Wrapup

We are grateful for everyone's help making NERC a successful event! We had great turnout, with more than 150 people attending from 38 organizations.

Participants attended from the following 21 universities:

... and the following 16 companies and laboratories:

... with turnout from all over the northeast:

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Overview

Robotics is poised for rapid and dramatic growth in the coming decade as technical advances, the growing availability of talented and highly-trained roboticists, and falling hardware costs combine to render many real-world applications, involving ever more complex systems, feasible.

Robotics is also an unusual field in that its progress depends directly on sustained technology and skill transfer between academia and industry, and between different industry sectors. The northeast is dense with world-leading universities, cutting edge robotics research laboratories, and robotics companies - yet there are very few events where roboticists from all of these institutions can mix freely and forge productive local collaborations.

The Northeast Robotics Colloquium aims to bring together all of the many varieties of robotics practitioners in the northeastern United States, in an event that is simultaneously a research meeting, a networking and job-fair event, and a showcase for established and up-and-coming robot companies. Ultimately, we hope to promote the kind of healthy and well-connected robotics community that will be essential in fueling the field's rapid growth in the coming decade.

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Call for Participation

We invite all roboticists to attend the first annual Northeast Robotics Colloquium at the Stata Center, MIT CSAIL, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge MA 02139 on October 20th, 2012.

The colloquium will feature invited research talks by leading local academics, robotics industry booths and demos, career and networking opportunities, and the opportunity to meet and mix with other area roboticists. Academic and industrial research labs will have the opportunity to present their work at a poster session.

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Invited Speakers

David Barrett, Olin.
Rodney Brooks, Rethink Robotics.
Tomas Lozano-Perez, MIT.
Dana Yoerger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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Important Dates

Registration Deadline	October 10th 2012
Colloquium	October 20th 2012

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Registration

The registration website is here. There is a $50 ($10 for undergraduates) registration fee.

Registration is CLOSED.

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Program

09:00am - 09:45am	Registration
09:45am - 10:00am	Welcoming Remarks
10:00am - 11:00am	Invited Talk: Dave Barrett
11:00am - 11:15am	Sponsor Spotlight: Jaybridge Robotics
11:15am - 12:15pm	Interactive Session: Posters & Industry Exhibits
12:15pm - 01:15pm	Invited Talk: Tomas Lozano-Perez
01:15pm - 03:00pm	Lunch (Provided)
03:00pm - 04:00pm	Invited Talk: Rodney Brooks
04:00pm - 05:00pm	Interactive Session: Posters & Industry Exhibits
05:00pm - 06:00pm	Invited Talk: Dana Yoerger
06:00pm - 06:15pm	Closing Remarks

More information about the invited speakers, posters, and industry exhibits can be found in the program booklet.

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Parking

Parking is available for free at any of the following non-gated MIT lots:

• 44/46 Lot
• Vassar/Mass Ave Lot
• E51 Lot (Amherst St.)
• Hayward St. Lot

You can also park in the West Garage for $5 and in any of the metered spots on Vassar St.

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Organizing Committee

Stefanie Tellex, MIT CSAIL
George Konidaris, MIT CSAIL
Matthew Walter, MIT CSAIL
Brian Scassellati, Yale

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Sponsors

NERC 2012 is very grateful for the support received from its sponsors:

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