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<div align="justify">[November 2009](news) International Robot Exhibition 2009 will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from 25 to 28 November 2009. For more detail, visit <a href="http://www.nikkan.co.jp/eve/irex/english/">http://www.nikkan.co.jp/eve/irex/english/</a></div></li></ul>
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<div align="justify">[November 2009](news) Robotica 2009 Exhibition is dedicated to humanoid and service robots. It will be held in Milan, Italy, from 25 to 27 November 2009. For more detail, visit <a href="http://www.roboticaexpo.eu/en/index_rbt.asp">http://www.roboticaexpo.eu/en/index_rbt.asp</a></div></li></ul>
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<div align="justify">[October 2009](news): We plan to organize a visit trip to Japan and South Korea under ARSU activities. The purpose is to see the state of advance in robotics research in both Japan and South Korea. The visit will include KAIST (South Korea), ATR (Japan), Tokyo University (Japan), AIST (Japan), RIKEN (Japan) and Waseda University (Japan). The trip is scheduled to be around the end of October 2009. The trip is to be self-financed. In other words, each delegate will finance his/her own travels/accommodations/other expenses. If you wish to join, please contact through <a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#109;&#109;&#120;&#105;&#101;&#64;&#110;&#116;&#117;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#115;&#103;">&#109;&#109;&#120;&#105;&#101;&#64;&#110;&#116;&#117;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#115;&#103;</a>.</div></li></ul>
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<li>[October 2009](news): I2R will be hosting a&nbsp;forum&nbsp;to&nbsp;assess&nbsp;Robotics landscape in Singapore on 8 October.&nbsp;&nbsp;Participants from<span style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;DSTA, SingHealth, SGH, TTSH, EDB, SPF, local Universities, etc, will come together to discuss about: a) Robotics research in Singapore, b)&nbsp;Real needs of Robotics in Singapore, and c) Collaboration opportunities&nbsp;in robotics field in Singapore.&nbsp;</span></li></ul>
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt">[September 2009](news): A delegation from Wuxi city (China) will be in Singapore on 24 September&nbsp;to promote techno-preneurship in China through the incubation in Wuxi's Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship Park. A promotional seminar will be held from 17:00pm to 18:30pm on 24 September 2009. The officers from Wuxi's municipal bureaus will be present to introduce various funding schemes and supports. They especially welcome Singapore's high-tech companies to expand into China's market. Admission is free. For more detail, please contact through <a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#109;&#109;&#120;&#105;&#101;&#64;&#110;&#116;&#117;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#115;&#103;">&#109;&#109;&#120;&#105;&#101;&#64;&#110;&#116;&#117;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#115;&#103;</a>.</span></div></li></ul>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt">[September 2009](news): 2009 National Junior Robotics Competition is being held in Singapore Science Center from 7 to 11 September 2009. Detail can be found <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.sci-ctr.edu.sg/ssc/events.jsp?type=17&amp;root=0&amp;parent=0&amp;cat=317">here</a>. There will be two public seminars in 10 &amp; 11 September 2009. Admission is free.&nbsp;</span></li></ul>
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<li>[September 2009](news): Singapore Army Open House will be held between 3 to 7 September in Pasir Laba camp, in which the public will be able to view the state-of-the-art demonstrations of <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/publications/cyberpioneer/news/2009/September/04sep09_news.html">various robotic platforms</a> developped in Singapore.</li></ul>
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<div align="justify">[June 2009] (news): Dr. Zhang Guoqing (<a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#122;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#103;&#103;&#113;&#64;&#110;&#116;&#117;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#115;&#103;">&#122;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#103;&#103;&#113;&#64;&#110;&#116;&#117;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#115;&#103;</a>) has happily agreed to serve as the RSS's contact person in charge of networking among the young researchers of robotics in Singapore. If you are below 35 years old and are active in pursuing any interest related to robotics in Singapore, please&nbsp;send your contact information to Dr. Zhang Guoqing. By doing so, your achievement and interest&nbsp;in robotics will be recognized among the young researchers of robotics from other Asian countries through the network of ARSU. Also, ARSU will honor those outstanding young researchers of robotics&nbsp;from Asia.</div></li></ul>
