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ICRA Workshop on AI Planning & Robotics:
Challenges and Methods
Singapore, May 29, 2017
http://icra-ai-planrob17.istc.cnr.it/
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Topic and Objectives
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In complex robotic systems, planning and plan execution techniques are
pervasively deployed at different levels of abstraction, combining task,
path, and motion planning capabilities. AI Planning & Scheduling (P&S)
methods are often crucial to enable intelligent robots to perform
autonomous, flexible, and interactive behaviors. However, these methods
and frameworks cannot be considered as stand-alone functionalities, but
need to be deeply integrated into robotic architectures in order to be
effective. This requires collaboration between researchers from both the
AI and the Robotics communities.
The aim of this workshop is to bring researchers from the AI P&S and
Robotics communities together to exchange ideas, discuss techniques and
problems as well as identify common open challenges related to robotic
planning methods. The goal of the workshop is twofold. First, it will
foster the discussion in the Robotics community about challenges related
to AI planning for autonomous robots (deliberative, reactive, continuous
planning and execution, etc.) as well as their expectations from the P&S
community. Second, it will attract representatives from the AI P&S
community to further develop their interests and efforts towards robotic
problems and applications.
Relevant topics include (but are not limited to):
- Combined task, path, and motion planning;
- Integration of planning and plan execution methods in robotic
architectures;
- Representation and learning of planning models for robotics;
- Optimization and scheduling techniques for robot planning and scheduling;
- Planning for long-term autonomy in robotics;
- Planning with uncertainty for reliable robots;
- Multi-robot planning, delegation, coordination, and execution;
- Human-aware planning and execution in (safe) human-robot
interaction/collaboration;
- Mixed-initiative planning and adjustable autonomy;
- V&V of plan-based robot autonomy;
- Real-world planning applications for autonomous/interactive robots.
Program - http://icra-ai-planrob17.istc.cnr.it/program/
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8.30-8.45 Welcome Remarks and Overview from Organisers
08:45-09:15 Invited Talk – Sami Haddadin – A Framework for Robot
Manipulation Skills and Interaction Planning
** Session “Human-Aware Planning” **
09:15-09:30 Andrey Rudenko, Luigi Palmieri and Kai O. Arras.
Predictive Planning for a Mobile Robot in Human Environments
09:30-09:45 Aaron Pereira and Matthias Althoff.
Online Formal Verification of Robot Trajectories for Guaranteed Safety
of Humans
09:45-10:00 Jae Sung Park, Chonhyon Park and Dinesh Manocha.
Intention-Aware Motion Planning for Safe Human-Robot Interaction
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break + Interactive Poster Session
10:30-11:00 Invited Talk – Joachim Hertzberg – Continual hybrid
hierarchical planning for robot control
** Session “Task & Motion Planning” **
11:00-11:15 Caelan Garrett, Tomas Lozano-Perez and Leslie Kaelbling.
STRIPS Planning in Infinite Domains
11:15-11:30 Jan Kristof Behrens, Ralph Lange and Michael Beetz.
CSP-Based integrated Task & Motion Planning for assembly robots
11:30-12:00 Invited Talk – David Hsu – Online Planning under Uncertainty
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Invited Talk – Michael Beetz – Robot planning for the
mastery of human-scale everyday manipulation tasks
** Session “Planning, Perception, Navigation” **
14:00-14:15 Jeffrey Delmerico, Elias Mueggler, Alessandro Giusti, Julia
Nitsch, Luca Gambardella and Davide Scaramuzza. Active Perception,
Planning, and Learning for Rapid Robot Deployment in Unknown Environments
14:15-14:30 Robert Pěnička, Christophe Reymann, Simon Lacroix, Martin
Saska. Reactive Dubins. Traveling Salesman Problem for Information
Gathering by UAVs
14:30-15:00 Invited Talk – Patrick Doherty – A Delegation-Based Mission
Planning System for Cooperative Unmanned Aircraft Systems
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break + Interactive Poster Session
15:30-16:00 Invited Talk – Sven Koenig – Progress on Multi-Robot Path
Finding
** Session “Planning, Perception, Navigation” **
16:00-16:15 Jan Škoda and Roman Barták. 3D Navigation for a Mobile Robot
16:15-16:30 Lars Kunze, Mohan Sridharan, Christos Dimitrakakis and
Jeremy Wyatt. View Planning with Time Constraints — An Adaptive Sampling
Approach
16:30-16:45 Roman Barták and Marta Vomlelová. Using Machine Learning to
Identify Activities of a Flying Drone from Sensor Readings
16:45-17:15 Invited Talk – Rachid Alami – Title TBA
17:15-17:45 Tutorial – Daniele Magazzeni – ROSPlan: Expressive and
Effective Task Planning with ROS
17:45-18:15 Panel Discussions and Concluding Remarks
Any additional questions can be directed towards the general workshop
contact email: icraplanrob2...@easychair.org
Workshop Organizers
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J. Christopher Beck
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
Alberto Finzi
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e delle Tecnologie dell'Informazione
University of Naples “Federico II”
Nick Hawes
School of Computer Science
University of Birmingham
Goldie Nejat
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
AndreA Orlandini
Institute of Cognitive Science and Technology,
National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISTC),
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