Events
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Robot Ethics Forum
Room 401 Since its inception, the field of Robotics has been fraught with ethical risk. Moreover, the same risks that haunted the field at its inception continue to represent prominent challenges today. In this forum, we will focus on two key areas of ethical concern surrounding robots: their use as tools of surveillance and their […]
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Queer in Robotics: Building a Community and Generating Inclusive Guidelines
The Queer in Robotics event at ICRA aims to build an inclusive community for queer students, researchers and practitioners. Queer in AI’s demographic survey reveals that most queer scientists in the robotics community do not feel completely welcome in conferences and their work environments, with the main reasons being a lack of queer community and […]
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Diversity Day
Advances in Robotics are meant to serve the world at large; therefore, we recognize the importance of ensuring every group feels welcome in the field of robotics. As a member or ally of the affinity group, learn more about how you can engage and promote inclusivity in robotics—visit this page for a list of sessions […]
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Harnessing Learning, Data, Foundation Models and Open Source: How African Scientists are Advancing Robotics Research
Please join us on Wednesday, May 21st for a forum showcasing robotics research and innovations in industry, agriculture, and education in Africa, led by Africans and their partners. The event will feature keynote presentations from leading experts in the field, along with lightning talks by authors presenting their research at ICRA. This year’s focus will […]
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LatinX in AI & Robotics
Room: Room 401 (Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park) Launched in January 2018, a group of leaders from academia, industry, and social impact sectors united to focus on "Creating Opportunity for LatinX in AI." This initiative aims to elevate LatinX representation in AI and address the biases that permeate machine learning, ultimately benefiting our communities. […]
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Black in Robotics and Blacks in Technology Social
Room 309 Please join Black in Robotics (BiR) https://blackinrobotics.org/ and Blacks in Technology (BiT) https://blacksintechnology.org/ for a networking social hour. There will be a short presentation on the mission of these organizations, ongoing activities, and how to become involved. Following the presentation we will have networking with refreshments. IEEE's mission to foster technological innovation and […]