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ASSEMBLE Project Workshop 2018

Date: 22 March, 2018
Time: 09.00 - 13.30 (including lunch)
Place: Uppsala University, ITC, room 2446 (directions) and 4308
Details: The main purpose of this workshop is to bring together all the researchers in the ASSEMBLE project and other interested parties.
Registration: Via sending an e-mail to Carl Jidling via

Program

09.00 - 09.10 Welcome by Project Manager Thomas Schön, room: 2446
09.10 - 09.50 Building a robotic vacuum cleaner - and then 30,000 more... by Magnus Lindhé from Electrolux, chair: Thomas Schön, room: 2446
09.50 - 10.00 Introduce poster approach, chair: David Black-Schaffer, room: 4308
10.00 - 10.15 First round of lightning presentations, chair: David Black-Schaffer, room: 4308
10.15 - 11.00 First round of posters and coffee, chair: David Black-Schaffer, room: 4308
11.00 - 11.15 Second round of lightning presentations, chair: Joakim Jaldén, room: 4308
11.15 - 12.00 Second round of posters, chair: Joakim Jaldén, room: 4308
12:00 - 12:05 Workshop photo, room: 4308
12.05 - 12.30 Recap, chair: David Broman, room: 4308
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch at Eklundshof

Invited talk

Title: Building a robotic vacuum cleaner - and then 30,000 more...

Abstract: Electrolux recently launched the Pure i9 robotic vacuum cleaner, which uses a novel 3D laser scanner to avoid obstacles and do Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). This talk will describe the sensor and the core algorithms used for SLAM, obstacle avoidance, path planning and cleaning patterns. Its ends by a summary of important lessons learned during the project and some brief speculation about the future of robotic vacuum cleaners.

Biography: Magnus got a MSc in electrical engineering from KTH in 2004 and a PhD in automatic control in 2012. His thesis was called "Communication-Aware Motion Planning for Mobile Robots". He has also worked as a technical officer in the Swedish Armed Forces, and was co-founder of Activio AB, which develops heart rate feedback systems for physical training. Since 2012, Magnus works at Electrolux, developing navigation software for robotic vacuum cleaners.

Confirmed poster presenters

Andreas Svensson, Carl Jidling, Jack Umenberger, Jan Kudlicka, Thomas Schön, Daniel Lundén, Rodothea-Myrsini Tsoupidi, David Broman, David Black-Schaffer, Xuechun Xu, Håkan Carlsson, Joakim Jaldén.

Updated  2018-04-03 09:42:12 by Thomas Schön.