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! width="75%" colspan="2" | '''3rd German-Pakistani Workshop on Field & Assistive Robotics (WFAR)'''
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[[Image:wfar3_title.png|900px|center|WFAR3]]

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! width="75%" colspan="2" | Nov 16-17, LUMS School of Science & Engineeing, Lahore, Pakistan
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== Day 1: Friday Nov 16, 2012 - Venue: 10-401, 4th floor, SSE building ==
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| align ="left" | 8:00-9:00
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| align ="left" | Registration
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| align ="left" | 9:00-9:05
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| align ="left" | Recitation from the Holy Quran
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| align ="left" | 9:05-9:10
| align ="left" | Dr. Abubakr Muhammad, LUMS
| align ="left" | Welcome by the organizing committee
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3-opening-abubakr.pdf|Slides]]
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| align ="left" | 9:10-9:20
| align ="left" | Prof. Dr. Adil Najam, Vice Chancellor, LUMS
| align ="left" | Opening 
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| align ="left" | 9:20-9:30
| align ="left" | Ursula Saarbeck, Director DAAD Information Center, Islamabad
| align ="left" | Activities of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Pakistan
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3-daad-saarbeck.pdf|Slides]]
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| align ="left" | 9:30-10:30
| align ="left" | Prof. Dr. Karsten Berns, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
| align ="left" | ''Minicourse A'' 
Behavior Based Control Architecture - 1
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3-berns-1.pdf|Slides]]
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| align ="left" | 10:30-11:00
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| align ="left" | Tea break 
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| align ="left" | 11:00-12:00
| align ="left" | Dr Abubakr Muhammad, LUMS, Pakistan
| align ="left" | ''Minicourse B''
Sampling Based Motion Planning Algorithms - 1
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3-abubakr.pdf|Slides]]
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| align ="left" | 12:00-12:30
| align ="left" | Syed Atif Mehdi, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
| align ="left" | ''At the Research Frontier''
Probabilistic Search of Human by Autonomous Mobile Robot
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3-atif.pdf|Slides]]
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| align ="left" | 12:30-12:50
| align ="left" | Mhequb Hayat, CASE, Pakistan
| align ="left" | ''Pakistan University Spotlight''
Robotics at Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE), Islamabad
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3-case-mhequb.pdf|Slides]]
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| align ="left" | 12:50-13:00
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| align ="left" | Group Photo
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| align ="left" | 13:00-14:30
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| align ="left" | Lunch / Prayer break
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| align ="left" | 14:30-15:30
| align ="left" | Prof. Dr. Karsten Berns, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
| align ="left" | ''Minicourse A'' 
Behavior Based Control Architecture - 2
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3-berns-2.pdf|Slides]]
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| align ="left" | 15:30-16:00
| align ="left" | Dr. Aamir Khan, CTO, Ayton Willow, Pakistan / UK
| align ="left" | ''Pakistan Industry Spotlight'' 
Robotic Vehicles, Surgical Mechanisms and Green Technologies at AW. 
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| align ="left" | 16:00-16:15
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| align ="left" | Prayer break 
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| align ="left" | 16:15-17:15
| align ="left" | Dr Abubakr Muhammad, LUMS, Pakistan
| align ="left" | ''Minicourse B''
Sampling Based Motion Planning Algorithms - 2
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3-abubakr.pdf|Slides]]
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| align ="left" | 17:15-17:45
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| align ="left" | Tea / Prayer break
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| align ="left" | 17:45-18:30
| align ="left" | Mr. Nauman Saeed, CEO, MicroTech Industries (Ltd), Pakistan

