Academic Forum for Robotics
The Academic Forum in Robotics (AFfR) is a joint initiative between UK academic researchers in robotics and the British Automation and Robot Association.
The forum complements the general mission of BARA: Creation and maintenance of a forum for stakeholders in UK Robotics, as it originates from within the society of academic stakeholders.
The specific mission of the AFfR is to be the academic point of contact for initiatives aiming to bring together the academic and commercial robotics communities.
Our goal is to raise the profile of UK robotics as a leading authority/world leader in robotics and as both a competitor and collaborator on the international stage.
The UK will benefit through:
- transition of R&D to innovation and automation
- commercialisation of academic innovations,
- acceleration of commercial robotics R&D
- facilitation of cutting-edge research (2 way process)
Currently, the main annual event organised by the AFfR is the Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems conference (TAROS www.taros.org.uk) and the adjacent Industry-Academia day.
Get involved - European Robotics Week 2011
28 November - 4 December 2011
TAROS is the UK's premiere annual conference for autonomous robotics. The meeting encompassed topics across the entire range of robotics research and is open to worldwide contributors and participants. The Taros 2001 program is available online with pdf's of the presentations available from the following location:- Taros 2011 Presentations
