RoboBusiness EUROPE 2013 · 3 Speakers Paolo Anselmo, President, Italian Business Angels Network (IBAN), Italy Domenico Appendino, Executive Board Italian Machine Tools, Robots and

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RoboBusiness EUROPE 2013

GENOVA

April, 11-12

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

At a glance:

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Speakers

Paolo Anselmo, President, Italian Business Angels Network (IBAN), Italy

Domenico Appendino, Executive Board Italian Machine Tools, Robots and Automation

Manufacturers’ Association (UCIMU); Vice President, JV's & Business Dev. Prima Industrie, Italy

Lijin Aryananda, Robotics Core Technology Leader, Hocoma AG, Switzerland

Robert Babuska, Professor, Intelligent Control and Robotics, Delft University of Technology,

the Netherlands

Arturo Baroncelli, Vice President, International Federation of Robotics (IFR) and Comau, Italy

Francesco Becchi, Delegate, Polo della Robotica; Head, the Telerobot Concept Labs Business unit,

Telerobot, Italy

Luca Binda, Head, Atlante Ventures – Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy

Matteo Bonfanti, Senior Analyst, Fondamenta Sgr, private equity and venture capital firm, Italy

Giuseppe Casalino, Professor, Scuola Politecnica, University of Genoa, Italy

Renaud Champion, Co-founder and partner, Robolution Capital; Executive Director, Syrobo, France

Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy

Paolo Dario, Professor Director, Biorobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa, Italy

Ruediger Dillmann, Head, Anthropomatics Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT),

Germany

Vladimir Djapic, Scientist and Project Leader, Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

(CMRE) - NATO; Technical Director, Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge, Europe

(SAUC-E).

Michele Frignani, Reactors and Safety Department, Ansaldo Nucleare, Italy

Paula Gomes, Consultant, Cambridge Consultants, UK

Tom Green, Editor in Chief, Robotics Business Review, USA

Luca Izzotti, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Product Planning, Selex ES - Polo Sosia, Italy

Giorgio Alessandro Karaghiosoff, General Director, Studio Karaghiosoff e Frizzi Srl, Italy

Libor Kral, Head, Unit A2 – Robotics in DG Communication Networks, Content & Technology,

European Commission

Clive Loughlin, Editor in chief, Industrial Robot, UK

Thomas Maier, Business Development Manager, Bluetechnix GmbH, Austria

Lorenzo Masia, Team Leader, Motor Learning and Rehabilitation Lab, Robotics Brain & Cognitive

Science Department, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy

Massimo Mattucci, Chairman, European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA), Italy

Franca Melfi, Chair, Robotic Multidisciplinary Center for Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy

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Rezia Molfino, President, Italian Association of Robotics and Automation (SIRI); Professor, Scuola

Politecnica, University of Genoa, Italy

Sergio Orlandi, Director, Central Engineering & Plant (CEP) Directorate, ITER Organization,

(formerly D.G. Ansaldo Nucleare), Italy

Erik Pekkeriet, Senior Project Manager, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the

Netherlands

Fiora Pirri, Professor, Alcor Lab, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Maria Prisco, Member, Italian Angels for Growth (IAG); CEO, MEDra srl, Italy

Claus Risager, Director, Blue Ocean Robotics, Denmark

Patrice Robert, Robotics R&D Manager, Bouygues Travaux Public, France

Giulio Sandini, Research Director, Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Italian Institute of

Technology (IIT), Italy

Diana Saraceni, General partner, 360 Capital Partners, Italy

Per Sjoborg, Editor, www.FlexibilityEnvelope.com and Robotspodcast.com

Nick Tillett, Consultant, Garford Farm Machinery, UK

Tullio Tolio, Full Professor, Director, Institute of Industrial Technologies & Automation (ITIA); Consiglio

Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy

Stefano Tonello, CEO, IT+Robotics, Italy

Giuseppe Turchetti, Professor, Istituto di Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa, Italy

Frank van Heesch, Senior Research Scientist, Philips Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Jan Westerhues, Investment Partner, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Germany

http://www.flexibilityenvelope.com/

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Thursday, April 11

Morning Program

REGISTRATION

h. 9.00 a.m.

SESSION I: WORLD MARKET OVERVIEW AND INDUSTRY DRIVING FACTORS

h. 9.30 – 11.00 a.m. - Room: Levante & Ponente

The morning meeting explores and discusses a comparison between state-of-the-art robotics in

Europe and in non-Eurozone countries. Primary emphasis will focus on the density of industrial and

service robotics as well as emerging scenarios for new applications and typologies and a forecast

on market growth both for Europe and worldwide.

