Event
Mpact Week 2014: UAVs and Robotics for Disaster Response
Friday, October 17, 2014
9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Rotunda, Kim Engineering Building
Elise Carbonaro
301.405.6501
ecarbo@umd.edu
http://www.eng.umd.edu/html/mpact/index.html
Attend a demonstration of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) and robotics as part of Mpact Week celebrations. UMD is leading research efforts in the application of these technologies during disaster situations.
9:00 am: Welcome, Dean Darryll Pines
9:10 am: Overview and Introduction, Maryland Robotics Center Director SK Gupta
9:15 am: Keynote: Bradford Tousley, DARPA
10:00 – 11:30: Robotics/UAVs Demos, Kim Rotunda
- Lab Tours: Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, A.V. Williams Building, and Engineering Annex Building
