LARSyS 2024 Annual Meeting 16/07/2024

The LARSyS 2024 Annual Meeting took place on July 11th and 12th at Pavilhão do Conhecimento, in Lisbon. This was the largest annual meeting to date, providing  to up to 240 LARSyS researchers a forum to engage in interdisciplinary debates on current and future challenges in robotics and engineering systems research across various sectors. As in previous years, LARSyS 2024 featured participation from guests who paved the way for close collaborations with external stakeholders and highlighted significant work directions in both the research and corporate worlds. 

The program combined sessions with invited speakers from industrial, academic and art stakeholders; a special session “LARSyS: the road ahead” to revise LARSyS’s achievements in the last five years and present plans for the future; Thematic Line Sessions with the latest developments and ideas for the future aligned with the LARSyS thematic challenges (AIR, INTERACTION, LIFE, OCEANS, and URBAN); an Industry Panel spanning various sectors to debate innovation and how to increase the collaboration between LARSyS and companies; and a set of Pitch Sessions designed to facilitate the exchange of research ideas in progress across various LARSyS groups, following a concise 2-minute format. LARSyS Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, and young researchers, shared their innovative research ideas in the pitch presentations, providing an opportunity to showcase ongoing research work to the entire LARSyS community.

LARSyS is an Associated Laboratory that brings together more than 400 researchers (and 200+ doctoral students) from four R&D centers: IN+, ISR-Lisboa, ITI, and MARETEC. LARSyS uniquely combines expertise in various engineering technologies and systems with a strong interest in collaborating with designers and social scientists at the intersections of arts and humanities. Additionally, it aims to foster the scientific culture of all those involved in specific research areas, as well as university students and other researchers interested in discussing challenges and shaping new opportunities for Robotics and Engineering Systems.

Check full programme here.