“A Research Roadmap for Robotics in Manufacturing and Automation”

9am - 5pm, June 17, 2008
Westin Arlington, Washington DC

AGENDA

8:45 am Opening / Welcome
9:00 am Select set of industry presentation to set stage (max 12 minutes each with emphasis on main business / societal drivers)
9:50 am Break
10:05 am Group-based brainstorm on societal/business drivers

- Each individual should bring to the discussion a list of up to 5 drivers. The drivers must be of clear value to society/business in terms of return of investment.
- Each group to identify up to 8 national drivers.
10:45 am Synthesis in plenary session (max of 10 drivers identified as a basis for the roadmap/discussions)
11:15 am Group discussions (each group identifies 5 major technical obstacles to progress on the specified drivers)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Plenary session synthesis of the 10 most important technical obstacles
1:30 pm Group discussions on main research problems to be addressed to remove the specified technical obstacles. Each group is expected to identify up to 8 research problems and to specify a strategy to approach / address the identified problems.
2:15 pm Synthesis of primary research challenges and approaches. At most 10 issues to be identified.
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Sketch of a roadmap document with main sections and keywords for each primary section.
4:00 pm Wrap-up (beyond today)
4:30 pm Meeting ends