Robotics Conference

Football-playing robots, the iCub 'baby' and intelligent cars will all be in the spotlight when an international line-up of scientists and experts gather for a prestigious conference in Plymouth. The inaugural Workshop on Robotics and Neural Systems will examine a host of different topics such as artificial intelligence, visual, audio and sensory recognition, and language learning in cutting edge robot technology. It will also be casting an eye to the future and discussing exciting new developments during its two-day schedule on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 November, at Plymouth City Museum and the Portland Square building on the University of Plymouth campus. Professor Angelo Cangelosi, a lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Cognition, leader of the iCub project, and the event's organiser, said: "Plymouth has become one of the European hubs for robotic research and this is a tremendously exciting event because we have some truly world-leading experts taking to the stage. "We will be covering a number of different topics, such as the next generation of computer chip and how its design could come to resemble the architecture of the brain. We will also be applying that to robots and looking at how human psychology could be incorporated into their construction." There will be three keynote speakers, including Christian Goerick, Chief Scientist at Honda Research Institute Europe, whose robot ASIMO has become internationally recognised thanks to its appearances in company advertising and at events.