INVITATION
for International Conference and Exhibition
„COST ORIENTED SERVICE ROBOTICS 2017”
in the frame of the European Robotics Week
24th November 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria
(Venue: Hotel of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - 50, Shipchenski Prohod Blvd.)
HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF THE PROGRAMME COMITTEE:
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Saccone, President of EPU
CHAIRMAN OF THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
Assoc. Prof. Nedko Shivarov, Service Robotics Lab-EPU
PROGRAMME COMITTEE:
Prof. Dr. Marin Marinov, Rector of EPU
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Lazarov, Vice Rector of EPU
Prof. Dr. Michail Konstantinov, EPU&UACG
Prof. Dr. Dimitar Karastoianov, IICT-BAS & BRS
Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Peter Kopacek, TU-Vienna
Prof. Dr. Goran Djordjevic, University of Nis& Deputy Mayor City of Niš for advanced technologies
Dr. Eng. Ventzislav Slavkov, Specima Gmbh & Cluster Mechatronics and Automation
HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:
Eng. Nikolay Kolev, Vice President EPU
CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:
Assoc. Prof. Nayden Chivarov, Head of the Service Robotics Lab, EPU
MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:
Mag. Eng. Denis Chikurtev, IICT-BAS & Service Robotics Lab - EPU,
Mag. Eng. Emanuil Markov, Service Robotics Lab – EPU,
Mag. Kaloyan Yovchev, Sofia University & Service Robotics Lab – EPU,
Mr. Ivaylo Rangelov, Student at EPU
Mr. Aleksandar Gigov, Student at EPU
TOPICS:
- Cost Oriented Service Robots;
- Educational Robots;
- Mobile Robots;
- Personal Robots;
- Rehabilitation Robots;
- Assistive Robots;
- Humanoid Robots;
- Wearable Robots;
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME:
- 09:00 – 09:15 OFFICIAL OPENING of the Conference “Cost Oriented Service Robotics” and Exhibition of Service Robotics
- 09:15 – 09:45 Plenary lecture: FAMILY OF EDUCATIONAL ROBOTS “ROBCO” - Assoc. Prof. Nedko Shivarov, EPU
- 09:45 – 10:15 Plenary lecture: COST ORIENTED HUMANOID SERVICE ROBOTS - Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Peter Kopacek, TU Vienna
- 10:15 – 10:45 Plenary lecture: TELECONTROLLED SERVICE ROBOTS FOR INCREASING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLY AND DISABLED - Assoc. Prof. Nayden Chivarov, EPU
- 10:45 – 11:15 Plenary lecture: LOW-COST ROBOTICS: STATE-OF-THE-ART AND PROSPECTS - Prof. Goran Djordjevic, University of Niš
- 11:15 – 11:45 Plenary lecture: VOICE BASED HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION APPLICATIONS - Asst. Res. Prof. Matus Pleva, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
- 11:45 – 12:15 Plenary lecture: PROTOTYPING LOW COST ROBOTS FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES - Prof. José Gonçalves, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança & INESC-TEC, Portugal
- 12:15 – 12:45 Plenary lecture: Cleaning Robots; Dr. Sawa Tschakarow, Germany
- 12:45 – 13:30 Networking Cocktail with Round Table Discussion: Current state and Future trends of Service Robotics SERVICE ROBOTICS GROUP
- 13:30 - 14:00: INVITED SESION Cost Action № CA16116 „Wearable Robots for Augmentation, Assistance or Substitution of Human Motor Functions” CHAIRMAN: PROF. MIHAIL KONSTANTINOV
- 13:30 - 13:45: EXOSKELETON FOR REHABILITATION - Assoc. Prof Ivanka Veneva, IM-BAS
- 13:45 – 14:00: REHABILITATION ROBOT “ROBCO” - Assoc. Prof. Nayden Chivarov
- 14:00 – 15:00: SESSION “Cost Oriented Service Robotics”, CHAIRMAN: PROF. DIMITAR KARASTOYANOV
- 14:00 – 14:15 SIMULATIONS OF AUTOMATIC CATEGORIZATION AT DIFFERENT LEVELS - Georgy Petkov, NBU.
