报告题目: |
OPEN FUTURE: OPEN ARCHITECTURE ROBITICS |
报告人: |
Robert Richards |
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CEO, Frontline Robotics Inc.
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报告时间: |
2006-03-01 09:30 |
报告地点: |
FIT 1-101 |
主办单位: |
清华大学计算机系智能技术与系统国家重点实验室 |
简介: |
An Introduction to VIA’s Robotics Technology for Open Future
By Mr. Bruce Liang/ Senior Manager, VIA Technology (China)
9:45am-10:45am
Keynote Speech
Open Future: The Case for Open-Architecture Robotics By Mr. Robert Richards/CEO, Frontline Robotics Inc. (Canada) Abstract: Different national/cultural biases in Asia and North America have resulted in very different robotics programs and achievements. In most cases, whether intended for home assistance or industrial applications, the robots being produced have proprietary, closed architectures. Educators and academic researchers worldwide are forced to choose either expensive platforms that give them only limited capability to program and add components, or very cheap platforms that are of low quality and limited extensibility. We believe that an open-architecture, white box approach in robotics will stimulate the growth of this industry similar to the way that the open-architecture, white box approach to PCs stimulated that industry in the 80’s and 90’s. For academia, several important benefits will be realized. This presentation will outline major benefits of using PC industry standards and will discuss how the open-architecture approach will stimulate robotics
research, knowledge growth and capability growth.
10:45am-11: 30am
Live Demo and Discussion
ABOUT THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Mr. Robert Richards is CEO of Frontline Robotics Inc. (Canada), a company focused on robotic security systems and robot intelligence, and also CEO of White Box Robotics Inc. (USA), a company focused on open-architecture robot platforms for academia, educators and developers. Mr. Richards has an Honors B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Waterloo(Ontario, Canada), and 25 years experience working in aerospace, telecommunications and robotics. He has lead companies producing software, hardware and mobile systems, and has a keen appreciation for the challenges and apportunities in the personal & service robotics industry. |
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