In a little under 4 hours I’ll be hopping on a plane for San Jose, CA for RoboNexus 2005. Thursday/Friday I’ll be attending the conference portion of the event, which is designed to be, "a multifaceted educational forum and exposition designed to bring together in once place, across three days, all of the key participants driving the burgeoning personal, service and mobile robotics market." I think that roughly translates into, "smart people talking about robots."

There will be four tracks: "Business Development and Opportunities", "Emerging Robotics Technology, Products, and Applications", "Robotics Design, Development, and Standards", and "Robotics Education and Curriculum."

We’re going to have two correspondants covering these events to bring you all the greatest news and updates from the conference. Some speakers to note are Matt Mason, the director of the CMU Robotics Institute, John Morrell, the Systems Engineering Director for Segway, Colin Angle, the CEO and Founder of iRobot, Rob Ambrose, the Director of the Johnson Space Center. Plus, tons of others.

Also featured will be a Consumer Expo with lots of "cool" things to see, like the Robo-Magellen competition, AIBO demonstrations, "Hack-A-Sapien" contest, and quite a few speakers and educational talks.

 Here is a list of the current speaker and event listings.
 

I, for one, am pretty excited about it all. It’s my first time in San Jose and I’m looking forward to the experience. I’m also trying to line up several interviews with some interesting folks, and you can be sure I’ll be posting up here with lots of pictures and stories. If there’s anyone you particularly want to hear from, let me know, or any events you want me to cover.
 

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