IROS 2024 Workshop and Competition on

Multi-Robot

Perception and Navigation Challenges

in Logistics and Inspection Tasks

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2024
Calender October 14 PM, 2024
LocationAbu Dhabi ,UAE
Room 16, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC)
[ This workshop will be held in-person and Online ]

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Abstract:

    In the pursuit of sustainable development, the efficient management of logistics and the reliable inspection of critical infrastructure are paramount. Multi-robot systems offer promising solutions to address these challenges by enhancing operational efficiency, reducing environmental impact, and ensuring the safety and reliability of essential infrastructure. Advancements in multi-robot systems, including autonomous car fleets, drones swarm for inspection, and logistic robot systems, hold promise for enhancing daily life by improving automation efficiency.
    However, deploying robotic systems in groups poses challenges such as cost-effective perception implementation, dealing with measurement uncertainties, real-time dynamic planning, and interactions with other agents. Developing such multi-robot perception and navigation systems is often time- and resource-demanding, rendering this field less explored by the majority of the academic community. We identify a significant domain gap in this area that has yet to be fulfilled.
    Through collaborative learning, hands-on challenges, and discussions on real-world applications, participants will gain valuable insights and tools to drive innovation in robotics, ultimately contributing to creating more sustainable and resilient societies. We anticipate that user-friendly, cost-effective simula-tion evaluation environments will enhance access to explo-ration, planning, and control research and accelerate progress through quantitative comparisons to existing benchmarks.


Invited Speakers:

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Kostas Alexis
Professor
Department of Engineering Cybernetics
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Fei Gao
Tenured Associate Professor
Department of Control Science and Engineering
Zhejiang University
Yang Lyu
Associate Professor
School of Automation
Northwestern Polytechnical University
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Hannibal Paul
Assistant Professor
Department of Robotics
College of Science and Engineering
Ritsumeikan University
Guillaume Sartoretti
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore
Boyu Zhou
Assistant Professor
School of Artificial Intelligence
Sun Yat-sen University



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Important Date:

(All dates and time are in GMT+4)

1.Competition Related:

  • Last day to register for the challenge 24th September 2024.
  • Last day to update your code 29th September 2024.
  • Annoucement of results 4th October 2024.
  • Workshop date 14th October 2024.

2.Workshop Paper Related:

  • Submission site opens: May 1st, 2024
  • Submission deadline: September 15th, 2024
  • Notice of acceptance: September 27th, 2024

How to contact us:

Inquiries about workshops: shyuan@ntu.edu.sg and cc xu0021ng@e.ntu.edu.sg
Inquiries about competition: thienminh.npn@ieee.org and cc xu0021ng@e.ntu.edu.sg

Organizers:

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Thien-Minh Nguyen
Research Assistant
Professor
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Muqing Cao
Research Fellow
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University

Shenghai Yuan
Research Fellow
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University

Xinhang Xu
Research Assistant
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University

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Lihua Xie
Professor
Director for Centre for Advanced Robotics Technology Innovation (CARTIN)
President's Chair in Control Engineering
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Ben M. Chen
Professor
Vice-Chairman (Graduate)
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong



Contact

This workshop is supported by the
Centre for Advanced Robotics Technology Innovation (CARTIN), Nanyang Technological University
Hong Kong Center for Logistics Robotics (HKCLR), The Chinese University of Hong Kong