Panel

ICRA'07 has organized a panel session on The Future of Robot Operating Systems.

This event takes place on Thursday 12 April, 17:20-18:30, in the Aula Magna at the Angelicum University, the site of the conference, and is open to all conference participants. The purpose is to present different point of views on the subject, starting with a 20 minute presentation of the Microsoft Robotics Studio by Tandy Trower, followed by 5 minute presentations by each of the four other panelists, and 30 minutes of discussion including Q&A with the audience.

The panel will be co-chaired by Ken Goldberg, RAS Vice-President for Technical Activities, and Bruno Siciliano, ICRA'07 Program Chair. The panelists are:

• Tandy Trower (Microsoft Robotics Group, USA)
• Herman Bruyninckx (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
• Gian Paolo Gerio (Comau Robotica, Italy)
• Nobuto Matsuhira (Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp., Japan)
• Paolo Pirjanian (University of Southern California, USA)