Fwd: Webinar Series on Robotics & Translation: Webinar 1 - Roadmap for Robotics

[Anurag Purwar]

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Anurag Purwar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Director, Computer-Aided Design and Innovation Lab
Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design
NSF I-Corps Faculty Lead at Stony Brook University

Department of Mechanical Engineering
State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2300 USA
Phone: (631) 632-8542, Fax: (631) 632-8544

Webinar Series on Robotics and Translation
(sponsors:  ALTR and JMR)

Register for Free Webinar

Publications of roadmap: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.887912 and https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4067312

Webinar 1:  Roadmap for Robotics

Date:  Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Time:  11:00am – 12:45pm (ET)  --- duration 1hr 45min

ASME established a robotics technology group (RTG) in 2020-2021 to enhance ASME’s leadership in current robotics activities. The first activity of the ASME RTG was to develop a current roadmap in robotics technologies. This effort occurred between the fall of 2022 through the fall of 2024 and resulted in a robotics technology roadmap covering 7 subtopics. Each topic considered a mix of obstacles, barriers and opportunities in the technology, human and societal drivers, educational drivers and governmental policy issues.  This webinar will discuss a high-level summary of this roadmap and its implications to future research, development and implementation for successful use of robot technologies.

 

Agenda:

1. Welcome by Qiaode Jeffrey Ge (ASME ALTR Editor-in-Chief, Professor at Stony Brook University of New York): (5 minutes)
2. Introduction by Webinar Moderators: 
1. ASME Robotics Technology Group’s Roadmap: 

o   Gloria Wiens (ASME RTG past-chair, University of Florida - Emeritus)

1. Future of Robotics in ASME:

o   Venkat Krovi (ASME JMR Editor-in-Chief, Michelin SmartState Chair Professor at Clemson University

Featured Speakers/Panelists:

3. WG1/2 - Enabling/Translational Technologies for Human-Robot Interaction, both Physical & Beyond Physical Interaction
1. Stephen Canfield (ASME ALTR co-editor, Professor at Tennessee Technological University)
4. WG5 - Enabling Technologies needed for Space-Based Robotic Manufacturing and Assembly
1. Nathan Rogers (SR Mechanical Engineer at Sierra Space)
5. WG6 - Enabling Technologies Needed for Human-Centered Manufacturing
1. Irene Fassi (Research Manager at National Research Council of Italy – Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing (STIIMA))
6. WG7 - Robotics Risk and Safety Aspects
1. Mihai Diaconeasa (Professor at NC State University)
2. Andrey Morozov (Professor at University of Stuttgart)
7. Panel discussion: (30 minutes)
8. Closing remarks: 

 

 

Webinar Organizers

Stephen Canfield, ALTR Editor – LEAD Webinar Organizer

Jeff Ge, ALTR Editor-in-Chief

Venkat Krovi, JMR Editor-in-Chief

Gloria Wiens, ASME RTG Past-Chair