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Robots: An Exhibition of U.S. Automatons from the Leading Edge of Research

HIGHLIGHTING THE WTEC INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ROBOTICS

Media Briefing/Webcast and Exhibit
Friday, September 16, 2005
National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia

An archive of the webcast is available for on-demand viewing at: http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.cfm?med_id=58419 .

		Media Advisory
		Agenda
		Exhibit Descriptions
		Maps to Exhibits
		Speaker Biographies
		Robotics Experts
		Background: Robotics Research
		WTEC Panel Report

SPEAKERS


		Junku Yuh Head, Tokyo Office Office of International Science and Engineering, NSF Speaker Biography

		George Bekey Panel Chair Computer Science Department University of Sourthern California Speaker Biography

PANELISTS


		Robert Ambrose Robotics Systems Technology Branch National Aeronautics and Space Administration Speaker Biography

		Vijay Kumar Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mathematics University of Pennsylvania Speaker Biography

		Art Sanderson Vice President for Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Speaker Biography

		Brian Wilcox Supervisor, Robotic Vehicles Group Jet Propulsion Laboratory National Aeronautics and Space Administration Speaker Biography

		Yuan Zheng Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ohio State University Speaker Biography

SPONSORS


		National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov

		National Aeronautics and Space Administration www.nasa.gov/

		National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering www.nibib1.nih.gov/

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