Sino-EU Conference on

Intelligent Robots and Automation

8^th Forum on Core Components and Key Technologies for Robots

 4^th Sino-German Symposium on Intelligent Robots (Session 2)

Date: 21st-22nd May 2021

21^st May: European Session (Zoom meeting)

22^nd May: Shanghai Session (Local + online meeting)

Organizer

China Science & Technology Automation Alliance

Gesellschaft Chinesischer Informatiker in Deutschland e.V.

Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Alliance on Robotics

China-Germany Joint Lab on Intelligent Robotics

China-Italy Joint Lab on Advanced Manufacturing

Co-organizers

北京智慧工坊科技孵化器有限责任公司

CRB Robotics AG

北京易能立方科技有限公司

 CRB Antriebstechnik GmbH

上海启迪漕河泾科技园

ZGC InnoHub

Wandelbots ∙ Germany

RoboSpeak China

KouShare

先进制造业产业信息平台

Sponsors

苏州艾利特机器人有限公司

Frontiers

Sino- German international cooperation park Beijing

清能德创电气技术(北京)有限公司

Introduction

 The Sino-EU Conference on Intelligent Robots and Automation aims to strengthen the academic communication, R & D cooperation between China and Europe in the field of Intelligence Science and its application in industry. Academicians, senior research scientists, young scholars, engineering experts and business leaders are invited in the field of computer science/data science/industrial automation/robotics to give an in-depth discussion on

• the development of the core components and key technologies in robotics and automation.
• the innovative application of intelligence technology, especially the application of artificial intelligence in robotics and automation

In view of the rapid development of AI, robotics and automation in recent years, coupled with consumers' pursuit of green and sustainable life, a large number of cutting-edge technologies and laboratory research results have the opportunity to be quickly transformed into marketing products to improve our lives. The conference aims to present the most advanced theories and technologies in robotics and automation of China and Europe and explore the future trend of intelligent robots and next-generation automation in an open manner. The conference will provide the invited guests and participants with an opportunity to discuss the transformation from academy to industry andhelp in identifying the promising opportunities for cooperation in both research and entrepreneurship.

The theme of this year’s conference is "Shaping the Future with Robomation". The conference will be held on 21-22May, 2021, adopting a local + online meeting mode in consideration of the Covid-19 case. An initiative to Sino-Europe Innovation Network on Intelligent Systems will be announced during the conference.

Through this conference, the organizers expect:

• To connect China’s and Europe’s enterprises and research institutions in robotics and automation by constructing a Sino-EU innovation network on intelligent systems.
• To strengthen the communication between (1) Chinese & European experts(2) the experts and audience, by means of interdisciplinary and industry-academy exchanges, so as to inspire wisdom and build consensus and pave the way for future cooperation.
• To understand the requirements from industry and academy, thus promoting the realization of joint research/projects in AI, robotics and automation.

Program (21stMay 2021)

9:00-9:10

   Welcome and GCI and Robotics symposiums introduction by GCI Chairman (Dr. Qiang Li)

9:10-9:20

   Speech by VIP of SERA2021: Prof. Jianwei Zhang

Session I(Chair: Dr. Limin Zeng, 20min Talk + 5 min Question)

09:20-09:45

Talk 1 Title: Sino-European Collaborative Approaches to AIoT enhanced Robot System

Speaker: Prof. Jianwei Zhang, Hamburg University, Germany

09:45-10:10:

Talk 2 Title: Multimodal Human-Robot Interaction

Speaker: Prof. Gerhard Weber, TU Dresden, Germany

10:10-10:20:

Talk Title:Introduction of Sino-German international cooperation park Beijing

Speaker: Mr.Alan Lee, Manager of Munich office, Sino-German international cooperation park Beijing

Session II(Chair: Dr. Junpei Zhong, 20min Talk + 5 min Question)

10:20 - 10:45：

Talk 3 Title: Visuo-Tactile Learning for Robot Perception

Speaker: Prof. Shan Luo, University of Liverpool, UK

10:45 - 11:10：

Talk 4 Title: Interactive Perception-Action-Learning for Modelling Objects

Speaker: Prof. Matej Hoffmann, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech

11:10– 11:20

coffee break

Session III(Chair: Dr. Rui Li, 20min Talk + 5 min Question)

11:20 - 11:45：

Talk 5 Title: The WRS robot planning and control system

Speaker: Prof. Weiwei Wan, Osaka University

11:45 - 12:10：

Talk 6 Title:Digital twin application in robotic machining system

Speakers: Prof. Kai Wu, South China University of Technology, China

12:10 - 12:35：

Talk 7 Title: Adaptability in collaborative robotic tasks

Speaker: Prof. Yiannis Karayiannidis, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

12:35– 13:30

Lunch Break

Session IV(Chair: Dr. Nutan Chen,20min Talk + 5 min Question)

13:30 - 13: 55:

Talk 8 Title: Robotic Imaging, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality for Computer Assisted Interventions

Speaker: Prof. Nassir Navab, TU Munich, Germany

13:55 - 14: 20:

Talk 9 Title:  Cognitive Robots

Speaker: Mr. David Reger, CEO of Neura Robotics GmbH, Germany

14:20 - 14: 45:

Talk 10 Title:Standardized Products, Customized Application

Speaker:Dr. Jianxun He, Seer Group Robotics

14:45 - 15: 10:

Talk 11 Title: Robot Revolution - Live right now in warehousing!

