ICRA 2024
The largest and most prestigious event of the year in the Robotics and Automation calendar, The 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024) will bring together the world's top academics, researchers, and industry representatives. ICRA 2024 will be held at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama from May 13th to May 17th 2024.
Sony will exhibit and participate as a Silver sponsor this year.
We look forward to this year's exciting sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, featuring a variety of ways to connect with participants in person.
Sony Booth
Please visit the Sony booth and ask us anything.
Location: IC 101 @ Exhibition Hall ABCD
Sony Booth Open Hours:
- Monday, May 13 | 17:00 – 19:00 (UTC+9)
- Tuesday, May 14 | 9:00 – 19:00 (UTC+9)
- Wednesday, May 15 | 9:00 – 17:00 (UTC+9)
- Thursday, May 16 | 9:00 – 17:00 (UTC+9)
Technology Demonstrations & Presentations
We will have technology demonstrations and presentations.
* The schedule is subject to change (The latest schedule is always available at Sony Booth)
Surgical Simulator
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Date / Time:
- Monday, May 13 | 17:00 – 19:00 (UTC+9)
- Tuesday, May 14 | 9:00 – 19:00 (UTC+9)
- Wednesday, May 15 | 9:00 – 17:00 (UTC+9)
- Thursday, May 16 | 9:00 – 17:00 (UTC+9)
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- Creating realistic experiences in the virtual world: Surgical simulator
Microsurgery Assist Robot
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Date / Time:
- Monday, May 13 | 17:00 – 19:00 (UTC+9)
- Tuesday, May 14 | 9:00 – 19:00 (UTC+9)
- Wednesday, May 15 | 9:00 – 17:00 (UTC+9)
- Thursday, May 16 | 9:00 – 17:00 (UTC+9)
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- Microsurgery Assistance Robot Stitching a Corn Kernel
Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2)
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- Behind the scenes of LEV-2 lunar exploration robot development
AFEELA
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Date / Time:
- Tuesday, May 14 | 13:00 – 13:15 (UTC+9)
- Wednesday, May 15 | 13:00 – 13:15 / 15:00 – 15:15 (UTC+9)
- Thursday, May 16 | 13:00 – 13:15 / 15:00 – 15:15 (UTC+9)
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- AFEELA
Sony Research Award Program / Sensing Solution University collaboration Program
As part of Sony's industry-academia collaboration activities, Sony Research Award and Sensing Solution University collaboration Program are exhibiting. So if you are interested, please stop by. And please also check out our web pages.
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- Sony Research Award Program
- Sensing Solution University collaboration Program
Information Session (Corporate Introduction)
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Date / Time:
- Tuesday, May 14 | 12:15 – 12:30 / 15:15 – 15:30 (UTC+9)
- Wednesday, May 15 | 10:15 – 10:30 / 12:15 – 12:30 (UTC+9)
- Thursday, May 16 | 10:15 – 10:30 / 12:15 – 12:30 (UTC+9)
Technical Programs at ICRA 2024
Oral
● TuCT19-NT Oral Session Medical Robots III
[Paper TuCT19-NT.4] A Miniature 1R1T Precision Manipulator with Remote Center of Motion for Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Author: Hiroyuki Suzuki (Sony Computer Science Laboratories)
- Date / Time: Tuesday, May 14 | 16:30 - 18:00 (UTC+9)
- Location: North G301
● WeCT18-AX Oral Session Legged Robots and Learning II
[Paper WeCT17-AX.9] Dexterous Legged Locomotion in Confined 3D Spaces with Reinforcement Learning
Authors: Zifan Xu (University of Texas at Austin), Hossain Amir Raj (George Mason University), Xuesu Xiao (George Mason University), Peter Stone (Sony AI/ University of Texas at Austin)
Date / Time: Wednesday May 15 | 16:30 - 18:00 (UTC+9)
Location: Annex Hall F205
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- Dexterous Legged Locomotion in Confined 3D Spaces with Reinforcement Learning
● ThAT24-NT Oral Session Robotics and Automation in Agriculture and Forestry II
[Paper ThAT24-NT.4] Spatio-Temporal Correspondence Estimation of Growing Plants by Hausdorff Distance Based Skeletonization for Organ Tracking
- Authors: Sharmistha B Pandey (ISRO), David Colliaux (Sony CSL Paris), Ayan Chaudhury (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)
- Date / Time: Thursday, May 16 | 10:30 - 12:00 (UTC+9)
- Location: North G402
● ThAT13-AX Oral Session Human-Robot Collaboration IV
[Paper ThAT13-AX.9] Wait, That Feels Familiar: Learning to Extrapolate Human Preferences for Preference-Aligned Path Planning
