The Texas Regional Robotics Symposium (TEROS) aims to bring together Texas robotics researchers. TEROS is a one-day event with research talks, poster presentations, and social activities. The goal of TEROS is to share exciting ideas and build new connections in the robotics research community in Texas.
Attendance is free to Texas robotics researchers. Attendance will be limited to the first 90 registrants.
TEROS will be held as a one-day event with keynote talks, spotlight talks, poster presentations, industry booths, robotics lab tours, and social activities. A detailed schedule is included below.
UT-Austin
CTO & Co-Founder
Plus One Robotics
Assistant Professor
UTSA
PhD Student
UT-Austin
PhD Student
Texas A&M University
University Distinguished Professor
SMU
Avionics Engineer
NASA Johnson Space Center
Along with talks from distinguished speakers, the symposium will feature exciting posters and industry booths. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with the poster and booth presenters during networking sessions scheduled throughout the day.
| Time | Schedule | Location |
| 08:00 |
Registration Desk Open and Posters | SwRI Building 263 |
| 09:00 |
Welcome to Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) Steve Dellenback, Vice President—R&D |
SwRI Building 263 |
| 09:05 |
Introduction of TEROS 2025 Meera Towler and Paul Evans, SwRI |
SwRI Building 263 |
| 09:15 |
Keynote: Rob Ambrose, Texas A&M University The Texas A&M University Space Institute and novel mobile robotic systems |
SwRI Building 263 |
| 09:45 |
Keynote: Kamel Saidi, NIST | SwRI Building 263 |
| 10:00 |
Panel: Research Opportunities in Robotics
|
SwRI Building 263 |
| 10:30 |
Break for Networking and Posters | SwRI Building 263 |
| 11:00 |
Keynote: Joydeep Biswas, University of Texas at Austin Robots Without Boundaries: Embracing the Unseen and Tackling Novel Tasks |
SwRI Building 263 |
| 11:30 |
Spotlight Talks: Round 1
|
SwRI Building 263 |
| 12:30 |
Break for Box Lunches | SwRI Building 263 |
| 13:30 |
Keynote: Shaun Edwards, Plus One Robotics | SwRI Building 263 |
| 14:00 |
Keynote: Vaibhav Unhelkar, Rice University Interactive AI Techniques for Training Human-Robot Teams |
SwRI Building 263 |
| 14:30 |
Break for Networking and Posters | SwRI Building 263 |
| 15:15 |
Spotlight Talks: Round 2
|
SwRI Building 263 |
| 16:00 |
Closing Remarks Transition to Networking and Robotics Lab Tours |
SwRI Building 263 |
| 16:00 |
Networking, Posters, and Lab Tours | SwRI Building 263 |
The symposium will be held at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX.
For more information, contact Paul Evans (+1 210 522 2994) or Meera Towler (+1 210 522 6339).
