My paper got accepted in PerMIS ‘09 workshop and last week I had to travel to Maryland with my professor to give a presentation about it. Raffaello D’Andrea from Kiva Systems gave an interesting talk about his logistics startup company that uses multi-robots to handle goods in warehouses. You can see the video of the robots carrying around items here:
The workshop itself was held in a US government facility, NIST. I had to apply for security clearance before entering the area. At the workshop, I met with many researchers from different government agencies and universities. There were also some who have established their own business and came to learn about the latest technology in robotics. I enjoyed talking to them and listening to their presentations. Read the rest of this entry »