Authors: Haresh Karnan (The University of Texas at Austin), Elvin Yang (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Garrett Warnell (U.S. Army Research Laboratory), Peter Stone (Sony AI/ University of Texas at Austin), Joydeep Biswas (University of Texas at Austin)
Date / Time: Thursday May 16 | 10:30 - 12:00 (UTC+9)
Location: Annex Hall F201
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- Wait, That Feels Familiar: Learning to Extrapolate Human Preferences for Preference-Aligned Path Planning
● ThBT31-NT Oral Session Autonomous Vehicle Navigation II
[Paper ThBT31-NT.4] Rethinking Social Robot Navigation: Leveraging the Best of Two Worlds
Authors: Amir Hossain Raj (George Mason University), Zichao Hu (University of Texas at Austin), Haresh Karnan (The University of Texas at Austin), Rohan Chandra (UT Austin), Amirreza Payandeh (George Mason), Luisa Mao (University of Texas Austin), Peter Stone (Sony AI/ University of Texas at Austin), Joydeep Biswas (University of Texas at Austin), Xuesu Xiao (George Mason University)
Date / Time: Thursday May 16 | 13:30 - 15:00 (UTC+9)
Location: North G7
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- Rethinking Social Robot Navigation: Leveraging the Best of Two Worlds
● ThCT9-CC Oral Session Task and Motion Planning II
[Paper ThCT9-CC.4] Asynchronous Task Plan Refinement for Multi-Robot Task and Motion Planning
Authors: Yoonchang Sung (The University of Texas at Austin), Rahul Shome (The Australian National University), Peter Stone (Sony AI/ University of Texas at Austin)
Date / Time: Thursday May 16 | 16:30-18:00 (UTC+9)
Location: Convention Center 419
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- Asynchronous Task Plan Refinement for Multi-Robot Task and Motion Planning
Expo Session
● WeE-EX Expo Session ICRA EXPO Day 2
[Paper WeE-EX.18] MOFU: Artificial Creature Capable of Body Expansion and Contraction
- Authors: Taisei Mogi (The University of Electro-Communications), Mari Saito (Sony Corporation), Yoshihiro Nakata (The University of Electro-Communications)
- Date / Time: Wednesday, May 15 | 13:30 - 18:00 (UTC+9)
- Location: Exhibition Hall
Workshop
● Cooking Robotics: Perception and motion planning
- Speaker (Panel Discussion): Michael Spranger (Sony AI)
- Date / Time : Friday, May 17
- Location: Annex Hall F205-F206
● Advancements in Trajectory Optimization and Model Predictive Control for Legged Systems – 2nd Edition
Developments in Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Telescopic-Wheeled-Legged Robot Tachyon 3
- Authors: Sotaro Katayama (Sony Group Corporation), Noriaki Takasugi (Sony Group Corporation), Mitsuhisa Kaneko (Sony Group Corporation), and Masaya Kinoshita (Sony Group Corporation)
- Date / Time : Friday, May 17
- Location: Conference Center 302
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- Versatile Telescopic-Wheeled-Legged Locomotion of Tachyon 3 via Full-Centroidal Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
- Robust Locomotion via Zero-order Stochastic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control with Guard Saltation Matrix
● The robotics, psychology and neuroscience of body augmentation
Cybernetic humanity: exploring the new humanity emerging from the integration of humans and computers
- Authors: Shunichi Kasahara (Sony Computer Science Laboratories)
- Date / Time : Monday, May 13 | 16:20 - 16:40 (UTC+9)
- Location: Conference Center 303
Recruiting Information
We look forward to working with highly motivated individuals to fill the world with emotion and to pioneer future innovation through dreams and curiosity. If interested, please access to our career site, consider joining to ICRA Career Fair and/or visiting the Sony Information Desk at Sony booth IC101 at the ICRA exhibition hall (Hall ABCD) to know more about Sony Group.
Career Site:
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/Careers/Conference
ICRA 2024 Career Fair (Corporate Introduction)
- Date / Time:
Tuesday, May 14 | 9:30 - 17:00 (UTC+9)
Wednesday, May 15 | 9:00 - 17:00 (UTC+9)
Thursday, May 16 | 9:00 - 17:00 (UTC+9)
- Location: Exhibition Hall
Applications are currently open for the Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature which will honor three outstanding women who are advancing technology for a positive impact. Sony launched this program in partnership with Nature, known globally for advancing scientific discovery by providing recognition, support, and resources to researchers and research-based organizations worldwide. We invite eligible ICRA2024 participants currently engaged in technology research to apply.
Three early to mid-career women researchers will receive a prize of $250,000 USD each. Learn more and submit your application by May 31 at
https://womenintechnology.sony.com/