2024 Forum

September 19 Presentations and Panel Discussions

 

8:00 A.M.

Breakfast

9:00 A.M.

Welcome Remarks

 

Javier Garay, Associate Dean for Research, Jacobs School of Engineering

 

Henrik Christensen, Director, Contextual Robotics Forum 

9:30 A.M.

Next Generation Robots

 

Jonathan Hurst, Chief Roboticist

Agility Robotics

10:00 A.M.

Real World Deployment

 

Paolo Pirjanian, CEO and Founder

Embodied, Inc

10:30 A.M.

Coffee Break

11:00 A.M.

Contextual Robotics Institute Overview

 

Henrik Christensen, Director, Contextual Robotics Institute

11:15 A.M.

Embodiment

 

Mike Tolley, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

UC San Diego

11:45 A.M.

Environment Estimation

 

Nikolay Atanasov, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

 UC San Diego

12:15 P.M.

Lunch

1:15 P.M.

Foundational Models in Robotics

 

Hao Su, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering 

UC San Diego

1:45 P.M.

Planning with AI

 

Michael Yip, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

UC San Diego

2:15 P.M.

Coffee Break, Transition to Franklin Antonio Hall

2:45 P.M.

Welcome to Franklin Antonio Hall

 

Institute for the Global Entrepreneur

3:00 P.M.

Contextual Robotics Institute Showcase

4:00 P.M.

Networking Reception