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DESCRIPTION:RAS2023 has been successfully held at the University of Salford
  on 28 Feb 2023.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE RAS society\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof 
 Darwin Caldwell\, Prof Carsten Maple\n\nAgenda: \nIntelligent Robotics: Cu
 rrent Developments and Future Trends\nThe 6th Annual IEEE UK and Ireland R
 AS Chapter Conference\n\nHOST: University of Salford\n\nGeneral Chairs:\n\
 nDr Denise Rennie\, Deputy Dean of SSEE\, University of Salford\n\nProf Jo
 hn Gray (JG)\, RAS Chapter Chair\, University of Manchester\n\nProgramme C
 hair:\n\nProf Mary He (MH)\, University of Salford\, h.he5@salford.ac.uk\n
 \nProgramme Co-Chairs:\n\nDr Chris Hughes (CH)\, University of Salford\n\n
 Dr Theo Theodoridis (TT)\, University of Salford\n\nPoster Session Chair:\
 n\nDr Guowu Wei (GW)\, University of Salford\n\nDate: 28 Feb. 2023 (Tuesda
 y)\n\nAddress:\n\nRoom SB2.11\, SB2.12 SEE Building\, Crescent\, Salford M
 5 4NT\n\nRegister Link: [ras2023.Eventbrite.co.uk](https://www.eventbrite.
 co.uk/e/the-6th-ieee-uk-ireland-ras-conference-ras2023-tickets-52987696526
 7?aff=eemailordconf&amp;ref=eemailordconf&amp;utm_campaign=order-confirm-bcc&amp;utm_m
 edium=email&amp;utm_source=eventbrite&amp;utm_term=viewevent)\n\nAgenda (Morning):
 \n\n8:30am – 9:00am Registration (with refreshment)\n\n9:00am – 9:10am
  Conference starting by Dr Chris Hughes\, Research Director of SSEE\n\n9:1
 0am – 9:30am Welcome from\n\nProf John Gray (JG) – Chair of IEEE UK &amp; 
 Ireland RAS Chapter\n\nProf Hongmei He (HH) – New Chair of IEEE &amp; Irelan
 d RAS Chapter\n\n9:30am – 10:15am Keynote Speech: Prof Darwin Caldwell\,
  IIT in Italy (Confirmed)\n\nTopic: How Can Robotics and Wearable Technolo
 gy Improve Healthcare?\n\nChair: Prof John Gray\n\n10:15am - 11:00am Morni
 ng coffee break\n\nSession 1: RAS for Extreme and Hazard Environments (SB2
 .11)\n\nChair: Simon Watson\n\n11:00am - 11:15 Prof Kaspar Althoefer (Quee
 n Mary University of London)\n\nTopic: Robotic solutions for nuclear waste
  decommissioning: QMUL&#39;s Advances in the framework of the National Centre 
 for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR)\n\n11:15am - 11:30 Dr Simon Watson (University
  of Manchester)\n\nTopic: Robotics for Nuclear Inspections\n\n11:30am - 11
 :45 Dr Maurice Fallon (University of Oxford)\,\n\nTopic: Learning to navig
 ation in complex natural environments\n\n11:45am - 12:00 Michael James - E
 PSRC UKRI\, Robotics Portfolio Manager\n\nSession 2: RAS for Social and He
 alth Care (SB2.12)\n\nChair: Prof Sanja Dogramadzi\, University of Sheffie
 ld\n\n11:00am - 11:15 Prof. Alessandro Di Nuovo\, Department of Computing\
 , Sheffield Hallam University\,\n\nTopic: Multimodal intelligent robotics 
 for social care.\n\n11:15am - 11:30 Dr Dave Cameron\, Information School\,
  University of Sheffield\n\nTopic: Imagining Robotic Care - conflict and c
 onfluence in stakeholders&#39; imaginaries\n\n11:30am - 11:45 Prof. Praminda C
 aleb-Solly\, School of Computer Science\, University of Nottingham\n\nTopi
 c: Trialling Telepresence Robots in Extra Care and Cultural Settings in th
 e UK – Social\, Logistic and Technical Challenges and Opportunities\n\n1
 1:45am - 12:00 Prof. Sanja Dogramadzi\, Department of Automatic Control an
 d Systems Engineering\, University of Sheffield\n\nTopic: Modelling from r
 eal dressing data for uncertainty estimation in variable environmental con
 ditions\n\nAgenda (Afternoon)\n\n12:00 - 12:30 group photo (participants\,
  all chairs and committee)\n\nChairs: Dr Chris Hughes and Dr Theo Theodori
 dis\n\n12：30 – 14:00 Lunch\, Poster Session\, Robotics Lab Touring\n\n
 Chairs: Bethan Gill (Lunch)\,\n\nDr Guowu Wei (Poster Competition)\,\n\nDr
  Saber Mahboubi Heydarabad (Lab Turing)\n\n14:00 - 14:45 Keynote speech 2:
  Prof Carsten Maple\, University of Warwick\n\nTopic: Evaluation and Chara
 cterization of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence\n\nChair: Prof Kaspar A
 lthoefer\, Queen Mary University of London\n\n14:45- 15:30 afternoon coffe
 e break\n\nSession 3: RAS for Digital Manufacturing (SB2.11)\n\nChair: Pro
 fessor Niels Lohse\, Loughborough University\n\n15:30 - 15:45 Professor Ni
 els Lohse\n\n15:45 - 16:00 Mike Wilson\, MTC\, Chief Automation Officer\n\
 nTopic: Robotics activities at the Manufacturing Technology Centre\n\n16:0
 0 - 16:15 Rich Walker\, CEO of Shadow Robotics\n\nSession 4: Resilient Rob
