00 pm

-

7:00 pm

2nd Floor Foyer & Demos in Key Ballroom 8

DINNER (on your own)

7: 00 pm

Event Details

DINNER (on your own)

Nearby Restaurants

7: 00 pm

Meeting Day 2 (Tuesday)

04/30/2024

Hot Breakfast and Registration

7: 30 am

-

8:30 am

Key Ballroom 8

04/30/2024

Hot Breakfast and Registration

7: 30 am

-

8:30 am

Key Ballroom 8

Welcome & Sponsor Remarks

8: 30 am

-

8:45 am

Key Ballroom 6

Welcome & Sponsor Remarks

8: 30 am

-

8:45 am

Key Ballroom 6

KEYNOTE: Robin R. Murphy, Texas A&M

8:45 am

-

9:45 am

Key Ballroom 6

Event Details

KEYNOTE: Robin R. Murphy, Texas A&M

Topic:  Robots (and Research) to the Rescue

8:45 am

-

9:45 am

Key Ballroom 6

FRR PI Long Talks Session

9:45 am

-

10:45 am

Key Ballroom 6

Event Details

FRR PI Long Talks Session

  1. "How to Catch Large Debris on Orbit: A Self-maneuvering Robotic Tether-net System", Eleonora Botta, University of Buffalo
  2. "Active Bayesian In...

Event Details

9:45 am

-

10:45 am

Key Ballroom 6

POSTER (Foyer) & DEMO (Ballroom 7-8) NETWORKING RECEPTION

10:45 am

-

12:30 pm

Key Ballroom Foyer & Ballroom 8

Event Details

POSTER (Foyer) & DEMO (Ballroom 7-8) NETWORKING RECEPTION

Poster/Demo Session 2

10:45 am

-

12:30 pm

Key Ballroom Foyer & Ballroom 8

LUNCH (on your own)

12: 30 pm

-

2:00 pm

Event Details

LUNCH (on your own)

Nearby Restaurants

12: 30 pm

-

2:00 pm

Concurrent Workshops

2:00 pm

-

3:30 pm

Breakout Rooms in Ballroom 9-12 and 6

Event Details

Concurrent Workshops

  1. Aspiring Robotics Principal Investigators (Invitation Only, Red Group) (Key Ballroom  9)
  2. Challenges and Opportunities for Aerial Robots Acros...

Event Details

2:00 pm

-

3:30 pm

Breakout Rooms in Ballroom 9-12 and 6

Ask Me (almost) Anything Session

3: 30 pm

-

5:00 pm

Key Ballroom 6

Event Details

Ask Me (almost) Anything Session

Federal Agencies Program Officers 

3: 30 pm

-

5:00 pm

Key Ballroom 6

Closing Remarks

5:00 pm

-

5:30 pm

Key Ballroom 6

Event Details

Closing Remarks

Program Chairs:  Cynthia Matuszek (UMBC) and Jie Yin (NCSU)

NSF Officials: Juan Wachs and Jordan Berg

5:00 pm

-

5:30 pm

Key Ballroom 6

Meeting Adjourned - Thank you

5:30 pm

Meeting Adjourned - Thank you

5:30 pm

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