The robotics workshop was organized as a satellite meeting to the 8th International Workshop on Sample Environment for Neutron Scattering that took place at Eynsham Hall, Oxfordshire, UK, from 12th to 16th October 2014.
The satellite meeting took place at ISIS on the RAL site. Many international experts from leading neutron and synchrotron facilities worldwide were present at the robotics satellite meeting. In total there were 40 participants, 15 talks, and a lively discussion.
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| Thursday 16th October 2014 | |||
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| 14:30 | Welcome and Introduction | Andreas Schreyer | HZG |
| Session 1 — Current state in robotics for sample environment | |||
| 14:40 | Concepts for Sample Manipulation & Automation using Robotics at ISIS | Matt North | ISIS |
| 15:00 | Do Scientists at NCNR have robotic dreams? | Yamali Hernandez | NCNR |
| 15:20 | Robby, Rosie and the Ugly: Robots at the Bragg Institute | Paolo Imperia | ANSTO |
| 15:40 | Tools for sample manipulation at the ILL | Eddy Lelièvre-Berna | ILL |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30 | From automatic sample change to sample manipulation, ideas for robot applications | Jürgen Peters | FRM II |
| 16:50 | Current Developments and Future Plans for Robotics at Diamond | James O’Hea | DLS |
| 17:10 | Utilizing the flexibility of a robot: A food case | Anders Petterson | ESS |
| 17:30 | Overview of some commercially available industrial robots for positioning of specimens and sample environments | Jan Pilch | NPI |
| 18:15 | Bus to “The Greyhound” leaves | ||
| 19:00 | Dinner | ||
| Friday 17th October 2014 | |||
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| Session 2: Examples of robots for sample handling and positioning | |||
| 08:40 | High‐energy attenuation‐contrast and phase‐contrast microtomography using synchrotron radiation at DESY | Felix Beckmann | HZG |
| 09:00 | STRESS‐SPEC robot@FRM2 for texture and strain characterization | Heinz‐Günter Brokmeier | HZG |
| 09:20 | Progress of robotized systems for crystallography for beamlines and laboratories | Jean‐Luc Ferrer | IBS |
| 09:40 | Beamline Robotics – IMAT Camera Positioning System | Steve Cox | ISIS |
| 10.00 | Ideas for tighter integration of robots in a beamline | Brian Nutter | Diamond |
| 10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| Session 3: Future trends and developments | |||
| 10:50 | Plans and possibilities in sample environment robotics at the European Spallation Source ESS | Anders Petterson | ESS |
| 11:10 | Few remarks on ENGIN‐X, motivated by the previous discussion | Jon James | Open University |
| 11:20 | Summary | Peter Staron | HZG |
| 11:40 | Panel discussion: Trends in robotics and automation for sample environment | ||
| 12:50 | Closure | ||
| 13:00 | Valedictory lunch snack | ||