Free and open to the public. This online symposium is presented by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute’s People and Robots Initiative (CPAR), SRI International, and Silicon Valley Robotics.

Open Problems for Robots in Food Supply Chain
Monday, August 24, 2020, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm PT, via Zoom.
Registration closes on Aug 23, 2020, at 3:00 pm

The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing global demand for robots that can assist in agriculture, food processing and handling. This mini symposium focuses on recent advances and open problems for robotics and explores the needs for new research and development. The zoom format will encourage active dialogue among faculty, students, professionals, and entrepreneurs.

9:00 Welcome/introductions

9:15 Panel 1 AgRobotics Startups

• Adam Cadien, Farmwise
• Dan Steere, Abundant Robotics
• Eric Adamson, Tortuga AgTech
• Andrew Bateman, SwarmFarm
• moderated by Alex Kernbaum, SRI International

10:00 Keynote

• Jim Ostrowski, CTO Blue River Technology

10:30 Panel 2 AgRobotics Research

• Stavros Vougioukas, UC Davis
• Stefano Carpin, UC Merced
• Joshua Viers, UC Merced
• Ken Goldberg, UC Berkeley

11:15 Panel 3 AgTech Components

• Steve Bain, Festo
• Florian Pestoni, InOrbit
• Andrew Gillies, Root Applied Sciences
• Juxi Leitner, Lyro
• moderated by Alex Kernbaum, SRI International

12:00 End