 ots and Autonomous Systems (SB2.12)\n\nChair: Prof Carsten Maple\, Univers
 ity of Warwick\n\n15:30 - 15:45 Prof Jonathan Loo\, University of West Lon
 don (remote)\n\nTopic: Protecting industrial robotic systems from cyber-ph
 ysical attacks\n\n15:45 - 16:00 Dr Thoe Theodoridis\, Salford University\n
 \nTopic: Research activities in the Centre for Autonomous Systems and Adva
 nced Robotics.\n\n16:00 - 16:15 Jonathan Lodge\, CEO of City Farm Ltd.\n\n
 16:15 - 16:30 Prof Hongmei He\, Salford University\n\nTopic: Human-centred
  AI for trustwthy robotics and autonomous systems\n\n16:30 - 17:00 Announc
 ement of poster competition\n\nDr. Guowu Wei\, Prof Mary He\, Prof John Gr
 ay\n\n17:00-17:30 Close and announce the host of next RAS conference.\n\nP
 rof John Gray and Prof Hongmei He\n\nBldg: SEE building\, University of Sa
 lford\, Manchester\, England\, United Kingdom
LOCATION:Bldg: SEE building\, University of Salford\, Manchester\, England\
 , United Kingdom
ORGANIZER:maryhhe@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:IEEE UK &amp; Ireland RAS Chapter Conference (RAS2023) -- Intelligent R
 obotics: Current Developments and Future Trends
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/351256
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 /strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\; &lt;/strong&gt;Dr Guowu Wei (GW)\, University o
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  Chris Hughes\, Research Director of SSEE&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;stro
 ng&gt;10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;am &amp;ndash\; 9:30am Welcome from &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Pr
 of John Gray (JG) &amp;ndash\; Chair of IEEE UK &amp;amp\; Ireland RAS Chapter&lt;/p&gt;
 \n&lt;p&gt;Prof Hongmei He (HH) &amp;ndash\; New Chair of IEEE &amp;amp\; Ireland RAS Ch
 apter&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9:30am &amp;ndash\; 10:15am Keynote Speech:&amp;nbsp\; Prof 
 Darwin Caldwell\, IIT in Italy (Confirmed) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Topic: How Ca
 n Robotics and Wearable Technology Improve Healthcare?&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Chair: Prof
  John Gray&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:15am - 11:00am Morning coffee break&lt;/strong&gt;
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session 1: RAS for Extreme and Hazard Environments (SB2.1
 1)&amp;nbsp\; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Chair: Simon Watson&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;11:00am - 11:15&amp;nb
 sp\; Prof Kaspar Althoefer (Queen Mary University of London)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Topic
 : Robotic solutions for nuclear waste decommissioning: QMUL&#39;s Advances in 
 the framework of the National Centre for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;1
 1:15am - 11:30&amp;nbsp\; Dr Simon Watson (University of Manchester)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;T
 opic: Robotics for Nuclear Inspections&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;11:30am - 11:45&amp;nbsp
 \; Dr Maurice Fallon (University of Oxford)\,&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Topic: Learning to n
 avigation in complex natural environments&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;11:45am&amp;nbsp\;- 12:00&amp;nb
 sp\;&amp;nbsp\; Michael James - EPSRC UKRI\, Robotics Portfolio Manager&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session 2: RAS for Social and Health Care (SB2.12)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\
 n&lt;p&gt;Chair: Prof Sanja Dogramadzi\, University of Sheffield&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;11:00am
  - 11:15&amp;nbsp\;Prof. Alessandro Di Nuovo\, Department of Computing\, Sheff
 ield Hallam University\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Topic: Multimodal intelligent robo
 tics for social care.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;11:15am - 11:30 Dr Dave Cameron\, Informatio
 n School\, University of Sheffield&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Topic:&amp;nbsp\; Imagining 
 Robotic Care - conflict and confluence in stakeholders&#39; imaginaries&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;11:30am - 11:45&amp;nbsp\;Prof. Praminda Caleb-Solly\, School of Computer Sc
 ience\, University of Nottingham&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Topic: Trialling Telepresence Rob
