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Past Congressional Robotics Caucus Briefings:
2010
2) Robotics in Mining & Energy (9 July 2010)
SPEAKERS:
 ENERGY: Edison Hudson, iRobot Maritime Systems - iRobot's Seaglider "Bluepoint" Mission: Deep Water Horizon Response
Mr. Hudson heads up business, alliance, and advanced product planning at iRobot's Maritime Systems in Durham, NC. He has been with iRobot for five years and has head roles in Research Program Management, Strategic Alliances, and lead acquisitions and investment teams. A veteran of robotics for more than 25 years, he holds more than 13 patents in machine design, control systems, and robotics. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Duke University, and studied Artificial Intelligence at Oxford University, UK.
MINING: Red Whittaker, Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute -
William "Red" Whittaker is the Fredkin professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute. He has developed dozens of robots, pioneering automation in field robotics, space exploration, mining and agriculture. He developed the robots that cleaned up the Three-Mile Island nuclear accident. His ground vehicles have driven thousands of autonomous miles. Whittaker won DARPA's $2 million Urban Challenge. He is competing for the $20-million Google Lunar X Prize for landing a robot on the moon. W hittaker is a world authority on robots that operate in underground mines, caves, sewers and tunnels. He conceived the application and created first-of-kind machines and technologies over 20 years ago. His technology addresses mechanism, sensing and operation for such environments. Whittaker is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is a fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, and served on the National Academy of Sciences Space Studies Board. Science Digest named Whittaker one of the top 100 U.S. innovators for his work in robotics. Whittaker’s Astrobotic Technology, Inc specializes in space robotics. His Workhorse Technologies, LLC performs exploratory modeling of subterranean voids. His RedZone Robotics specializes in robotic sewer services. |
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1) ROBOTS TO THE RESCUE! In celebration of the First National Robotics Week (15 April 2010) The caucus held this briefing in conjunction with the AUVSI's event celebrating National Robotics Week on Capitol Hill.
SPEAKER:
Dr. Robin R. Murphy - Raytheon Professor
of Computer Science & Engineering at
Texas A&M, director of the Center for
Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue, and
an IEEE Fellow - Dr. Murphy is the founder of the field of rescue robotics which help enable emergency responders to routinely save lives through physically situated artificial intelligence (robots, sensor networks, etc.).
| BRIAN SMITH FOR TIME |
| Robin Murphy: After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Murphy used her robots and expertise to assist the search for bodies and survivors at ground zero. Here she is seen with her team of research and rescue robots at a test site in Florida |
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2009
3) ROBOTICS & K-12 EDUCATION 15 October 2009 (Flyer; Videos)
A robot built by the First Team #2989 of Banneker Senior High School, Washington, D.C.
Speakers:
Mike Doyle, Phil Gingrey and Diane Watson, U.S. House of Representatives and Robotics Caucus members
Dean Kamen, founder of FIRST and DEKA Research & Development Corporation (Kamen's speech)
Christyl Johnson, Executive Director,
National Science and Technology Council, Office of Science and Technology Policy
David Ruppersberger, President & CEO
The Technology Collaborative
Lauren Lyons, former FIRST student;
and engineering graduate of Princeton University
Carla Salinas, former Foshay Learning Center student and robotics captain, now studying at the Univ. of Southern CA
2) MEDICAL & HEALTHCARE ROBOTICS 23 July 2009 (Photos; Video)
Speakers:
Tandy Trower General Manager, Microsoft Robotics Group
Topic: Healthcare Challenges and Robotic Solutions
Maja Mataric, Ph.D. Director, Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems, USC
Topic: Socially Assistive Robotics: The promise and potential impact, with a focus on autism, elder care and stroke/traumatic brain injury
Charles Remsberg CEO, Hocoma, Inc.
Topic: Robot-Assisted Recovery & Rehabilitation
Howie
Choset, Ph.D. CTO & Co-founder, Cardiorobotics
Topic: Surgical and interventional robotics Faster, Better, Cheaper: The Future of Medical Robotic Technology
1) A Roadmap for US Robotics:
From Internet to Robotics 21 May 2009 (video)
Speakers:
Henrik Christensen,
Ph.D., Director, Robotics and Intelligent Machines Center, and KUKA Chair of Robotics, Georgia Tech
Topic: CCC Robotics Roadmap:
From Internet to Robotics (& YouTube Video)
Rodney Brooks, Ph.D., Panasonic Professor of Robotics at MIT and Founder of Heartland Robotics,
Topic: Manufacturing
Eric Close, CEO, RedZone Robotics
Topic: Service Robotics
Dan Jones, Ph.D., Director of External Affairs,
Intuitive Surgical
Topic: Medical Robotics
An aspiring robotics engineer interacts with Keepon,
a robot designed to study social development by interacting with children.
Keepon was one of many robots displayed at the Caucus' May 21st briefing.
2008
3) Robotics
in Transportation 17
September 2008
Speaker Bios
Chris
Urmson, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor
Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Topic: The Urban
Challenge and Autonomous Vehicles
Bakhtiar Litkouhi, Ph.D.,
Manager, Vehicle Control Systems & Manager,
Autonomous Driving
Electrical & Controls Integration Lab, General Motors R&D Center
Topic: Towards
Autonomous Driving - Forging a New Revolution
Michael Fetsko, Vice President,
Automated People Movers & James Spakauskas, Director of Sales and Business Development, Bombardier's Systems Division
Topic: Bombardier -
Fully Automated Transportation Systems
2) Industrial
Robotics 18 June 2008
Speakers:
Richard Litt, Chairman, Robotic Industries
Association
Topic: Industrial
Robots and Productivity
Richard
Seif, Sr. VP, Global Marketing, Lincoln
Electric Company
Topic: Save our Factories, First
Jeffrey A. Burnstein, Executive Vice President, Robotic Industries
Association
Topic: The
Global Robotics Market
John Dulchinos, President & COO, Adept Technology
Topic: Robots Make
America Safe & Strong
1) Kick-Off
Luncheon Focuses on Defense Robotics
The Congressional
Robotics Caucus held it's kick-off luncheon on
26 February 2008.
HC8 The
U.S. Capitol
Welcome
&
Special
Remarks:
 Congressman
Mike
Doyle
(PA)
Congressman
Zach
Wamp
(TN)
Speaker:
Ellen M.
Purdy,
Enterprise
Director,
Joint
Ground
Robotics
OUSD(ATL)/PSA,LW&M
 Ellen Purdy, Enterprise
Director of the Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise,
OUSD(ATL)/PSA/LW&M, was the keynote speaker and
discussed how robots are saving lives and the
importance of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) and
Explosive Ordnance Devices (EODs) to the safety of
soldiers. Several robots were on display, some of
which are currently in theater. more
Last Updated:
16 August 2010
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