Meeting Room: 412 This tutorial provides a deep dive into 4D radar technology and its integration with other sensor modalities in multimodal AI, with a focus on robotics applications. As robotic systems increasingly operate in complex and dynamic environments, 4D radar has emerged as a pivotal technology, offering high-resolution spatial and velocity information in all […]

Meeting Room: 309 The last decade has seen significant progress in the development and use of robots in nuclear environments across fission, fusion, and big science (e.g. CERN). Whilst much of the early application focus was on decommissioning and disaster response in highly radioactive environments, this has shifted significantly to encompass day-to-day operations and maintenance […]

Meeting Room: 302 Multi-fingered robotic hands hold an immense potential for flexible manipulation in human environments. From using tools like scissors to preparing food, handling cloth, and robustly tying shoelaces, many mundane activities are enabled by - or become more flexible with - additional degrees of freedom, allowing for in-hand manipulation and dexterous environment interaction. With […]

Meeting Room: International Ballroom E (Omni Hotel) Robotic surgery is entering an exciting new era where robots are no longer simply mechanical tools under the direct control of a surgeon, but rather fully-fledged cyber-physical systems capable of collaborating with doctors to carry out complex procedures. Within this evolving landscape, unconventional surgical instruments such as lasers, […]

Meeting Room: 314 The Robotics Startup Bootcamp, hosted by MassRobotics, is an immersive, full-day workshop designed to equip early-stage robotics startups — or those considering the commercialization of their research — with the essential knowledge and practical skills necessary to thrive in a competitive and fast-paced market. Whether you're in the early stages of developing […]

Meeting Room: 315 Our workshop aims to facilitate discussion on construction robotics with an emphasis on perception and navigation in cluttered scenes, mapping of as-built environments, and safety-focused robot-worker interactions. This workshop will provide a venue for academics and industry practitioners to connect and create a vision for robotics in construction work and ensure equitable […]

Meeting Room: 312 When you think about a robot, what comes to mind? A humanoid, quadruped, quadcopter, or a multi-degree of freedom robot arm? These standard robot morphologies have become widely commercialized and are often our go-to general purpose systems, benefiting from well-established and accessible tools for working with these robots. However, when a task […]

Meeting Room: 407 Achieving robust autonomy in robotics is challenged by sensor data reliability, especially in extreme environments. Conventional sensors like RGB cameras fail in low-visibility conditions (e.g., smoke, fog, low light), while active sensors such as Radar and Lidar struggle with reflective medium and particle obscurants and often lack dense information at close range. […]

Meeting Room: 303 Vascular diseases are leading causes of ischemic heart disease and stroke and lead to significant global mortality. Endovascular interventions, such as neuroendovascular and cardiovascular interventions are a minimally invasive approach that provides the benefit of faster recovery, less general anesthesia, reduced blood loss, and lower mortality compared to open surgery. This approach […]

Meeting Room: 411 In the field, we throw robots into the wild to achieve what seems a simple task, that quickly ends up being arduous. As experts, we continuously loop through designing, developing, deploying, and analyzing our autonomous systems until it meets some level of success. From marine to forestry, from mining to agriculture, no […]

Meeting Room: 408 Surveying biotic and abiotic factors in the Earth's system is vital for addressing sustainability, climate change, and biodiversity loss. However, collecting comprehensive ecological data at relevant scales remains challenging, as it is often labor-intensive, expertise-dependent, and invasive, necessitating trade-offs between accuracy and resolution. Robotics offers a promising solution by enabling access to […]