Heterogeneous multi-robot cooperation for exploration and science in extreme environments
Notification of acceptance: April 21st, 2023
WHEN?
2nd June, 2023
Starts @ 8:30 AM (BST)
WHERE?
Onsite @ExCel London
Royal Victoria Dock,
1 Western Gateway, London
Online on Zoom and Youtube
REGISTRATION
For onsite attendees, please use the official ICRA website for registration.
Online attendance is possible through ICRA virtual attendance registration.
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

Chris Verhoeven
Electronics Research Laboratory & Lunar Zebro
Delft University of Technology

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

Julia Schmale
Head of the Extreme Environments Research Lab
EPFL

Joshua Mehling
Principal Technologist for Robotics
NASA
Program
*All times are in BST (British Summer Time, UTC+1)
8:00 - Welcome & Registration
8:30 - Kick-off
By Miguel Olivares-Mendez, University of Luxembourg
Session 1: Multi-robot cooperation for extreme terrestrial environments
Chaired by Miguel Olivares-Mendez
8:35 - Exploration of underground environments
By Alexis Kostas, NTNU
8:50 - Lessons learned from ARCHES Deep Sea and Space domains
by Armin Wedler, DLR
9:05 - AI challenges of multi-agent systems in extreme environments
By Raj Thilak Rajan, Delft University of Technology (TUD)
9:20 - 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
9:35 - Needs for robotic platforms in atmospheric science in extreme and remote environments
By Julia Schmale, EPFL
Time for a 20-min coffee break!
Session 2: Multi-robot cooperation for space applications
Chaired by David Rodríguez-Martínez
10:10 - DLR's Swarm-Navigation System: overview and experimental results
By Emanuel Staudinger, DLR
10:25 - Enhancing AI for advanced autonomous space operations
By Miguel Olivares-Mendez, University of Luxembourg
10:40 - Modular and Heterogeneous Multi-Agent AI Robot System for Lunar Exploration: a JST Moonshot R&D Project
By Kazuya Yoshida, Tohoku University
10:55 - UMA Space Robotics Lab: Increasing autonomy in planetary exploration
By Carlos Pérez del Pulgar, Universidad de Málaga
11:10 - Lunar Zebro field test results
By Chris Verhoeven, Delft University of Technology (TUD)
11:25 - Planetary exploration with legged robots: potential and challenges
By Hendrik Kolvenbach, ETHZ
Time for a 20-min coffee break!
12:00 - 13:00 Contributed papers presentation session
- Radio Localization for Robotic Planetary Exploration: Lessons Learned from Space-Analogue Mission by Robert Pöhlmann et al.
- Marker-less rigid body landmark supported SLAM in proximity of a lunar lander through 6DoF pose estimation by Philippe Ludivig et al.
- A Heterogeneous Team of Autonomous Robots Explores the Moon - Team FZI-RET at the ESA ESRIC Space Resource Challenge by Tristan Schnell et al.
- Multi-FEAT: Multi-Feature Edge AlignmentT for Targetless Camera-LiDAR Calibration by Bichi Zhang et al.
- Optimizing Planetary Exploration by Refinement Localization and Mapping using Multiple Rovers by Ayumi Umemura.
- Radiation Surveys in Active Nuclear Facilities with Heterogeneous Collaborative Mobile Robots by Mitchell Pryor et al.
Time for lunch! (13:00 - 14:30)
Session 3: From Earth to Space - novel robotic concepts and architectures for terrestrial and space use
Chaired by Raj Thilak Rajan
14:30 - Overview of NASA's efforts and interests in multi-robot systems
By Joshua S. Mehling, NASA
14:45 - Efficient exploration: exploring farther and faster
By David Rodríguez-Martínez, EPFL
15:00 - SFR Integrated BreadBoard Field Trials - A TRL5 Autonomous 300m Traverse
By Piotr Weclewski & J. Ricardo Sánchez-Ibáñez, Airbus [Silver Sponsor]
15:15 - 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
15:30 - HiveR: Roving Beyond the Boundaries + Demo
By Robert Mahoney, Neurospace GmbH [Bronze Sponsor]
16:00 - Closure
By Miguel Olivares-Mendez, University of Luxembourg
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
Research Scientist
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
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
Notification of acceptance: April 21st, 2023
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