International Symposium on Robotics and AI in Libraries
8-10 June, 2020, University of Pretoria, South Africa
In collaboration with IFLA IT Section
The first conference on Robotics in Libraries: Challenge and Opportunity was held at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Berlin in August 2019. Following the successful program and participants’ call for a follow-up event, we are organizing this International Symposium on Robotics and AI in Libraries, 8-10 June, 2020 at University of Pretoria, South Africa.
The rapid development in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are making in-roads into libraries and information services. Beyond automated storage and retrieval systems, we now have autonomous shelf reading robots, telepresence and humanoid robots, and chatbots and voice activated systems. Robots are becoming our co-workers and a number of libraries around the world have deployed different robots for internal operations as well as public services. This combination of skilled human resources and robotics technologies also complements library services in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR or Industry 4.0) era and in smart and connected communities.
The University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa, is hosting the event at its new Future Africa campus (https://www.up.ac.za/future-
We invite your proposals and to join us to share and explore robotics and AI technologies, applications and use cases, human-robot interaction, and their uses and impact on library operations and services.
8-10 June, 2020, University of Pretoria, South Africa
In collaboration with IFLA IT Section
The first conference on Robotics in Libraries: Challenge and Opportunity was held at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Berlin in August 2019. Following the successful program and participants’ call for a follow-up event, we are organizing this International Symposium on Robotics and AI in Libraries, 8-10 June, 2020 at University of Pretoria, South Africa.
The rapid development in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are making in-roads into libraries and information services. Beyond automated storage and retrieval systems, we now have autonomous shelf reading robots, telepresence and humanoid robots, and chatbots and voice activated systems. Robots are becoming our co-workers and a number of libraries around the world have deployed different robots for internal operations as well as public services. This combination of skilled human resources and robotics technologies also complements library services in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR or Industry 4.0) era and in smart and connected communities.
The University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa, is hosting the event at its new Future Africa campus (https://www.up.ac.za/future-
We invite your proposals and to join us to share and explore robotics and AI technologies, applications and use cases, human-robot interaction, and their uses and impact on library operations and services.
The Symposium website is at https://www.up.ac.za/
Proposals should be submitted at https://www.up.ac.za/
Proposals should be submitted at https://www.up.ac.za/