Speaker: Mr. Victor Splittgerber, CEO of WAKU Robotics, Germany

15:10 - 15:20

Coffee break

Session V(Chair: Dr. Mingchuan Zhou, 8min talk + 2 Question)

Workshop for Young Scholars: Sino-EU Intelligent Robots and Automation Innovation Pioneers,Robomation35 

15:20-15:30

Talk 1: Brian inspired motion control and manipulation of a musculoskeletal system

Speaker: Mr. Jiahao Chen, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA)

15:30-15:40

Talk 2: Two-Stage Learning-Based Underwater Grasping for an Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator System (UVMS)

Speaker: Mr. CongWang, Shenyang Institute of Automation & Edinburgh Center for Robotics

15：40-15：50

Talk 3:i3dLoc: Image-to-range Cross-domain Localization Robust to Inconsistent Environmental Conditions

Speaker: Dr. Lingyun Xu, DJI, China

15：50-16：00

Talk 4: The Omega Turn: A Biologically-Inspired Turning Strategy for Elongated Limbless Robots

Speaker: Mr. Baxi Zhong, Georgia Tech, USA

16:00 - 16:10

Talk 5: A Unified Approach for Hybrid Motion Control of MOCA Based on Weighted Whole-body Cartesian Impedance Formulation

Speaker: Mr. Yuqiang Wu, Xi’an Jiaotong University & Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)

16:10 - 16:20

Talk 6:Intelligent Welding Robot Introduction&Application

Speaker:Ms. Jieyi Amber Chen

16:20 - 16:30

Talk 7: Vision-based Teleoperation of Shadow Dexterous Hand

Speaker: Ms. Shuang Li, Hamburg University, Germany

16:30 - 16:40

Talk 8: Impact-Aware Task-space Quadratic Programming Control

Speaker: Dr. Yuquan Wang, CNRS-UM, LIRMM, France

16:40 - 16:50

Talk 9:The Angle-axis Space: From a Representational Method to a Geometrical Space Speaker:

Speaker:Dr. Gaofeng Li, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy

Session VI (Chair: Dr. Limin Zeng)