- 14:15 – 14:30 INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY ROBOT MOTION CONTROL - Marin Marinov&Vladimir Lazarov, EPU.
- 14:30 – 14:45 INVESTIGATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS USED IN TELECONTROLLED
- SERVICE ROBOTS FOR INCREASING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED - Mihail Konstantinov EPU&UACG.
- 14:45 – 15:00 LOW-COST CONTROL OF STEPPING MOTORS WITH MULTI–PURPOSE FOR ROBOTICS, S. Noykov, O. Manolov, EPU
- 15:00 – 16:00 SESSION “Young Scientist, Post Docs, PhD Students and students”, CHAIRMEN: PROF. MARIN MARIOV & PROF. VLADIMIR LAZAROV
- 15:00 – 15:15 CHILD ORIENTED STORY TELLING WITH NAO ROBOT IN HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT - Leire Ozaeta, PhD Student, University del Pais Vasko, Spain.
- 15:15 – 15:30 INTELLIGENT MOBILE ROBOTICS IN ROBOTICS STUDENT CLUB - Simeon Marlakov , Student at TU-Sofia, branch Plovdiv.
- 15:30 – 15:45 DISTRIBUTED GROUP MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE ROBOTS - Dr. Nikolay Stoimenov – Young Scientist, IIKTBAS.
- 15:45 – 16:00 THE DREAM YESTERDAY - A REALITY TODAY! SYMBIOSIS MAN-ROBOT - Petko Stoev, student, SWU.
- 16:00 – 16:30 SESSION “Telecontrolled Service Robot for Increasing the Quality of Life of Elderly and Disabled - Live Demonstrations”, CHAIRMAN: ASSOC. PROF. NAYDEN CHIVAROV
- 16:00 – 16:30 WEB BASED UI FOR TELECONTROL OF SERVICE ROBOT - Denis Chikurtev, phd student, IIKT-BAS & EPU.
- 16:00 – 16:30 INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF TELE-ROBOT CONTROL FOR SUPPORT THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED BASED ON ROS - Emanuil Markov, phd student, TU-Sofia&EPU.
- 16:00 – 16:30 PRECISE POSITIONING OF A ROBOTIC ARM MANIPULATOR USING STEREO COMPUTER VISION AND ITERATIVE LEARNING CONTROL - Kaloyan Yovchev, phd student, Sofia University & EPU
- 16:00 – 16:30 CONTROL OF ROBOTIC ARM MANIPULATOR USING ROS - Ivaylo Rangelov – student, EPU.
- 16:00 – 16:30 SENSOR SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFICATION OF OBSTACLES FOR SERVICE MOBILE ROBOTS - Aleksandar Gigov – student, EPU.
- 16:30 – Company Visit and Presentation of Specialized Robotics Systems - Dr. Eng. Ventzislav Slavkov Founder and General Manager of SPESIMA GmbH.
CONFERENCE EXHIBITION:
- 09:00 – 17:30 Exhibition includes the following Robots:
- Telecontrolled Service Robots For Increasing The Quality Of Life Of Elderly And Disabled – EPU;
- Line following educational robot – EPU;
- Chain Robot – EPU;
- Rehabilitation Robot – EPU;
- Articulated Robot – EPU;
- Remote controlled quadcopter – Central Aeromodelling Club;
- Remote controlled Aeromodels – Central Aeromodelling Club;
- Articulated Robot – Sofia University;
- Educational Robots – Technical University Sofia, branch Plovdiv;
- Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation – Institute of Mechanics – BAS;
- UGV-PG1 – A Remote Controlled Portable Mobile Robot for Radiation Monitoring through WWW - EPU
- Specialized Robots – Company “Spesima”.
