2024 TORONTO ROBOTICS CONFERENCE
23-24 July 2024
Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship
55 St. George Street, 5th Floor
From logistics and mobility to healthcare, bright futures in robotics start here.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Tuesday, July 23
HEALTHCARE KEYNOTE
DYNAMICS AND MODEL-BASED CONTROL OF BIOMECHATRONIC SYSTEMS
John McPhee
Professor
Director, Motion Research Group
Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic Systems
Wednesday, July 24
MOBILITY KEYNOTE
UNIVERSAL AUTONOMY, AND HOW TO GET THERE
Graeme Smith
Chief Product Engineering Officer
EXHIBITORS
STUDENT CLUBS AND TEAMS
U OF T ROBOTICS LABS
MOBILITY
HEALTHCARE
Directed by:
STUDENT CLUB PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, July 23
| Time and Location | Activity | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9 a.m. Myhal 5th Floor Atrium | Registration Coffee and snacks | |
| 9 - 9:15 a.m. Atrium | Welcome Remarks | Brokoslaw Laschowski, Program Chair, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - KITE |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | Lab Talks | HEALTHCARE TRACK - Room 580 Continuum Robotics Lab Directed by Jessica Burgner-Kahrs MOBILITY TRACK - Atrium Robot Vision and Learning Lab Directed by Florian Shkurti |
| 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Lab Talks | HEALTHCARE TRACK - Room 580 Neural Robotics Lab Directed by Brokoslaw Laschowski MOBILITY TRACK - Atrium ASRL Lab Directed by Tim Barfoot |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Atrium | Lunch Break Please note that lunch will not be catered | Student Clubs and Teams Exhibit aUToronto University of Toronto Robotics Association (UTRA) |
| 1 - 2:05 p.m. Atrium | Healthcare Keynote | John McPhee Professor, University of Waterloo Canada Research Chair in System Dynamics Director, Motion Research Group |
| 2:05 - 2:20 p.m. | Break | |
| 2:20 - 3:20 p.m. | Lab Talks | HEALTHCARE TRACK - Room 580 Diller Microrobotics Lab Directed by Eric Diller MOBILITY TRACK - Atrium STARS Lab Directed by Jonathan Kelly |
| 3:20 - 3:30 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Atrium | Student Poster Session | Poster session judges: Healthcare - Brokoslaw Laschowski Mobility - Tim Barfoot |
| 5:30 - 5:45 p.m. Atrium | Student Poster Session Awards | |
| 6 p.m. Prenup Pub 191 College St. (cash bar) | Networking Social |
Wednesday, July 24
| Time and Location | Activity | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 9 - 9:30 a.m. Myhal 5th Floor, Atrium | Registration Coffee and snacks | |
| 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Atrium | Welcome remarks | Tim Barfoot, Program Chair, Associate Director, University of Toronto Robotics Institute |
| 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Atrium | Keynote address | Graeme Smith Chief Product Engineering Officer, Oxa |
| 10:45 - 11 a.m. | Break | |
| 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Lab Talks | HEALTHCARE TRACK - Room 580 Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Lab Directed by Goldie Nejat MOBILITY TRACK - Atrium aUToronto |
| 12 - 2 p.m. Atrium | Lunch Break and Robot Exhibit Please note that lunch will not be catered | InDro Robotics Maple Advanced Robotics Kinova |
| 2 - 3 p.m. | Lab Talks | HEALTHCARE TRACK - Room 580 Medical Computer Vision and Robotics Lab Directed by Lueder Kahrs MOBILITY TRACK - Atrium TRAIL Lab Directed by Steve Waslander |
| 3 - 3:15 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. | Lab Talks | HEALTHCARE TRACK - Room 580 Adaptive Neurorehab Systems Lab Directed by José Zariffa MOBILITY TRACK - Atrium Toronto Intelligent Systems Lab Directed by Igor Gilitschenski |
| 4:15 - 4:30 p.m. Atrium | Closing Remarks |
ORGANIZERS
PROGRAM CHAIRS - MOBILITY - Tim Barfoot, Jonathan Kelly
PROGRAM CHAIR - HEALTHCARE - Brokoslaw Laschowski
INDUSTRY RELATIONS - Lucas Park
COMMUNICATIONS - Amanda Hacio