Gemini Centre for Advanced Robotics

The Norwegian Robotics Workshop is held in collaboration with the EU Robotics Week. In 2011, the workshop is organized by SINTEF through the Gemini Centre for Advanced Robotics. The date is set to november 30., and will be held at NTNU and Lerkendal Arena in Trondheim, Norway.

"Safer operations through autonomy" is the focus for this year's conference on Autonomy in Integrated Operations where a member of the Gemini Centre for Advanced Robotics is part of the program committee. The conference will be held in Stavanger, Norway on 9 - 10 March 2011.

The conference will encompass a status section together with three technical sessions. The Status Sections will include status on NASA/JPL collaboration, the JPL-Seabed Rig Collaboration Project, followed by an overview of current and planned development work in automation/autonomy by representatives from the authorities, the oil and gas companies, and the research community.

The three technical sections are:
(1) Drilling Systems (e.g. pipe handling, control fluids, drilling control, and geosteering)
(2) Subsea systems (e.g. production systems, well intervention, inspection, maintenance, and repair)
(3) Top-side systems (e.g. rig brake system, and doping and cleaning of tubing)

More information can be found here and the conference program in English can be found here.