16:50-17:30

Roundtable discussion：Robotics Research & Startups & Future Careers

5月22日上海站流程

地点：上海启迪漕河泾科技园（上海市松江区明南路85号启迪漕河泾科技园·紫荆园二号楼二层钻石报告厅）

8:00-9:00签到

上午主持人：王健  

中国科技自动化联盟副理事长、智慧工厂研究院院长、清华机器人技术与产业协同创新联盟秘书长

9:00-9:10嘉宾致辞

嘉宾：上海市/松江科委领导、上海启迪漕河泾科技园代表

9:10-9:40工业人工智能实现的客户价值和面临的挑战

嘉宾：李杰，美国辛辛那提大学教授，富士康集团副董事长

9:40-10:10人工智能与机器人

嘉宾：孙富春，清华大学计算机系教授

10:10-10:40微创手术机器人的智能化发展

嘉宾：齐鹏，同济大学电子与信息工程学院副教授

10:40-11:10机器人关键技术与发展生态

嘉宾：刘辛军，清华大学机械系教授

11:10-11:30四两拨千斤，协作机器人如何赋能智能制造

嘉宾：吴非，艾利特机器人有限公司副总裁

11:30-12:00

圆桌讨论

12:00-12:10 合影留念

12:10-13:30午休

下午主持人：王健，中国科技自动化联盟副理事长、智慧工厂研究院院长、清华机器人技术与产业协同创新联盟秘书长

时间：13:30-14:00

内容：科技自动化新技术和应用

嘉宾：苏慧华，德国倍福自动化产品经理

时间：14:00-14:30

内容：高效互联与智慧生产

嘉宾：王雪婧，伦茨市场经理

时间：14:30-15:00

内容：机器人智能柔性抓取技术

嘉宾：李双甲，大寰机器人CEO

时间：15:00-15:30

内容：机器人操作系统及其生态应用

嘉宾：李淼，库柏特机器人CEO

时间：15:30-16:00

内容：人工智能与行走机器人（待定）

嘉宾：李清都，上海理工大学机器人与人工智能研究院执行院长

时间：16:00-16:30

内容：高性能电机控制技术和系统—趋势及发展路线

嘉宾：李永东，清华大学电机系教授

时间：16:30-16:40

内容：中欧智能系统创新网络发起倡议

主持：张建伟，德国汉堡科学院院士、汉堡大学多模态智能系统技术研究所所长

发起人：王健，中国科技自动化联盟副理事长、智慧工厂研究院院长、清华机器人技术与产业协同创新联盟秘书长

发起人:李强，中国留德学者计算机学会会长

时间：16:40-17:10

内容：后疫情时代，中欧智能机器人融合创新（德国线上）

嘉宾：张建伟，德国汉堡科学院院士、汉堡大学多模态智能系统技术研究所所长

时间：17:10-17:40

内容：人机交互技术的演进与未来（德国线上）

嘉宾：曾丽敏，德国wandelbots机器人中国区首席代表

时间：17:40-18:00

内容：圆桌讨论

Registration(21st, May 2021)

Please use following link to register and the participation link will be sent to your registered mailbox.

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vTGpJY6TR5qRn75htzjS9A

Registration (22nd, May 2021)

https://5371808598094.huodongxing.com/event/8586644237522

Special Issue

The prepared special issue is in “Frontiers in Neurorobotics” (JCR Q2, IF=2.574) with titleBiological-inspired Autonomous Mobile Manipulation: Challenges in Design, Control, and Real-world Applications. Feel free to contact Guest Editors for details of this SI.

SI Webpage:

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/21266/biological-inspired-autonomous-mobile-manipulation-challenges-in-design-control-and-real-world-appli

The newest and unpublished research and review papers in mobile and manipulation domain are encouraged to submit. The submitted papers follow the peer review rule of the journal.

Important Dates

• Abstract submission deadline: 14^th, June 2021
• Manuscript submission deadline: 15^th, Dec 2021

Technical and Program Committee：

• Dr. Liming Zeng (Wandelbots|TU Dresden, Germany)
• Dr. Rui Li(Chongqing University,China)
• Dr. Nutan Chen(Volkswagen, Germany)
• Dr. Mingchuan Zhou(Zhejiang University,China)
• Dr. Zhenshen Bing(TUM, Germany)
• Dr. You Zhou(KIT, Germany)
• Mr. WeiWang(Vice Chief-Editor,RobotTechniqueandApplication,China)
• Dr. Jinjun Duan(Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Germany)
• Prof. Chenguang Yang(University of the West of England; UWE, UK)
• Prof. FeiChen(The Chinese University of Hong Kong|IIT)
• Dr. Chao Liu(Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS, France)
• Prof. Junpei Zhong(The Hong Kong Polytechnic University|South China University of Technology)
• Dr. Qiang Li(GCI|Bielefeld University, Germany)

Organizing Committee:

• Dr.Xibin Zhu(GCI)
• Mr.Jiahua Xu(GCI)
• Mr.Chao Yan(GCI)
• Ms.YuanTian(GCI)
• Mr.Yabin Ma(GCI)

About the Organizers

China Science & Technology Automation Alliance (CSAA)is a non-profit industrial organization established in 2011 dedicated to the mutual promotion of advanced automation and the scientific and technological innovation. It is one of the most active intelligent manufacturing industry ecology in China.

The forum on Robot Core Components and its Key Technology jointly launched by the CSAA and the Tsinghua Robot Technology and Industry Collaborative Innovation Alliance has been held for seven consecutive years since 2015. The forum achieves a good reputation in industry for its professionalism and high-quality, having produced a wide range of influence.

Since 2019, the Sino-German Joint Laboratory on Intelligent Robot and the Sino-Italian Joint Laboratory on Advanced Manufacturing have been introduced into this forum, featuring Sino-EU dialogue and the technology transfer. The forum started to appear for the first time with the name of Sino-EU Conference on Intelligent Robot.

Gesellschaft Chinesischer Informatiker in Deutschland e.V.(GCI) wasfounded in 1986 in Karlsruhe, Germany. GCI is a purely public non-profit organization and currently has more than 500 members, most of whom receive his/her doctoral or master's degree in Germany. The GCI has a large number of talents in Internet, big data, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, advanced intelligent manufacturing, robotics, etc.

Since 2016, GCI has hosted three Sino-German intelligent robot forums (SGIR, Sino-German symposium on Intelligent Robots)). The series of activities have won the support and attention of a large number of robot experts, scholars and business leaders in Germany and China. In 2020, the GCI organized the first seminar on intelligent robots and automation in Europe. The seminar invited 5 IEEE fellow and professors from Germany, France, Italy and UK to in-depth discussing the recent progress in robotics and automation.

Previous Events by Organizers

Previous Forums on Core Components and Key Technologies for Robots: http://r6a.cn/b5ecq

Previous SGIRs:

2016:  Link here.

2019：Link here.

2020 (Session 1): Link here.

2020 (Session 2)：Link here.

2021(Session 1):   Link here.