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<div align="justify">[June 2009] (news): Mr. James Lee&nbsp;(<a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#106;&#97;&#109;&#101;&#115;&#46;&#108;&#101;&#101;&#64;&#114;&#111;&#98;&#111;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#115;&#46;&#115;&#103;">&#106;&#97;&#109;&#101;&#115;&#46;&#108;&#101;&#101;&#64;&#114;&#111;&#98;&#111;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#115;&#46;&#115;&#103;</a>) has happily agreed to serve as&nbsp;the RSS's Secretary in charge of liaison with ARSU.</div></li></ul>
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<div align="justify">[June 2009] (news): <span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">The Nanyang Venture I, an eco-friendly car designed and built by a team of 25 students from NTU's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), wowed many at the Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2009 held in Germany, from 7 to 9 May 2009. The NTU eco-car turned in the best results of the Singapore entries on the first day of the two-day race on 8 May 2009. At the end of the final day, according to the results posted on the Shell Eco-Marathon 2009 website this morning, NTU's was the only car flying the Singapore flag high, coming in 4th in the Prototype (Solar) Category (out of 8 in that category), and clinching second place of the 'Safety Award' in the 'Special Awards' category.</font></span></div></li></ul>
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<div align="justify"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">[May 2009](seminar): Prof. Gordon Cheng, Technical University of Munich, Germany, will deliver a public talk on Cognitive Systems for Robots, on 2 June 2009 at 2pm in the LT 5 of Nanyang Technological University. Admission is free.</font></span></div></li></ul>
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<div align="justify">[May 2009] (news): A Singapore delegation will visit Nanjing, Wuxi, and Suzhou in the week of 18 May 2009. It will also participate to the 15th anniversary ceremony of Singapore-China Suzhou Industrial Park, which will be held on 26 May 2009.</div></li></ul>
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<div align="justify">[May 2009] (news): The Second International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (<a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.robotics.sg/icira2009">ICIRA2009</a>) will be held in Singapore&nbsp;between December 16-18, 2009. The closing date of paper submission is June 16, 2009. Interested&nbsp;authors are welcome to contribute quality papers. The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer's Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence, which is indexed by EI.</div></li></ul>
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<li>[May 2009] (news): 4th Asian Robotics Society Summit Metting (ARSSM) will be held in <a href="http://www.iros09.mtu.edu/">IROS 2009</a>. (September 2009)</li></ul>
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<li>[May 2009] (news): IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics will be held in Singapore in July 2009.</li></ul>
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<li>[April 2009] (news): Nanyang Technological University has developed an <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lochrobot/Desktop#">adult-sized humanoid robot</a>, which has been showcased to the Deputy Prime Minister Teo on 27 March 2009.</li></ul>
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<div align="justify">[March 2009] (Job Annoucement): <span style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt" lang="EN-US">A speech-based human-robot interaction project is&nbsp;recruiting several&nbsp;software engineers with strong interest or expertise in speech recognition, processing and understanding.</span>&nbsp;The ideal candidates should have the educational background in computer science, or software engineering. Qualified candidates are welcome to contact&nbsp;Mr. James Lee&nbsp;(<a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#109;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#120;&#105;&#101;&#64;&#114;&#111;&#98;&#111;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#115;&#46;&#115;&#103;">&#106;&#97;&#109;&#101;&#115;&#46;&#108;&#101;&#101;&#64;&#114;&#111;&#98;&#111;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#115;&#46;&#115;&#103;</a>) </div></li></ul>
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<div align="justify">[March 2009] (News): The School of Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University offers a new course <font size="2">MP3179, in which students interested in participating in robotics competition such as RoboCup can choose the track of &quot;Intelligent Competitive Robotics&quot;.</font></div></li></ul>
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