e invite you (not limited to Industrial Design undergrad, graduate & professionals) to create social robot (robot interactions) for the year 2020, an age where intelligent social robots built with consilience will grey the boundaries of human & machine interaction. With the growing need for intelligent autonomous systems to improve human daily task/ well being, your innovation will shape how people interact with robots when robots are expected to be our companion in our daily environment/interaction (not limited to healthcare, service, entertainment, home, transport, sports and education) This inaugural competition will consider submission within the context of social robots. Submission can be conceptual or work-in-progress concepts/prototypes. Your entry should address innovative ideas that demonstrates (not limited to) creative use of technologies, intelligence, interactivity, adaptability as an overall concept application(s) that will impact/improve human tasks & well-being; which governs by laws of robotics(Isaac Asimov). Submission deadline 1 Sep 2010. Shortlisted announcement: 1 Oct 2010. Winner announcement: 23/24 Nov 2010. The jury will select 3 winning entries that will receive cash prize awards. To read the full details and download a brochure just visit:
www.icsr2010.org/competition.html
