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SUMMARY:Robotics Science for Smart Cars and Lifelong Infrastructure-Free N
 avigation - Prof Paul Neman\, Mobile Robotics Group\, Oxford University 
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CONTACT:Publicity Officer\, IMechE Beds &amp\; Cambs area
DESCRIPTION:Prof Newman will talk about long-term vast-scale navigation. W
 hat things must we do\, what questions must we pose\, to have a robot navi
 gate precisely over days\, weeks and hundreds of miles? How might a robot 
 get better at doing that over time and in teams? Can we envision life-long
 -learning for a robot? What sensors and representations are apt? And of co
 urse - why might we want a robot to have such competencies? Could that be 
 valuable? Of course it could... and it will end up looking car shaped.\n \
 nProf Newman’s work is often in the media\, such as the self-driving car
  (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21462360)\, and there is a consider
 able group at Oxford (http://mrg.robots.ox.ac.uk/robotcar).\n\nVenue: Gold
  Lecture Theatre\, Whittle Building\, Cranfield University\, Cranfield\, B
 edfordshire MK43 0AL\n\nFree Admission. Open to members and non-members.\n
 \nFor further information\, contact Dave Tinker\nSecretary\, IMechE Automo
 bile Division East ADEast@imechenetwork.org  Mob: 077 257 40381
LOCATION:Cranfield University\, College Road\, Cranfield\, Bedfordshire MK
 43 0AL
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