CONFERENCE PROGRAM


Monday, July 13, 2009
19:00 Opening Reception
R&D Common Area, 4th floor, MIT Stata Center
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
7:45   Breakfast and Registration
8:30   Plenary talk: Marc Raibert
9:30   Session "Mechanism Design"
10:30   Break
10:50   Session "Perception and Control"
12:10   Lunch
13:20   Plenary talk: Shigeo Hirose
14:20   Session "Tracking and Servoing"
15:40   Break
16:00   Session "Mining Robotics"
17:00   Break/travel
18:00   Boston Harbor Cruise and Dinner
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
7:45   Breakfast and Registration
8:30   Plenary talk: Christian Laugier
9:30   Session "Human Robot Interaction"
10:30   Break
10:50   Session "Marine Robot Design"
11:50   Lunch
13:00   Session "Underwater Localization and Mapping"
14:20   Break
14:40   Session "Multi-Robot Cooperation"
16:00   Break
16:20   Session "Service Robotics":
17:00   Break/travel
18:00   Banquet, Top of the Hub
Thursday, July 16, 2009
7:45   Breakfast and Registration
8:30   Plenary talk: Peter Wurman
9:30   Session "Planetary Robotics"
10:30   Break
10:50   Session "Localization"
12:30   Lunch
13:40   Session "Mapping"
15:00   Break
15:20   Session "Learning and Cognition"
16:40   Break
17:00   Closing reception, Muddy Charles Pub


Plenary talks and Sessions will take place in Room 32-123, MIT Stata Center

Breakfast, Lunch, Breaks and Registration (except July 13) will take place in Student Street, 1st floor, MIT Stata Center