Heterogeneous multi-robot cooperation for exploration and science in extreme environments
WHEN?
2nd June, 2023
Starts @ 8:30 AM (CET)
WHERE?
Onsite @ExCel London
Royal Victoria Dock,
1 Western Gateway, London
Online on Zoom and Youtube
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Invited Speakers

Alexander Dettman
Lead of the AI Space Team
Yardstick Robotics GmbH

Kazuya Yoshida
Head of the Space Robotics Lab
Tohoku University

Piotr Weclewski
Space Robotics Tech Lead
Airbus

Emanuel Staudinger
Institute of Communications and Navigation
German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Leif Christensen
Team Leader Maritime Robotics
DFKI GmbH

J. Ricardo Sánchez-Ibáñez
GNC Engineer
Airbus

Armin Wedler
Head of the Planetary Exploration Domain
German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Hendrik Kolvenbach
Senior Scientist
ETHZ Robotic Systems Lab

Maneesh Verma
Lunar Zebro Team
Delft University of Technology (TUD)

Carlos Pérez del Pulgar
Head of the Space Robotics Lab
Universidad de Málaga

Julia Schmale
Head of the Extreme Environments Research Lab
EPFL

Terry Fong
Director of the Intelligent Robotics Group
NASA Ames
Program
8:30 - Welcome & Intro
By Miguel Olivares-Mendez, University of Luxembourg
Session 1: Multi-robot cooperation for extreme terrestrial environments
8:40 - Needs for robotic platforms in arctic environments
By Julia Schmale, EPFL
9:00 - Exploration of underground environments
By Alexis Kostas, NTNU
9:20 - Distributed AI for sensing, learning, and coordination of multi-agent systems
By Raj Thilak Tajan, Delft University of Technology (TUD)
9:40 - AI for long-term subsea missions - from the exploration of oceans on icy moons to subsea resident AUV teams in offshore application scenarios
By Leif Christensen, DFKI
10:00 - Lessons learned from ARCHES Deep Sea and Space domains
by Armin Wedler, DLR
Time for a 10-min break!
10:30 - 11:20 Morning papers presentation session
Time for a 10-min break!
Session 2: Multi-robot cooperation for space applications
11:30 - Overview of NASA's efforts and interests in multi-robot systems
By Terry Fong, NASA [TBC]
11:50 - Overview of ESA's projects
TBC
12:10 - DLR's Swarm-Navigation System: overview and experimental results
By Emanuel Staudinger, DLR
Time for a lunch break!
13:30 - Lunar Zebro field test results
By Maneesh Verma, Delft University of Technology (TUD)
13:50 - Overview of SRL activities for lunar exploration
By Kazuya Yoshida, Tohoku University
14:10 -UMA Space Robotics Lab: Increasing autonomy in planetary exploration
By Carlos Pérez del Pulgar, Universidad de Málaga
14:30 - Enhancing AI for advanced autonomous space operations
By Miguel Olivares-Mendez, University of Luxembourg
Time for a 10-min break!
Session 3: From Earth to Space - novel robotic concepts and architectures for terrestrial and space use
15:00 - Planetary exploration with legged robots: potential and challenges
By Hendrik Kolvenbach, ETHZ
15:20 - Lunar drones to explore the darkness
By David Rodríguez, EPFL
15:40 - COROB-X: Analogue Field Tests Evaluation of a Cooperative Robotic Team to Autonomously Explore Lunar Skylights and Subsurface Lava Tubes
By Alexander Dettmann, Yardstick Robotics GmbH
16:00 - Overview on architecture and testing of the novel Field Trial Rover System
By Piotr Weclewski & J. Ricardo Sanchez-Ibañez [TBC]
16:20 - Sponsored slot
TBC
Time for a 10-min break!
16:50 - 17:40 Afternoon papers presentation session
17:40 - Panel Discussion & Closure
Networking, food & drinks
Organization Committee

Miguel Olivares-Mendez
Head of the Space Robotics Research Group (SpaceR)
University of Luxembourg

Raj Thilak Rajan
Co-Director of the SensorAI Lab
Delft University of Technology (TUD)

Alexis Kostas
Head of the Autonomous Robot Lab
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

David Rodríguez
Head of the Lunar Hub
eSpace - EPFL Space Center
Scientific Committee
- Kazuya Yoshida, Space Robotics Lab, Tohoku University
- Carlos Pérez del Pulgar, Space Robotics Lab, Universidad de Málaga
- Genya Ishigami, Space Robotics Group, Keio University
- Shreya Santra, Space Robotics Lab, Tohoku University
- Hendrik Kolvenbach, Robotic Systems Lab, ETHZ
- Kentaro Uno, Space Robotics Lab, Tohoku University
- Chris Verhoeven, Lunar Zebro, Delft University of Technology (TUD)
- Arne Rönnau, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik
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