Major enablers in the emerging scenarios will be discussed, such as overall Improvements in

robotics technology: software, sensors, microprocessors, micro-mechanics and microelectronics.

Speakers will address how these technological improvements, coupled with the economics of

volume production, will enable developments in low-cost, highly functional robotic products that

will enhance existing product lines.

A picture of this burgeoning market growth is already evident across Europe, showing a deep core

of development in new robotic applications to meet critical needs in health care,

emergency/rescue, commerce and industry as well as new classes of robots for education and

entertainment.

Chairman: Tom Green, Editor in Chief, Robotics Business Review, USA

Introductory comments:

h. 9.30 – 10.00 a.m.


Keynote Speech:

h. 10.00 – 10.15 a.m.

Overview of world markets and key trends:

winning tactics in building a successful robotics business

Colin Angle*, CEO & Co-Founder, iRobot, USA

*invited

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Speakers:

h. 10.15 – 10.30 a.m.

The European cutting-edge robotics research:

state-of-the-art, trends and potential market applications; experiences in funding research at

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - the German way

Ruediger Dillmann, Head, the Anthropomatics Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT),

Germany

h. 10.30 – 10.45 a.m.

Humanoid robot as development tools for interaction:

how to identify and implement the basic components supporting “human-like” interaction for the

future ubiquitous robots

Giulio Sandini, Research Director, Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Italian Institute of

Technology (IIT), Italy

h. 10.45 – 11.00 a.m.

The robotics industry today and tomorrow:

data and future trends in the robotics market in Europe and worldwide, service robots, industrial

robots, and Europe's points of strength

Arturo Baroncelli, Vice President, International Federation of Robotics (IFR) and Comau, Italy

Questions and answers

SESSION II: CHALLENGES IN INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS: PROBLEMS, APPROACHES &

SOLUTIONS (1ST PART)

h. 11.15 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. - Room: Levante & Ponente

Humans may still be king when it comes to creativity and reasoning ability, but when it comes to

raw speed, precision, and repetition, it’s all about the robots.

Global manufacturing is increasingly subject to uncertainties—product variants, volumes and

lifetimes—all owing to turbulence from world markets, which will require changeover and

reconfiguration capabilities even beyond those of today’s flexible manufacturing lines.

What are the challenges and opportunities facing the robotics industry? Session II probes the

problems, approaches and solutions to meeting those challenges.

Chairman: Clive Loughlin, Editor in Chief, Industrial Robot, UK

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h. 11.15 – 11.30 a.m.

Clive Loughlin, Editor in Chief, Industrial Robot, UK

Speakers:

h. 11.30 – 11.45 a.m.

Factories of the Future 2020 Roadmap - Private-Public-Partnership experience:

innovative production technologies and pre-competitive research within the European Research

Area

Massimo Mattucci, Chairman, European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA), Italy

h. 11.45 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.

Industrial robotics: an updated creative point of view:

how a creative interdisciplinary approach can influence and improve industrial robotics

Rezia Molfino, President, Italian Association of Robotics and Automation (SIRI); Professor, Scuola

Politecnica, University of Genoa, Italy.

h. 12.00 – 12.15 p.m.

State of the art and perspective on industrial robotics:

how and where industrial robotics is moving today

Domenico Appendino, Executive Board Italian Machine Tools, Robots and Automation

Manufacturers’ Association (UCIMU); Vice President, JV's & Business Development Prima Industrie,

Italy

h. 12.15 – 12.30 p.m.

Increasing the competitiveness of the Italian industry within the global context:

the Flagship Project “Factory of the Future” and the National Technology Cluster on “Intelligent

Factory” - robotics issues

Tullio Tolio, Full Professor, Director, Institute of Industrial Technologies & Automation (ITIA); Consiglio

Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy

h. 12.30 – 12.45 a.m.

From inside out – the point of view from European medium-size enterprises:

how to focus on and afford markets, develop product, and find and acquire financial resources

Francesco Becchi, Delegate, Polo della Robotica; Head, the Telerobot Concept Labs Business unit,

Telerobot, Italy


Networking Lunch

h. 1.00 – 2.30 p.m.

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Afternoon Program

SESSION II: CHALLENGES IN INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS: PROBLEMS, APPROACHES &

SOLUTIONS - (2ND PART)

h. 2.30 – 3.45 p.m. - Room: Levante

h. 2.30 – 2.45 p.m.

Sensor applications for robot-human interaction and co-operation:

Time-of-Flight 3D sensor and camera technology in robotic systems for robust obstacle detection

and navigation

Thomas Maier, Business Development Manager, Bluetechnix GmbH, Austria

h. 2.45 – 3.00 p.m.

