Meeting Room: 301 Humans can perceive social cues and the interaction context of another human to infer internal states including cognitive and emotional states, empathy, and intention. This unique ability to infer internal states leads to effective social interaction between humans. Such unique ability is desirable for intelligent systems like robots, virtual agents, and human-machine […]

Meeting Room: 401 This workshop provides a critical retrospective and forward-looking discussion about an NSF-funded project that studied the science and engineering behind creating and controlling robotic puppets. The project explored multiple dimensions of the challenge, such as the sequencing and composition of controllers and the integration of meaning with kinematically and dynamically distinct systems. […]

Meeting Room: International Ballroom C (Omni Hotel) This workshop introduces participants to open-source underwater robotics simulators, highlighting their potential to lower entry barriers and accelerate research by providing cost-effective, risk-free environments for testing and development. We will explore current tools and future directions to better support both academic and industrial needs in this challenging field.

Meeting Room: 315 In this workshop, we explore the unique challenges and opportunities that multi-agent systems (MAS) present for push manipulation of loose materials for site preparation and prefabricated assembly. Specifically, this workshop focuses on the planning and coordination of MAS for both push manipulation and modular assembly tasks, with an emphasis on decentralized approaches. […]

Meeting Room: 309 Precision agriculture techniques are essential for increasing crop yields while reducing environmental impact, particularly in the face of climate change effects. Commercial robotic solutions are actively being deployed to assist in agricultural tasks. However, autonomous robots are far from reaching their full potential in this domain. Fully autonomous robots can significantly impact […]

Meeting Room: 307 This full-day workshop will showcase the cutting edge of research and practice in autonomous robotics for the management and control of wildland fire. Wildland fire management presents daunting challenges due to unstructured uncertainty, scale, and complex multiscale nonlinear interactions between the process and its environment. This workshop will bring together researchers and […]