IEEE RAS Egypt Chapter
initaited RASTalks, a series of seminars that aim at providing
a communication point for robotics hobbyists and students to share
ideas and learn about robotics and automation in an informal manner.
The talks are also widely open to all interested people. RASTalks
have been successfully organized in a number of Egyptian universities
and we are planning to extend the idea to the secondary schools
and science and technology clubs. RASTalks start by an orientation
session provided by IEEE RAS Egypt delegates followed by a number
of informal talks delivered by the registered participants and
moderated by IEEE RAS Egypt. The talks are informal talks that
cover wide range of topics related to robotics and automation.
The level of knowledge should be understood by a non-specialist.
No proofs or slides filled with equations are required. So, if
you would to organmzie these talks at your university/school/science
and technology club, contact the IEEE RAS Egypt. If you've got
an idea for a talk, whether it is directly related, slightly related
or entirely unrelated to your research, let us know!
- Theme of talks: Informal, wide range of topics but must be related to robotics and automation. Talks to be pitched at a level that could be understood by a non-specialist. We are not looking for proofs or slides filled with equations.
- Format of talks: Can
be very varied in nature, normally a 30min presentation followed
by 10 to 20 minutes of question period at the end. An example
talk structure is as follows:
- First 5 min: Introduce yourself your speciality and your group.
- Next 10 min: Talk about the background and motivation for the selected topic or your work.
- Next 5 min: Discuss the work at a high level (e.g. Why is it important? Where does it fit in to other applications?)
- Next 5 min: Talk about the topic at a low level.
- Final 5 min: Conclude the talk and highlight the future work. - How to register: Interested
in being a speaker at the RASTalks? Contact us:
RASTalks.guc@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/RASTalks.GUC
https://www.twitter.com/RASTalks_GUC
We
hope you attend, present and enjoy the RAS Talks!
A Certificate of Recognition will be awarded by the IEEE
RAS Egypt Chapter to the best 2 talks throughout each semester.
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Speaker
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16
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February 24, 2014
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Eng. Marwa Magdy Shalaby
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Talk:
Mobility Aids for Blind People using Smart Systems [RAS Lab C6.108] |
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15
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February 17, 2014
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Eng. Omar Mahmoud
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Talk:
Hybrid Control in Coordination of Multi-Agent Autonomous Vehicles
in Intersections [RAS Lab C6.108] |
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14
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February 3, 2014
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Eng. Ahmad Ali and Eng. Mohamed Yehia
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Talk:
Task Allocation in Multirobot Systems [RAS Lab C6.108] |
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13
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January 23, 2014
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Eng. Ahmed Wagdy
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Talk:
Group Formation in Multirobot Systems [RAS Lab C6.108] |
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12
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Dec. 9, 2013
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Dr. Alaa Khamis
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Multirobot
Simulation Environments [RAS Lab C6.108] |
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11
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Dec. 2, 2013
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Mohamed Ghanem
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Talk:
Metaheuristic Optimization-based Approach to Multirobot Task
Allocation [RAS Lab C6.108] |
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10
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October 21, 2013
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Ramy Rashad
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V-REP:
Virtual Robot Experimentation Platform [RAS Lab C6.108] |
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9
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May 05, 2013
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Eng.
Amr Nagaty, University of New Brunswick, Canada
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Talk:
Robot Operating System (ROS) [3rd slot in H8] |
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ROS is an
open souce Robot Operating System that runs under Ubuntu.
ROS was developed to provide a framework that can manage
the complexity of robot software development for research
and industry. ROS provides drivers, functionalities and
infrastructure for the operation of robotics. Also, ROS
includes numerous visualization and 3D simulation tools.
ROS is currently being used for robotics by: University
of Pennsylvania, University of Waterloo, University of Toronto
and many other universities. In this lecture, the ROS framework
is presented to highlight its main capabilities. The simulation
and visualization tools of ROS are presented with multiple
examples and applications. For further information about
ROS, access the official wiki at https://www.ros.org/wiki/.
This talk has been covered by local media. |
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8
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March 08, 2013
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Eng. Asser
El-Gindy, Mechatronics Graduate of Class 2011
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Talk:
Multirobot Cooperation in the context of Humanitarian Demining
[3rd slot in H6] |
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Cooperative
Multi-robot System (MRS) is a group of robots that are designed
aiming to perform some collective behavior. The MRS is gaining
great interest because of the following reasons:
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7
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Oct. 5, 2012
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Eng. Waleed
Ashraf Andul Hafiz, Mechatronics Graduate of Class
2011
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Talk: Energy Consumption Modeling and Optimization for Industrial Robots | ||||
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Industrial
robots are used in several applications in production plants
and thus, they consume energy which contributes to the energy
bill. Energy consumption is becoming an increasingly important
criterion for the competitiveness of manufacturers and so
it is important to measure the energy consumption of robots
as well as to find ways to optimize this energy in order
to increase the efficiency of production. In this bachelor
project, the industrial robot KUKA was modeled on SimMechanics.
This model was used to simulate different trajectories in
order to calculate the power consumption of the model. The
same trajectories were also applied to the KUKA robot and
power consumption of both the model and the actual robot
were compared qualitatively to assess the reliability of
the model. A set of trajectories were then simulated on
the model and the most optimal trajectory in terms of energy
consumption was found. The trajectories were analyzed to
find the features characterising the optimal energy trajectory.
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6 | May 12, 2012 | Amr Nagaty, University of New Brunswick, Canada. | ||
Construction and Control of an Unmanned Quadroto [Webinar at 18:00 (Cairo Time)] | ||||
5 | May 5, 2012 | Dr. Ahmed Madian, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority and German University in Cairo (GUC) | ||
Wireless Communication for Teleoperated/Autonomous Vehicles [Webinar at 18:00 (Cairo Time)] | ||||
4 | April 28, 2012 | Prof. Dr. Howard Li, Director of COllaboration Based Robotics and Automations (COBRA) Group, University of New Brunswick, Canada | ||
Perception and Navigation of Autonomous Vehicles [Webinar at 18:00 (Cairo Time)] | ||||
3 | April 23, 2012 | Dr. Mohamed Salem, Ain Shams University | ||
UXO Detection using Machine Vision [Webinar at 18:00 (Cairo Time)] | ||||
2 | April 17, 2012 | Dr. Hisham El-Sherif, German University in Cairo | ||
Buried Mine Detection [Webinar at 18:00 (Cairo Time)] | ||||
1
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April 7, 2012
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Dr. Alaa Khamis, IEEE RAS Egypt Chair
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Mobile Robot Locomotion and Positioning Systems [Webinar at 18:00 (Cairo Time)] |