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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-635e2ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"635e2ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speakers in past AIR conferences<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ff24c4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6ff24c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b2e070 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b2e070\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Past Keynote Speakers<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9eb910c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9eb910c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-793760b\" data-id=\"793760b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81d9fac elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"81d9fac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Dinesh-Manocha.jpg?fit=220%2C211&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5468\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6177e93\" data-id=\"6177e93\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cc744d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8cc744d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Dinesh Manocha (AIR 2023)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06471fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06471fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Robot Navigation in Complex Indoor and Outdoor Environments<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, US<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c074f47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c074f47\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-de13cd5\" data-id=\"de13cd5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02047a3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02047a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sangeet-kumar-Sir.jpeg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5478\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sangeet-kumar-Sir.jpeg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sangeet-kumar-Sir.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-352d49d\" data-id=\"352d49d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa59413 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa59413\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sangeet Kumar (AIR 2023)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c98648a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c98648a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Robotics: Challenges in Industrial Applications<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Co-Founder and CEO ADDVERB TECHNOLOGIES<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0fa91a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0fa91a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7921ed2\" data-id=\"7921ed2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ce308 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33ce308\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Naresh-Chandra-Murmu.jpeg?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5477\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Naresh-Chandra-Murmu.jpeg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Naresh-Chandra-Murmu.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-aed1c1c\" data-id=\"aed1c1c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66effbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66effbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Naresh Chandra Murmu (AIR 2023)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c98f920 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c98f920\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> On Going Research Activities at CMERI, Durgapur<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>Director, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, West Bengal, India<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f913cfb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f913cfb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-de5e4c3\" data-id=\"de5e4c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a2330b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a2330b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"127\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PrathyushMenon.png?fit=127%2C142&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4361\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-23cd1d0\" data-id=\"23cd1d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5c4237 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e5c4237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Prathyush P. Menon (AIR 2021)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7495a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7495a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Autonomous Oceanographic Sampling<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, University of Exeter, UK<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3665c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3665c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f4f05a\" data-id=\"9f4f05a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587066e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"587066e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TaewonSeo.png?fit=113%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4363\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5268312\" data-id=\"5268312\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65de3ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65de3ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Taewon Seo (AIR 2019)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cbec35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9cbec35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Underwater Robotic Platform for Hovering and Operations<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Hanyang University, South Korea<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c39ebb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c39ebb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5e34f2\" data-id=\"d5e34f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d9bb72 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d9bb72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"116\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DavideScarramuzza.png?fit=116%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4354\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c43158\" data-id=\"3c43158\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72e706c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72e706c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Davide Scaramuzza (AIR 2019)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a873e9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a873e9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Autonomous, Agile, Vision-controlled Drones: from Frame-based to Event-based Vision<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>University of Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-44fc574 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44fc574\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c188c5a\" data-id=\"c188c5a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1da7c6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b1da7c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"131\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/NobutoMatsuhira.png?fit=131%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4359\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-16c9ccc\" data-id=\"16c9ccc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79ccf1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79ccf1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Nobuto Matsuhira (AIR 2019)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4769f05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4769f05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Community Service Robot<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Shibaura Institute of Tech., Japan<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1aba1c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1aba1c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c7ee81\" data-id=\"5c7ee81\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6882b84 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6882b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"163\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/petercorke.png?fit=163%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4351\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9543b77\" data-id=\"9543b77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ec844 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7ec844\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Peter Corke (AIR 2017)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15ab7b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15ab7b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Robots for society: why we need robots<\/p><p><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong> Queensland University of Technology, Australia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-851ed5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"851ed5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f15bc87\" data-id=\"f15bc87\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-686f103 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"686f103\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/NancyAmato.png?fit=112%2C152&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4358\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-df984a8\" data-id=\"df984a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59fa3fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59fa3fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Nancy Amato (AIR 2017)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f67c4ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f67c4ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Sampling-Based Motion Planning: From Intelligent CAD to Crowd Simulation to Protein Folding<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&amp;M