Prof. Dr. Sohail Qureshi, Dean SBASSE, LUMS

Dr. Aamir Khan, CTO, Ayton Willow, UK

Prof. Dr Aamer Iqbal Bhatti, MAJU, Pakistan

Prof. Dr Karsten Berns, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany

Dr Faheem Sheikh, Mentor Graphics, Pakistan

Muhammad Fuzail, LUMS Student Entrepreneur 
| align ="left" | ''Panel Discussion''
Opportunities and challenges in setting up a robotics industry in Pakistan
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3-panel-discussion.pdf|Slides]]
[[Media:wfar3-panel-discussion-issues.pdf|Preparatory comments to panelists]]
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| align ="left" | 19:30-21:00
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| align ="left" | Dinner at LUMS Executive Dining Hall 
(Invited speakers and guests only)
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== Day 2: Saturday Nov 17, 2012 - Venue: 10-301, 3rd floor, SSE building ==
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| align ="left" | 9:00-10:00
| align ="left" | Prof. Dr. Aamer Iqbal Bhatti, MAJU, Pakistan
| align ="left" | ''Invited Keynote Address'' 
Modeling and Control of Underground Coal Gasification Process at Thar
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| align ="left" | 10:00-11:00
| align ="left" | Prof. Dr. Karsten Berns, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
| align ="left" | ''Minicourse A'' 
Behavior Based Control Architecture - 3
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| align ="left" | 11:00-11:45
| align ="left" | Mhequb Hayat, CASE, Pakistan
| align ="left" | ''Minicourse B''
Tutorial on Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL)
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3-ompl-mhequb.pdf|Slides]]
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| align ="left" | 11:45-12:00
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| align ="left" | Tea break 
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| align ="left" | 12:00-13:00
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| align ="left" | ''Parallel Activity''
Hands-on computer lab on Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL)

'''Competition winners:'''

Usman Ayub Sheikh, Zain Ul Muhsinin Hassan (PIEAS)

''Parallel Activity''

Networking, exhibits and ''cyphynets'' lab tour. 
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3_comp_manual.pdf|manual]] 
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| align ="left" | 13:00-14:30
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| align ="left" | Lunch / Prayer break
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| align ="left" | 14:30-15:00
| align ="left" | Daniel Schmidt, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
| align ="left" | ''At the Research Frontier''
Behavior-based Arm Control for an Autonomous Bucket Excavator
| align ="left" | [[Media:wfar3-daniel.pdf|Slides]]
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| align ="left" | 15:00-15:20
| align ="left" | Mr. Sajid Nisar
| align ="left" | ''Pakistan University Spotlight''
Robotics at SEECS-NUST, Islamabad
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| align ="left" | 15:20-15:40
| align ="left" | Dr. Salman Aslam
| align ="left" | ''Pakistan University Spotlight''
Robotics at College of Aeronautical Engineering (CAE), Risalpur
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| align ="left" | 15:40-16:30 
| align ="left" | Prof. Dr. Adil Najam, Vice Chancellor, LUMS
| align ="left" | ''Award distribution and Closing Remarks.''
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| align ="left" | 16:30-17:30
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| align ="left" | Refreshments+Tea
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! width="33%" | Sponsors / Organizers !! News / Announcements 
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[[Image:LUMS_Logo.png|100px]] 
[[Image:TUK-logo.jpg|180px]]
[[Image:DAAD-logo.gif|http://www.daad.de/entwicklung/hochschulen/zusammenarbeit/17104.en.html]] 
[[Image:HEC-logo.jpg|100px|http://www.hec.gov.pk/]] 
[[Image:AW-logo.png|150px|http://aytonwillow.com/]]
[[Image:Ees_logo.png|75px|http://mafa-est.com/]]
[[Image:css-logo-pk.png|120px|http://www.ieeecss.org/|Pakistan Chapter]]
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* Confirmation sent to accepted participants. (Nov 6, 2012)
* Applications open for 3rd German-Pakistani workshop on field and assistive robotics. (Oct 2012)
* 2nd German-Pakistani workshop on field and assistive robotics held in Dagstuhl, Germany. (Jun 2012)
* 1st Pak-German workshop on field robotics held in Lahore, Pakistan. (Oct 2011)
* DAAD approves funding for research, exchange and organization of workshops on field robotics at LUMS and Kaiserslautern, Germany. (Aug 2011)

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