What's New:
- TEPRA 2011:2011 TePRA will be held on April 11-12, 2011. Visit the TePRA 2011 website for more information.
- Student Competition:2009 TePRA will feature a Student Competition. Follow the link for the guidelines and registration.
- For Presenters: Presentation guidelines for the accepted papers can be found here.
- For Authors: Author instructions for preparing and submitting the final papers can be found here.
- Registration Info: Registration for the conference is now open. The deadline for early registration is October 1, 2009.
- Automaton, IEEE Spectrum's blog on robots and other silicon-brained contraptions features 2009 TePRA.
- Papers and demonstrations are being solicited for 2009 TePRA (2009 TePRA Call for Papers).
- Join 2009 TePRA mailing list.
- 2009 TePRA will follow 2009 Robotics Innovations Competition and Conference (RICC) which will be held in Worcester, MA.
Welcome to TePRA 2009!
The 2nd Annual IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications will be held in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA, from November 9-10, 2009. TePRA is aimed at catalyzing the development of enabling technologies and encouraging their adoption by robot designers. With an emphasis on practical applications and industrial participation, TePRA provides researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs and robotics professionals a well-balanced platform between an academic conference and an exhibition while maintaining a serious review process.
Conference Highlights
Plenary Talks by:
Kevin Blankespoor, Boston Dynamics
Steve Roux, ASML
Charles Remsberg, Hocoma
Panel Discussion on Advances in Military Robots:
Session Chair: Helen Greiner, The Droid Works
Col. Barry L. Shoop, United States Military Academy
Ben Riley, Rapid Reaction Technology Office
Jim Overholt, Acting Director of Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise
Technical Program:
The conference theme this year is new technologies in robotics and automation and their practical applications. The conference tracks are:
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Technical Program for 2009 TePRA.
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Organizing Committee
Conference Chair
| Helen Greiner | Founder and CEO, The Droid Works, Inc. |
| Co-Founder, iRobot |
Technical Program Chairs
| Michael A. Gennert | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| William R. Michalson | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Conference Secretary
| John Conrad | Textron Defense Systems |
Publications Chair
| Karen Panetta | Tufts University |
Publicity Chair
| Peter Meyer | Philips |
Technical Program Coordinator
| Taskin Padir | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Tutorials Chair
| Ted Kochanski | University of New Hampshire |
Exhibits Chair
| Sorin Faibish | EMC |
Demonstrations Chair
| Ryan Pettigrew | IEEE RAS Boston Chapter |
Student Liaison Chair
| William Agassounon | Textron Defense Systems |
Sponsorships Chair
| Nithyanandam Mathiyazhagan | Management Consultant |
Local Arrangements Chair
| Bob Alongi | IEEE Boston Section |
Technical Program Committee
| William Agassounon | Textron Defense Systems |
| Kevin Blankespoor | Boston Dynamics |
| Martin Buehler | iRobot |
| Julian Center | Autonomous Explorations, Inc. |
| Jeanne Dietsch | Mobile Robots, Inc. |
| Sorin Faibish | EMC |
| Gregory Fischer | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Chris Jones | iRobot |
| Ted Kochanski | University of New Hampshire |
| John Masciola | Caliper Life Sciences |
| Peter Meyer | Philips |
| Taskin Padir | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Karen Panetta | Tufts University |
| Ryan Pettigrew | IEEE RAS Boston Chapter |
| Jean-Pierre Rasaiah | Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. |
| Gretar Tryggvason | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Peter Wells | Foster-Miller |
Contacts
For general inquiries:
info@ieeerobot-tepra.org
For abstract submissions:
abstractsubmit@ieeerobot-tepra.org
For sponsorships:
sponsorship@ieeerobot-tepra.org
For demonstrations:
demonstration@ieeerobot-tepra.org