Flexibility with vision-guided robotics:

vision-guided robotics is the key technology to allow product change without any human

intervention, adapting manufacturing to decreasing sizes of batches

Stefano Tonello, CEO, IT+Robotics, Italy

h. 3.00 – 3.15 p.m.

Robotic and mechatronic systems for agriculture and food:

current developments and future perspectives; the PicknPack project

Erik Pekkeriet, Senior Project Manager, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the

Netherlands

h. 3.15 – 3.30 p.m.

Robocrop a case study in Robotics applied to agriculture:

application of robotic technology to traditional farm machinery

Nick Tillett, Consultant, Garford Farm Machinery, UK


SESSION III: HEALTHCARE ROBOTICS

h. 3.45 – 6.30 p.m. - Room: Levante

Today millions of people worldwide suffer from disabilities for which robotic rehabilitation could be

designed to alleviate or restore health or functionality.

As such, computer-aided and robot-assisted healthcare initiatives are receiving broad attention

worldwide because of their strong potential to achieve new levels of rehabilitation and well being

among broad populations of patients.

Many researchers and developers who are attracted to the field, however, are hampered by the

lack of a common and customizable robotic platform with which to integrate new hardware

devices and software applications that would serve a variety of health care objectives.

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The goal is to identify and develop implementable healthcare technologies that can be readily

utilized by therapists, clinicians, and even patients to enhance wellbeing via efficacious, robot-

assisted therapies and/or, in the case of amputees, robotic replacement devices.



h. 3.45 – 4.00 p.m.


Speakers:

h. 4.00 – 4.15 p.m.

Healthcare Robotics:

the Challenge of Acceptable, Affordable and Dependable Technologies for Better Quality of Life

Paolo Dario, Professor, Director of the Biorobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy

h. 4.15 – 4.30 p.m.

From research lab to clinical practice:

surgical robotics, medical technology, medical devices, product development

Paula Gomes, Consultant, Cambridge Consultants, UK

h. 4.30 – 4.45 p.m.

How to manage robotic-assisted surgery:

cardio-thoracic robotic-assisted surgery and its effects on hospitals and assistance

Franca Melfi, Chair, Robotic Multidisciplinary Center for Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy

h. 4.45 – 5.00 p.m.

Economic perspective and robotic surgery:

innovation in healthcare technology and economic sustainability. The economic evaluation of

robotic surgery. The economic benefits of using medical robotics

Giuseppe Turchetti, Professor, Istituto di Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa, Italy

h. 5.00 – 5.15 p.m.

Design and Development of Rehabilitation Robots:

from Research to Product Development

Lorenzo Masia, Team Leader, Motor Learning and Rehabilitation Lab, Robotics Brain & Cognitive

Science Dept., Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy

h. 5.15 – 5.30 p.m.

Robotic innovation and deployment in neurorehabilitation: how robots have penetrated and revolutionized neurorehabilitation therapies worldwide

Lijin Aryananda, Robotics Core Technology Leader, Hocoma AG, Switzerland

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h. 5.30 – 5.45 p.m.

Service robotics for home healthcare:

how public-private partnerships are combining forces in the Netherlands for healthcare robotics in

Europe

Frank van Heesch, Senior Research Scientist, Philips Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

h. 5.45 – 6.00 p.m.

Healthcare robotics in Northern Europe:

combining end-user, research and company partners to attract the right investment in Denmark

Claus Risager, Director, Blue Ocean Robotics, Denmark


SESSION IV: ROBOTICS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS

h. 2.30 – 6.30 p.m. - Room: Ponente

This area is tantalising for researchers, as it is driven by the compelling proposition to save lives and

reduce risks for workers.

It is also attractive from a business perspective, as customers for systems like these are more likely to

take a long term perspective, and be willing to test new technology simply because there are few

viable alternatives.

Emergency response robotics will be both autonomous and remotely operated, providing remote

sensing as well as automated and remotely controlled manipulation.

Robotics for operation in dangerous environments is a wide field. The work so far has focused on

underwater robotics and robotics for a nuclear environment. The field is now also growing in new

domains like firefighting, search and rescue and there are significant opportunities in many other

areas, like medicine management in hospitals and even cash handling services.

Chairman: Per Sjoborg, Editor, www.FlexibilityEnvelope.com and Robotspodcast.com


h. 2.30 – 2.45 p.m.

Per Sjoborg, Editor, www.FlexibilityEnvelope.com and Robotspodcast.com



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Speakers:

h. 2.45 – 3.00 p.m.

