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Speakers
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Jens Kober
| Cognitive Robotics department of TU Delft
Jens Kober is an associate professor at the Cognitive Robotics department of TU Delft, Netherlands. Previously he has held positions in Germany at Bielefeld University, Honda Research Institute Europe, and Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems as well as at Disney Research in the US. His research is at the intersection of machine learning, control, and robotics with a focus on learning motor skills for robot arms. He and his group have developed learning techniques that enable robots to have complex interactions with their environment and humans. A recent focus has been on rendering the learning process efficient and effective by leveraging interactions with human teachers. His research spans fundamental research to applications in agriculture, manufacturing, care, and retail.
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Mihnea Răzvan Petrea
| RoboTeam Twente
Mihnea Răzvan Petrea is the Technical Manager and part of the Mechanical Engineer
sub-team of the 8th generation of RoboTeam Twente. The team is building autonomous
robots that play soccer at the international competition RoboCup. The main goal of the
competition is to have, by 2050, a fully autonomous team of robots that can defeat the
human world champions. Răzvan is between his 2nd and 3rd year in Mechanical
Engineering Bachelor at University of Twente. Being a big fanatic of robots, with his first
interaction with one 10 years ago, he is planning on helping the team get the best result
possible at the RoboCup 2024.
Click here for more info on RoboTeam Twente.