2010-11-15

Symposium illuminates the Market Potentials of Service Robotics

The lab automation system POLAB Shuttle of Polysius AG is used for quality management of the cement production process. In the barrier-free lab, man and robots can work together

Research, development trends, and efficiency will be the main topics on the agen-da at the SCHUNK Expert Days Service Robotics 2011. From February 23 and February 24, 2011, SCHUNK the competence leader for clamping technology and gripping systems, will meet experts in service robotics from all over the world. The international symposium of the commited family-owned company will take place in 2011 for the fourth year in succession at the SCHUNK automation plant in Brackenheim-Hausen. It is considered to be the worldwide leading communication platform for applied service robotics.

One of the 20 experts attending the event is the scientist and mastermind in ser-vice robotics, Prof. Paolo Dario from Italy, Prof. Kerstin Dautenhahn from Great Britain, Prof. Danica Kragic from Sweden, as well as Prof. Dragomir Nenchev from Tokyo. Moreover, there will be numerous experts with a technical-industrial background, who will report on impressive practical applications of service robotics, such as Stefanie Angerer from Audi AG, Dr. Andreas Bley from Metralabs GmbH and Reinhard Teutenberg from Polysius AG.

The Expert Days are an ideal platform for generating international networks all over the world, and to discuss forthcomping projects. The two-day symposium will be presented by Professor Dr. Henrik I. Christensen, holder of the chair in robotics „KUKA Chair of Robotics“ at the Georgia Instutute of Technology, located in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as Martin Hägele, Head of Department Robot Systems at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart.

Please find more detailed information and the registration form on the website expertdays.schunk.com.

Information about the company: Schunk Intec AB