 ots in Extra Care and Cultural Settings in the UK &amp;ndash\; Social\, Logist
 ic and Technical Challenges and Opportunities&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;11:45am&amp;nbsp\;- 12:0
 0&amp;nbsp\;Prof. Sanja Dogramadzi\, Department of Automatic Control and Syste
 ms Engineering\, University of Sheffield&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Topic: Modelling from rea
 l dressing data for uncertainty estimation in variable environmental condi
 tions&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda (Afternoon)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1
 2:00 -&amp;nbsp\; 12:30&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;group photo (participants\, all chairs a
 nd committee)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Chairs: Dr Chris Hughes and Dr Theo Theodor
 idis&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;：&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;30 &amp;ndash\; 14
 :00&amp;nbsp\; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunch\, Poster Session\, Robotics Lab Touring&lt;
 /strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Chairs: Bethan Gill (Lunch)\,&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp
 \;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\; Dr Guowu
  Wei (Poster Competition)\,&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nb
 sp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\; Dr Saber Mahboubi Heydaraba
 d (Lab Turing)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;14:00&amp;nbsp\; -&amp;nbsp\; 14:45&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;K
 eynote speech 2: Prof Carsten Maple\, University of Warwick&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp\; Evaluation and Characterization of Trustworthy Artificial
  Intelligence&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Chair: Prof Kaspar Althoefer\, Queen Mary University
  of London&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;14:45- 15:30 afternoon coffee break&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/str
 ong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session 3: RAS for Digital Manufacturing (SB2.11)&lt;/st
 rong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Chair: Professor Niels Lohse\, Loughborough University&amp;nbsp\
 ;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;15:30 - 15:45&amp;nbsp\; Professor Niels Lohse&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;15:45 - 16:00
 &amp;nbsp\; Mike Wilson\, MTC\, Chief Automation Officer&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Topic: Roboti
 cs activities at the Manufacturing Technology Centre&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;16:00 - 16:15
 &amp;nbsp\; Rich Walker\, CEO of Shadow Robotics&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sessio
 n 4: Resilient Robots and Autonomous Systems (SB2.12)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Cha
 ir: Prof Carsten Maple\, University of Warwick&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;15:30 - 15:45&amp;nbsp\
 ; Prof Jonathan Loo\, University of West London (remote)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Topic: Pr
 otecting industrial robotic systems from cyber-physical attacks&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;15
 :45 - 16:00&amp;nbsp\; Dr Thoe Theodoridis\, Salford University&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Topic:
  Research activities in the Centre for Autonomous Systems and Advanced Rob
 otics.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;16:00 - 16:15&amp;nbsp\; Jonathan Lodge\, CEO of City Farm Ltd.
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;16:15 - 16:30&amp;nbsp\; Prof Hongmei He\, Salford University&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p
 &gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp\; Human-centred AI for trustwthy robotics and autonomous syst
 ems&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;16:30 - 17:00&amp;nbsp\; Announcement&amp;nbsp\;of poster comp
 etition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Guowu Wei\, Prof Mary He\, Prof John Gray&lt;/p&gt;
 \n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;17:00-17:30&amp;nbsp\; Close and announce the host of next RAS co
 nference.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Prof John Gray and Prof Hongmei He&lt;/p&gt;
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