Planetary Rovers Workshop

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Planetary Rovers Workshop

• Organized by
• Richard VolpeMobility and Robotic SystemsJet
  Propulsion Laboratory

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Todays Agenda
ICRA08 Planetary Rover Workshop, 19 May 2008 ICRA08 Planetary Rover Workshop, 19 May 2008 ICRA08 Planetary Rover Workshop, 19 May 2008 ICRA08 Planetary Rover Workshop, 19 May 2008 ICRA08 Planetary Rover Workshop, 19 May 2008 ICRA08 Planetary Rover Workshop, 19 May 2008 ICRA08 Planetary Rover Workshop, 19 May 2008  
              refreshments
  Lastname Firstname Org duration start end available
1 Volpe Richard NASA JPL 010 830 840
2 Wilcox Brian NASA JPL 040 840 920
3 Ambrose Robert NASA JSC 040 920 1000
4 Fong Terry NASA ARC 040 1000 1040
5 coffee 1     010 1040 1050 (1040-1100)
6 Thompson David CMU 040 1050 1130
7 Kubota Takashi ISAS 040 1130 1210
8 Yoshida Kazuya Tohoku Univ. 040 1210 1250
9 lunch     100 1250 1350 (1240-1400)
10 Maimone Mark NASA JPL 040 1350 1430
11 Elfving Anders ESA 040 1430 1510
12 Estlin Tara NASA JPL 040 1510 1550
13 coffee 2     010 1550 1600 (1540-1600)
14 Pradalier Cedric ETH Zurich 040 1600 1640
15 Birk Andreas Jacobs Univ 040 1640 1720
16 discussion - all 040 1720 1800
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Related Workshops

• Space Robotics Workshop, IEEE International
  Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA),
  Rome Italy, 14 April 2007.
• Planetary Rover Workshop, IEEE International
  Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA),
  Barcelona Spain, 22 April 2005.
• Mars Rover Technology Workshop, IEEE Aerospace
  Conference, Big Sky Montana, March 7-15 2004.
• Planetary Rover Workshop, IEEE/RSJ International
  Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
  (IROS), Grenoble France, 7 September 1997.
• Please try to attend tomorrows Orbital Robotics
  Workshop!

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Archiving Presentation Material

• As in previous years, all presentions and
  supporting material will be posted on the website
  for future reference. Please see
  http//ewh.ieee.org/conf/icra/2008/workshops/Pla
  netaryRovers/
• Or follow the link from the ICRA 2008 tutorials
  webpage.
• Please put your talk and supporting material
  (e.g. movies) on the memory stick after each
  talk.

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Workshop Logistics

• Speakers are requested to finish within 35
  minutes, allowing 5 minutes for questions. (A
  convenient timer screen will help.)
• Audience is requested to return from breaks
  promptly, to allow the schedule to proceed
  without delay or distraction.
• Some end of day discussion time is allocated, but
  could extend to dinner if desired by the group.
• Please put the requested information on the
  sign-up sheet which will be passed around. This
  will be used to contact you for follow-up
  communications.

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Regarding JPL Robotics

• Tour later today, but no slots are left. If some
  participants must leave, please feel free to
  return afterwards.
• For other information, please attend the Tues
  reception, or stop by the JPL exhibition booth.
• Thanks.

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Questions?
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Dinner at Il Fornaio? 630pm?
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Directions North to Colorado, west past Fair
Oaks
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Discussion Topics

• What aspects of the problem might we consider
  solved?

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Discussion Topics

• What aspects of the problem might we consider
  solved?
• What are the key outstanding problems to be
  solved?

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Discussion Topics

• What aspects of the problem might we consider
  solved?
• What are the key outstanding problems to be
  solved?
• How does the technology apply to other targets
  (Jovian moons, Venus, etc.)

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