All the Latest, Most Exciting Robotics Research from ICRA 2017 – IEEE Spectrum

Every six months, an enormous posse of top robotics researchers from around the world converge on some moderately exotic location to impress each other with their latest research. Right now, were at the 2017 edition of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), which is taking place as you read this in Singapore. As always, were going to do our best to read every single paper and attend every single technical session, even though there are 11 tracks all happening at the same time along with workshops, forums, and an expo.

You can expect to see posts this week about whats most novel and interesting from the conference, but (again, as always) theres way too much cool stuff to cram into just one week: Well continue to post ICRA-related content for the next few weeks, even as we get back to our regular robotics news.

And if youre at ICRA, come say hi! Ill be the harassed-looking dude with a big camera frantically running between sessions. Also, on Tuesday, IEEE is co-hosting the official TurtleBot 3 launch party with Intel and ROBOTIS. Its across the bay at Baliza nightclub, and you should come: Well be talking on stage with TurtleBot celebrities, and there will be prizes and food (register soon, theres a limited number of tickets!). More info here.

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All the Latest, Most Exciting Robotics Research from ICRA 2017 - IEEE Spectrum