Welcome to TePRA 2012! The 4th Annual IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA) will be held in the Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts, USA on April 23-24, 2012. TePRA is aimed at catalyzing the development of enabling technologies and encouraging their adoption by robot designers. With an emphasis on practical applications and industrial participation, TePRA provides researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs and robotics professionals with a forum balanced between an academic conference and an exhibition, while presentations are selected through IEEE's rigorous peer-review process. 2012 TePRA program will feature more than 30 technical presentations, a student competition and the following plenary speakers: Rob Maline, Director, Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise Mick Mountz, CEO and Founder, KIVA Systems Eddie Tunstel, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Jorgen Pedersen, President and CEO, RE2, Inc. Julian Ware, Adept Technology Dr. Hanu Singh, WHOI The conference theme this year will be new technologies in robotics and automation and their practical applications. While papers are solicited in all related areas of robotics and automation, the conference tracks include:	Poster and presentation guidelines Final Paper Due March 14, 2012 Please Follow the Guidelines for Submission Online Registration Open! Online Hotel Reservation Open!   Exhibitors   Student Competition Information! STUDENT COMPETITION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 31, 2012 Join the 2012 TePRA Email List Email address: (optional) Your name:
Robot Applications: Robot Technologies: Medical and Rehabilitation Military and Security Actuation and Manipulation Consumer and Industrial Best Practices and Experience Reports Robust and Reliable Robotics Technologies Resource Aware Algorithms Power and Communications Sensing Software Development Tools
Past TePRA conferences featured top level speakers from business, government and academia including Colin Angle (iRobot), Helen Greiner (CyPhy Works), Gill Pratt (DARPA DSO), Mike Rufo (Boston Engineering), Tom Ryden (Northend Technologies), Kevin Blankespoor (Boston Dynamics), Charles Remsberg (Hocoma), Barry L. Shoop (USMA), Jim Overholt (TARDEC), William Townsend (Barrett Technology). As an emerging robotics conference, past three TePRA programs included more than 100 technical paper presentations combined, robot demonstrations, student competitions sponsored by iRobot, panel sessions and exhibits.

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