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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Convention Hall No.1, 2/F,
Beijing International Convention Center
Beijing, China |
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This joint forum, organized by IFR
and RAS/IEEE, consists of:
The award honors those achievements of
people with clear
objectives of promoting invention and entrepreneurship in Robotics &
Automation.
Plenary lectures
will cover the details of the motivation behind the honored
inventors, the way the original idea is formulated, the approach and
process taken in order to move an initial idea to commercial
products or to business opportunities, as well as lessons learned
from the experience.
The workshop provides researchers and entrepreneurs with an
opportunity to learn a full cycle of developing business from ideas
and technologies to the market. It covers R&D strategies and
methodologies, business planning, commercialization, manufacturing,
and marketing.
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Program
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09:30 |
Welcome and
Introductions
Dr. Jong-Oh Park,
Chair, IFR
Dr. Sukhan Lee,
Vice-President, Industrial Activities Board, RAS, IEEE |
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09:40 |
The Challenges
facing a Small Robotics Company in the Global Marketplace (pdf)
Dr. Kyung-Chul Shin, CEO Yujin Robot
Company, Seoul, Korea |
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10:05 |
Turning a
Robotics Technology into a Robotics Business (pdf)
Dr. Yutaka
Yamamoto, General Manager for Asia, Evolution Robotics,
Pasadena, CA, USA |
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10:30 |
Presentations by
Finalists for the Invention and Entrepreneurship Award
(Order of Presentations
determined by Random Draw) |
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10:30 |
WebotsTM
5 (pdf)
Olivier Michel,
Cyberbotics Ltd.,
Préverehges, Switzerland |
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10:50 |
CAFIR :
Flexible and Scalable Collision Avoidance for Industrial
Robots
Rainer Bischoff,
KUKA Roboter GmbH,
Augsburg, Germany |
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11:10 |
Reaching the
Unreachable
Rob Buckingham,
OCRobotics,
Bristol, United Kingdom |
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11:30 |
Session Adjourns |
The winners are:
1. KUKA Roboter, Augsburg, Germany: CAFIR - Flexible and Scalable Collision Avoidance for Industrial Robots based on Complex Geometric Models (presented by Rainer Bischoff)
2. OCRobotics, Bristol, United Kingdom: Reaching the Unreachable (presented by Rob Buckingham)
3. Cyberbotics Ltd., Preverehges, Switzerland: Webots(TM)5 (presented by Olivier Michel)
 | Location of IERA 2006:
Beijing International Convention Center |
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Winner Check and Award Plaque handover to Rainer Bischoff (KUKA Roboter) by Richard A. Volz (President IEEE Robotics and Automation Society) |
| Rainer Bischoff (KUKA Roboter) and IERA 2006 Award Plaque |
Link
KUKA
ocrobotics
cyberbotics
CAFIR
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