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Future Workforce in Human-Robot Collaboration
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Expert Meeting
 
Agenda for virtual expert meeting
Monday/Tuesday, Feb 20-21, 2023

Day 1 (Monday, February 20, 2023 – from 11 AM to 4 PM CST)

11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Opening Statement
Keynote Speaker:
NSF Program Officer
 Theme 1: Future work (Extraterrestrial Construction)
11:30 PM to 12:30 PM
 Presentation
           
         Dr. Scott Perl                 Dr. Melodie Yashar        Dr. Christina Ciardullo
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Panel Discussion
Questions to answer:
  • How does the construction site environment on Moon and Mars differ from Earth?
  • What are the main characteristics of construction technologies used in extraterrestrial construction on the moon and mars?
  • Is there any robot function in extraterrestrial construction that can’t/shouldn’t be fully automated?
 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Lunch Break
 Theme 2: Future Workers (Extraterrestrial Construction Workforce)
 
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Presentation
           
     Dr. Carol Menassa             Dr. Youngjib Ham             Dr. Reza Akhavian
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Questions to answer:
  • What are the main anthropic tasks, roles, knowledge, and competencies/skills needed by the future civil workforce in extraterrestrial construction?
  • To collaborate with robots effectively, what skills/knowledge are required for the future workforce?
  • How the identified skills can be framed, categorized, or prioritized?
4:00 PM
Adjourn

Day 2 (Tuesday, February 21, 2023 – from 11:15 AM to 2 PM CST)

11:15 AM to 11:30 AM
Opening Statement
 Theme 3: Future Technology (Emerging Technologies for Workforce Training)
11:30 PM to 12:30 PM
 Presentation
           
  Dr. Jeffrey Pomerantz          Dr. Mesut Akdere           Dr. Matthew Gombolay
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Panel Discussion
Questions to answer:
  • What are the strategies and considerations in developing training scenarios in an AI-XR-based training environment for future workforce development?
  • Among the skills and competencies identified before for the extraterrestrial construction workforce, which ones are more suitable to be trained using an AI-XR-based training environment?
  • How the trained skills and competencies using an AI-XR-based training environment can be evaluated in the context of extraterrestrial construction?
 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Adjourn
discussion of the next steps.

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