2009 International Workshop on Urban Search and Rescue Robotics

Emergency response applications, such as, urban search and rescue and bomb disposal, have become common endeavors for mobile robots. 2009 international workshop on Urban Search and Rescue Robotics is organized in conjuction with Thailand Rescue Robot Championship 2009, held on December  6-10, 2009. The Workshop aims to be an international forum for presentation of technological advances and hand on workshop in urban search and rescue operations. In the workshop, participants will be able to demonstrate their robots in terms of mobility, sensory perception, localization, mapping, manipulation, etc. This event will be the perfect place to promote collaboration among researchers.

Workshop Organizer

Thai Robotics Society (TRS), Thailand.

National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST), USA

International Rescue System (IRS), Japan

Keynote Speakers:

Jackrit Suthakorn,
President of Thai Robotics Society
Mahidol University, Thailand

Adam Jacoff
Robot League Robotics Research Engineer, Intelligent Systems Division National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA

Andreas Birk,
Jacob University, Germany

Satoshi Tadokoro,
Tohoku University, Japan

Dr. Tetsuya Kimura
Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagakoka, Niigata, Japan

Main Sponsors
Siam Cements Group (SCG)

Technical Co-Sponsors
Mahidol University, Thailand
Tohoku University, Japan
King Mongkut's University of North Bangkok, Thailand