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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:red">DOOR PRIZES!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:red">“5 free DVDs on “Japan: Samurai, Geisha and Technology” given away at the end of the meeting. Simply write your name and contact information on a piece of paper and leave it on the front desk
prior to the meeting to be eligible”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:red">1 hr DVD on Japan – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcw0-Ym3IBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt">JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON ROBOTICS RESEARCH:
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CHIBA UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Date: Monday, May 16th, 2011
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Time: 2-3 PM </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Location: DC 1304 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Please join us for a joint one hour symposium on robotics by researchers on both sides of the Pacific, from Chiba University in Japan and from the University of Waterloo. Four
15 minute talks will cover a broad range of robotics topics, including the latest news concerning Japan’s Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis – how robots helped and how you can help.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Professor Kenzo Nonami
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">– </span>
<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Chiba University Vice President for Research and International Affairs.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Overview of his labs which create unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), unmanned surface vehicles, manipulator arms, electric vehicles, flywheel energy storage
system, harvesting vehicles, and wind power generation with flywheel energy storage systems</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Professor Wenwei Yu
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">– Overview of his research in medical engineering at Chiba University including assistive technology, home healthcare robotics, and assistive surgery robots.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Professor Steven Waslander
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">– </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Overview of the many robotics related research projects going on at the University of Waterloo, including aerial and ground vehicles, autonomous navigation and mapping technologies with applications
to surveillance, inspection and monitoring. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Professor Mark Haley
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">– </span>
<span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Discussion of robots that worked and failed in Japan’s current earthquake crisis, a description of the current situation at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants, the earthquake and tsunami and how robots are being
used to help. Prof. Haley will also describe Chiba’s Multi-Career Program which provides career opportunities and internships for PhDs and postdoctoral researchers at Chiba University.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:red">DOOR PRIZES!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:red">“5 free DVDs on “Japan: Samurai, Geisha and Technology” given away at the end of the meeting. Simply write your name and contact information on a piece of paper and leave it on the front desk
prior to the meeting to be eligible”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:red">1 hr DVD on Japan – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcw0-Ym3IBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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