2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Recap

ICRA 2022 came and went and it was wonderful to be back in-person with the robotics research community. It was also really great to finally meet some colleagues (and heros), such as Andra Keay and Ken Goldberg in-person after a couple years of collaboration over virtual chats.

From a professional perspective, Halodi Robotics had a very successful recruitment mission and I’m excited for the next generation of diverse robotics engineers.

From a personal perspective, it felt great to see the latest in robotics research and brings me back to the days when I was chasing conferences as a grad student.

Hello #ICRA2022 and #robotics friends! 🤖

Following the awesome initiative of @girlinrobotics #CoffeewithaResearcher, let’s talk about the future of robotics and research after ICRA this past week 🧵#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdchat

— Nicholas Nadeau 🤖 (@EngNadeau) May 26, 2022

Some additional #icra2022 #robotics insights from the past week: Imitation learning opens up a whole new paradigm for motion control and behaviours

Not just from a “cool new ML applied to robotics” perspective, but from how future research will approach problems

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— Nicholas Nadeau 🤖 (@EngNadeau) May 27, 2022

Big shoutout to my alma mater robotics lab at ETS for their awesome presentation on tactile sensors.

Kudos to JC Sicotte-Brisson from my alma mater @etsmtl robotics lab for his awesome #ICRA2022 presentation on “Capacitive Tactile Sensor Using Mutual Capacitance Sensing Method forincreased Resolution” 🤘🤖🤘 pic.twitter.com/o331QVBqjr

— Nicholas Nadeau 🤖 (@EngNadeau) May 26, 2022

I’m looking forward to ICRA 2023 in London, but at least I have a bunch of new laptop stickers to keep me company until then.

The spirit of #ICRA2022 lives on: more laptop stickers 🤖

I’m really starting to understand the idea that laptop stickers are like prison tattoos for tech people 🙃 pic.twitter.com/ZsgvGG9r14

— Nicholas Nadeau 🤖 (@EngNadeau) May 27, 2022