ITER plant maintenance strategy and remote maintenance:

requirements for solutions; Together let us find cost effective solutions

Sergio Orlandi, Director, Central Engineering & Plant (CEP) Directorate ITER Organization, Italy

h. 3.00 – 3.15 p.m.

Nuclearisation of Remote Handling Solutions:

what is needed when robotics meets the nuclear environment

Michele Frignani, Reactors and Safety Department, Ansaldo Nucleare, Italy

h. 3.15 – 3.30 p.m.

Robotic swarms in Crisis Management scenarios:

swarm management applied to integrated systems in security and disaster relief applications: field

experience and a feasible strategy for industrial developments

Luca Izzotti, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Product Planning, Selex ES - Polo Sosia, Italy

h. 3.30 – 3.45 p.m.

Bio-inspired robotics for search, rescue and remote handling operations

biomimetic locomotion for complex environments, grasping, tele-operation, intuitive haptic

interfaces, multi-modal human-robot interaction, shared control, micro-aerial vehicles

Robert Babuska, Professor of Intelligent Control and Robotics, Delft University of Technology, the

Netherlands

h. 3.45 – 4.00 p.m.

Checking earthquake damaged buildings:

rescue robots and robotics applications

Fiora Pirri, Professor, Alcor Lab, La Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy

h. 4.00 – 4.15 p.m.

Underwater robotics: current research and applications:

future challenges and perspectives under the sea surface

Giuseppe Casalino, Professor, Scuola Politecnica, University of Genoa, Italy

h. 4.15 – 4.30 p.m.

From the traditionally considered applications to highlighting the areas where CMRE may diversify:

managing costs by exploiting emerging robotic technologies to reduce manpower and increase

automation

Vladimir Djapic, Scientist and Project Leader, Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

(CMRE) - NATO; Technical Director, Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge – Europe (SAUC-E)

h. 4.30 – 4.45 p.m.

Applications of robotics to support deep tunneling

deployments of snake-arm robots in extreme hazardous tunneling in the Port of Miami

Patrice Robert, Robotics R&D Manager, Bouygues Travaux Public, France


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Friday, April 12

Morning Program

SESSION V: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT

h. 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 a.m. - Room: Levante & Ponente

Aspects and opportunities for business development and investment in the European marketplace

is the focus of this session, beginning with near-term strategies adopted by the European

Commission, to tech transfer and partnerships that foster and accelerate growth.

A special focus will be devoted to Venture Capital and robotics investments with the aim of

combining talent, technology and capital to build new initiatives, companies and products.



h. 9.30 a.m. – 9.45 a.m.


Keynote Speeches:

h. 9.45 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.

Eu-funded activities in robotics research and innovation:

from FP7 towards Horizon 2020

Libor Kral, Head, Unit A2 – Robotics in DG Communication Networks, Content & Technology,

European Commission

h. 10.00 a.m. – 10.15 a.m.

Investing in disruptive innovations:

ROBOLUTION Capital, the expert of Professional and Personal Service Robotics

Renaud Champion, Co-founder and partner, Robolution Capital; Executive Director, Syrobo, France

h. 10.15 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.

Investable companies in Robotics:

challenges beyond the core invention RBVC is actively looking to invest in robotic companies with breakthrough technologies. Robo-startups need to overcome

typical challenges until VCs are truly attracted and a technology alone is only the starting point to build an investable

company.

Jan Westerhues, Investment Partner, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Germany

h. 10.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m.

IP, an innovative business tool:

intellectual property protection strategies and management are effective tool for enhancing and

protecting the synergy between, creativity, know how, market and capital

Giorgio Alessandro Karaghiosoff, General Director, Studio Karaghiosoff e Frizzi Srl, Italy


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Round table

Funding Robotics: The Investment Community Speaks

h. 11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.

Roundtable Discussants:

Paolo Anselmo, President, Italian Business Angels Network (IBAN), Italy

Luca Binda, Head, Atlante Ventures – Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy

Matteo Bonfanti, Senior Analyst, Private equity and venture capital firm, Fondamenta Sgr, Italy

Giuseppe Maria Prisco, Member, Italian Angels for Growth (IAG); CEO, MEDra srl, Italy

Diana Saraceni, General partner, 360 Capital Partners, Italy


FINAL REMARKS AND

ROBOBUSINESS EUROPE 2014 LAUNCH

h. 12.30 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. - Room: Levante & Ponente

Speaker:


Networking Lunch

h. 1.00 – 2.30 p.m.

Afternoon Program

VISIT TO ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IIT (Upon registration, max of 50 participants)

h. 2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Transfer to IIT

h.3.00 – 4.30 p.m. VISIT

h.4.30 - 5.00 p.m. Buffet

h 5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Transfer to Centro Congressi

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