The 18th IASTED International Conference on
Robotics and Applications
RA 2017

November 9 – 10, 2017
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Past Conference Speakers

Past RA conferences have had the following exceptional speakers and tutorials:

Keynote Speakers

RA 2014

"Novel Robots for Patient-Cooperative Rehabilitation"

Prof. Robert Riener
University Hospital Balgrist and ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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RA 2011

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RA 2010

"Robotics Technology for Minimally Invasive Surgery"

Prof. Pierre E. Dupont
Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School
Pediatric Cardiac Bioengineering Chair, Children's Hospital Boston
Professor, Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering,
Boston University, USA
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RA 2009

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RA 2007

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RA 2006

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RA 2004

"Perspective of Robotics Technology"

Prof. Toshio Fukuda
Nagoya University, Japan
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Tutorial Sessions

RA 2010

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"Biologically-Inspired OOD / OOP for Robotics and AI"

Dr. Paul Frenger
A Working Hypothesis, Inc., USA
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RA 2006

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RA 2005

"Web Robotics: A Promising Future"

Dr. Debanik Roy
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
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Plenary Speakers

RA 2005

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