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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 NOW OVER

Two days of tech talks with U of T's robotics experts

HEALTHCARE TRACK + MOBILITY TRACK

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Tuesday, July 23

HEALTHCARE KEYNOTE

DYNAMICS AND MODEL-BASED CONTROL OF BIOMECHATRONIC SYSTEMS
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John McPhee

Professor

Director, Motion Research Group

Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic Systems

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Wednesday, July 24

MOBILITY KEYNOTE

UNIVERSAL AUTONOMY, AND HOW TO GET THERE
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Graeme Smith

Chief Product Engineering Officer

EXHIBITORS

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STUDENT CLUBS AND TEAMS

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U OF T ROBOTICS LABS

MOBILITY

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Directed by:

Tim Barfoot

Directed by:

Florian Shkurti

Directed by:

Jonathan Kelly

TORONTO INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS LAB

Directed by:

Igor Gilitschenski

Directed by:

Steve Waslander

HEALTHCARE

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Directed by:

José Zariffa

Directed by:

Goldie Nejat

Directed by:

Jessica Burgner-Kahrs

NEURAL ROBOTICS LAB

Directed by:

Brokoslaw Laschowski

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Eric Diller

Directed by:

Lueder Kahrs

STUDENT CLUB PRESENTATIONS

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Tuesday, July 23

Time and LocationActivitySpeakers
8:30 - 9 a.m.

Myhal 5th Floor Atrium
Registration

Coffee and snacks
9 - 9:15 a.m.

Atrium
Welcome RemarksBrokoslaw 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 TalksHEALTHCARE 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 TalksHEALTHCARE 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 SessionPoster 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 LocationActivitySpeakers
9 - 9:30 a.m.

Myhal 5th Floor, Atrium
Registration

Coffee and snacks
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Atrium
Welcome remarksTim Barfoot, Program Chair, Associate Director, University of Toronto Robotics Institute
9:45 - 10:45 a.m.

Atrium
Keynote addressGraeme Smith
Chief Product Engineering Officer, Oxa
10:45 - 11 a.m.

Break

11 a.m. - 12 p.m.Lab TalksHEALTHCARE 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 TalksHEALTHCARE 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