University, USA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fa9a24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fa9a24\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2df077c\" data-id=\"2df077c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3d59a4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c3d59a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/burkhardCorves.png?fit=112%2C126&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4353\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdc7cca\" data-id=\"bdc7cca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9ff03a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9ff03a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Burkhard Corves (AIR 2017)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4316d6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4316d6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Recent Robotic Research Activities at IGM, RWTH Aachen University<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>RWTH Aachen University, Germany<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a947bd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7a947bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:20,&quot;end&quot;:80}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile_extra&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9177d8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9177d8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe7b3b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe7b3b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Past Plenary Talks<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-587f760 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"587f760\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6c3ab4\" data-id=\"f6c3ab4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e09c889 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e09c889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pietro_Valdastri.jpeg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5485\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pietro_Valdastri.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pietro_Valdastri.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pietro_Valdastri.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d4b10b\" data-id=\"4d4b10b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4bae2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4bae2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Pietro Valdastri (AIR 2023)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcac56c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcac56c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\">Chair in Robotics and Autonomous Systems <\/span>IEEE Scuola Superiore Sant\u2019Anna Leeds, England, United Kingdom<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-55947d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55947d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9688a71\" data-id=\"9688a71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05f2958 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05f2958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gregory_Chirikjian.jpeg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5483\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gregory_Chirikjian.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gregory_Chirikjian.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gregory_Chirikjian.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3da124\" data-id=\"b3da124\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c775e4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c775e4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Gregory Chirikjian (AIR 2023)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59aa105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59aa105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Robot Imagination: Affordance-Based Reasoning about Unknown Objects<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\">Affiliation: <\/span><\/strong>Head of Department,\u00a0Mechanical Engineering, NSU\u00a0National University of Singapore,\u00a0Engineering Drive 1, Singapore<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a01319 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a01319\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8203af\" data-id=\"c8203af\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ec3cf9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ec3cf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gursel_Alici.jpeg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5484\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gursel_Alici.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gursel_Alici.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gursel_Alici.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-763a5be\" data-id=\"763a5be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b372ad1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b372ad1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Gursel Alici (AIR 2023)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98fa96b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98fa96b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ACES: Soft Robotics for Prosthetic Devices University of Oxford, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a90206c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a90206c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-af59bc6\" data-id=\"af59bc6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dde1b3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9dde1b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SeulJung.png?fit=135%2C178&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4362\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-28fc983\" data-id=\"28fc983\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a62a282 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a62a282\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Seul Jung (AIR 2021)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79bc31e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79bc31e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Balancing mechanism and control in research and life<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Professor, Department of Mechatronics, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-16f0d3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16f0d3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-64a4e33\" data-id=\"64a4e33\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6703f2e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6703f2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"122\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PaoloFiorini.png?fit=122%2C142&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4360\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5733e8e\" data-id=\"5733e8e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-758a3e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"758a3e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Paolo Fiorini (AIR 2021)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6531068 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6531068\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Dreams in medical and surgical robotics: intelligence and affordability<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cf8c9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cf8c9e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-05f68f2\" data-id=\"05f68f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc7167c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc7167c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"167\" height=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MinoruAsada.png?fit=167%2C122&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4357\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f45a885\" data-id=\"f45a885\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a321751 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a321751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Minoru Asada (AIR 2021)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0db94cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0db94cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Autonomy in humans and machines: Robot sense of agency: self, pain, and ethics<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Professor, Symbiotic Intelligent Systems Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-374224c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"374224c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-320088a\" data-id=\"320088a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b62b416 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b62b416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Eduardo Nebot (AIR 2019)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e281ef9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e281ef9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Autonomous Systems in industrial application and Urban environments<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Director, Australian Centre for Field Robotics, University of Sydney, Australia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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width=\"105\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/advancesinrobotics.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/BlakeHannaford.png?fit=105%2C152&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4352\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3721da3\" data-id=\"3721da3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b851563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b851563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Blake Hannaford (AIR 2019)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd49ea8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd49ea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Model Driven Medical Robot &amp; Procedure Design<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 0.875rem;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Professor and Director, Biorobotics Laboratory, University of Washington, USA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3c9f91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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