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Robolift conference (@inno-robo, 23-25 Mar. 2011, Lyon)
Robolift is the conference series of the robotic service tradeshow Inno-Robo. It explores innovation in robotics, artificial intelligence and networked objects. Participants come to better understand the challenges and opportunities presented by robotic technologies and meet the people who explore and drive these innovations.
Conference program
Robolift is made of
• Keynotes from the world's best experts and pioneers
• Workshops to learn from experienced practitioners
• Demos of new technologies
• Social events to expand your network
Who comes to Robolift
We gather entrepreneurs, managers, designers, students, geeks, researchers, thinkers and doers from around the world. The conference is open to all, and the diversity and quality of attendees is one of our key differentiating factors.
Innorobo special features
• Roboshow: touch innovation and see demos of cutting-edge robotic solutions
• Workshops hosted by European Mechatronics Meeting
The conference program allows you to discover todays and tomorrow’s debates and the essential perspectives on robotics today.
Wednesday Mar. 23, 2011
| 11:00 | The shape of robots to come (humanoid versus non-humanoid) |
| 14:00 | The social implications of robotics |
| 16:30 | The repurposing of robotic technologies: robot hacking and augmented humans |
Thursday Mar. 24 2011
| 11:00 | Artificial intelligence: acquired versus programmed intelligence? |
| 16:00 | Human-Robot interactions |
Friday Mar. 25, 2011
| 11:00 | Panel on the Shape of robots (humanoid vs. non-humanoid). How do/will people interact with robots? What about emotions and robots? |
Speakers
Frederic Kaplan
Frederic is the founder and CEO of OZWE, a company that designs and produces innovative interfaces and consumer electronic products.
James Auger
A partner in the speculative design practice Auger-Loizeau, James is interested in investigating technology mediated human experience. Part of his research and design activities is devoted to explore how robots can take many different shapes.
Cynthia Breazeal
Dr. Cynthia Breazeal is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she founded and directs the Personal Robots Group at the Media Lab. She is a pioneer of social robotics and Human Robot Interaction.
Bruno Maisonnier
Bruno is the CEO and founder of Aldebaran Robotics, a company specialized in design and sales of programmable humanoid robots.
Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
Pierre-Yves is a research scientist at INRIA Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest, heading the FLOWERS team in developmental and social robotics.
Bruce Sterling's State-of-the-Spime address
April 7, 2010 - 10:18 — Laurent HaugCory Doctorow published a story on Bruce Sterling's Lift France 09 talk on Boingboing. The video then received 3000 views in 48h :) Thanks Cory!
Mike sez, "In this video from the LIFT 09 conference, Bruce Sterling looks back at what he wrote in the great book 'Shaping Things' about spimes, RFID, and the 'Internet of Things,' and sees how his theorizing has held up."
Very few books have influenced me as much as Shaping Things did (here's my review). The video is a don't-miss/must-see.
Bruce Sterling "Shaping Things" (Lift09 France EN)
(Thanks, Mike!)
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New video: Mike Kuniavsky on Changing Things
March 24, 2010 - 11:09 — Sarah SuterAt Lift France 09, Mike Kuniavsky spoke about Changing Things: Fab Labs, towards decentralized design and production of material products. You can watch the video here.
Mike sent us some news this week, as his book on ubiquitous computing user experience design is done and will be shipping in August. You can pre-order it here. Based on case studies, the book will show the evolution of products caused by ubiquitous computing. It also describes frameworks and processes, as well as giving practical advice on how to handle these unique design challenges.
New video: Elizabeth Goodman on Changing the Planet
March 8, 2010 - 13:13 — Sarah SuterAt Lift France 09, Elizabeth Goodman spoke about Changing the Planet. You can watch the video here.
We caught up with Elizabeth this week. She's been quite busy since we last saw her in Marseille. She was awarded an Intel PhD fellowship, and was a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research New England. At the moment, she is organizing City Centered, a festival of locative media and urban community, to take place in San Francisco's Tenderloin District in June.
New video: Douglas Repetto on Creative Innovation and Tinkering
March 1, 2010 - 09:28 — Sarah SuterA flashback to Lift France 09, and Douglas Repetto's talk about creative innovation and tinkering.
Douglas Repetto "Changing Innovation" (Lift09 France EN)
Changing Innovation
Catherine is the Director of Counterpoint, the British Council’s cultural relations think tank. A former Director of Demos, she is a regular commentator on identity politics in the UK and Europe.
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Catherine FieschiInitial and necessary challenge: "Technology & Society: Know your History!"
Dominique Pestre, historian of science, has worked on the relationship between physics and technology in the XXth century. Part of his work is also dedicated to understanding the heritage of the war on scientific methods such as game theory, system analysis, operative research.
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Dominique PestreChanging Things
Alexandra is an industrial and interaction designer. She attended the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea where she met the other founders of Tinker.
Speaker:
Alexandra Deschamps-SonsinoChanging Things
Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which defined the cyberpunk genre.
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Bruce Sterling
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