cfry@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (C.Fry - Inst. Computer Research) (09/07/88)
An Overview of Robotics Research at the University of Hull, England by Professor Alan Pugh of University of Hull, England Abstract The Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of Hull in England has been researching in the area of robotics ap- plied to manufacturing since 1979. Close collaboration has been established with members of the Department of Systems Design En- gineering at the University of Waterloo and this association has been supported by a NATO Collaborative Research Award. The main thrust of research at Hull is in Garment Assembly, Knowledge Engineering (applied to assembly) and Dynamic Weighing to improve product specification in the confectionary industry. All the research is associated with industrial collaboration and is primarily funded by the Science and Engineering Research Coun- cil (SERC) in the UK. DATE: Wednesday, September 14, 1988 TIME: 3:30 p.m. PLACE: University of Waterloo, Davis Centre Room 1302 Everyone is welcome. Refreshments served.