The exponential rate of change of computing power enables accelerating developments in sensor technology, AI computing and in robotics and mobility. Machines to make products in modern factories are becoming smart and self-learning. Cars will become like an iPad on wheels. We are world champion with our soccer playing robots and our surgical robots outperform humans. What we learn with playing robot soccer is also applicable to service robotics for care at home, and to autonomous guided vehicles for agriculture, logistics and industrial applications. We learn our robots to navigate, but when will robots start to learn to us. Are humans in the end necessary? And how does the future of schools and universities look like?

Keynote topics

1. Robotics & Smart Mobility
2. Robotics & How it will affect humanity
3. Eindhoven Tech Engine, ASML & Philips

Biography

Maarten Steinbuch (born 1960 in Zeist, NL) is a high-tech systems scientist, entrepreneur and communicator. He holds the chair of Systems & Control at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), where he is Distinguished University Professor. He is also Scientific Director of Eindhoven Engine. The research of his group spans from automotive engineering (with a focus on connected cars and clean vehicles) to mechatronics, motion control, and fusion plasma control. He is most known for his work in the field of advanced motion control and mechatronics, as well as in robotics for high precision surgery. Steinbuch is a prolific blogger and a key opinion leader on the influence of new technologies on society.