Early registration closes today for a conference devoted to the personal and service robot industry. The “RoboBusiness” show claims to be the only event devoted to the commercial application of mobile robotics for the consumer, commercial, civil, and military markets. It is set for May 10-11, 2005, in Cambridge, Mass.

According to Robotics Trends, which along with IDG is producing the event, the personal and service robotics market grew from $600M in 2002 to $4.1B in 2004, putting it on a growth curve “similar to that of the PC, the mobile telephone, and the Internet,” the market research firm says.

The conference includes tracks in business, design, and technology. The design track will include discussion of Linux, as well as Aperios and Windows.

Speakers will include:

• Helen Greiner, cofounder and chairman of iRobot
• Richard Lepack, founder of Frontline Robotics
• Joe “Father of Robotics” Engleberger, founder of Unimation and Help Mate Robotics
• Robin Murphy, director of the Center for robot-assisted search and resuce
• Cynthia Breazeal, assistant MIT Media Lab professor
• Walter Weisel, CEO of robotic Workspace Technologies
• Robert Malone, chairman of the Automation Hall of Fame
• Richard Soley, CEO of Object Management Group
• Lloyd Spencer, CEO of CoroWare
• Clint Bridges, CEO of Robotic Sciences
• Jon Siegel, VP of Object Management Group
• Lance Ulanoff, executive editor of Ziff Davis Media
• Neena Buck, VP of Emerging Frontiers, Strategy Analytics
• Jeanne Dietsch, CEO of MobileRobots.com
• Jonathan Klein, director of robotics, Vecna Technologies
• Paolo Pirjanian, chief scientist, Evolution Robotics
• Dana Kara, president, Robotics Trends

Additional details are available on the event website.

 
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