November 1, 2013LUMS School of Science and Engineering, Lahore

WFAR 5 OrganizationTechnical Program CommitteeAbubakr Muhamad, LUMSKarsten Berns, TU KaiserslauternMian Muhammad Awais, LUMSSyed Atif Mehdi, TU KaiserslauternYasir Niaz Khan, FAST-NUCESKh. M. Umar Suleman, FAST-NUCESAamir Khan, Ayton Willow

Local Organization CommitteeTalha Manzoor, LUMSSyed Muhammad Abbas, LUMSMudassir Khan, LUMSMuhammad Fuzail, LUMSEhsan Ul Haq, LUMSHamza Anwar, LUMS

Speakers / PanelistsDr. Karsten Berns, TU Kaiserslautern, GermanyDr. Mian Muhammad Awais, LUMSDr. Yasar Ayaz, SMME NUST, IslamabadSyed Atif Mehdi, TU Kaiserslautern, GermanyDaniel Schmidt, TU Kaiserslautern, GermanyTayyab Naseer, University of Freiburg, GermanyZaafir Waheed, CEO, AeDesign (Pvt) LtdDr. Yasir Niaz Khan, FAST-NUCES, LahoreDr. Salman Aslam, CAE NUST, RisalpurDr. Basit Bilal Koshul, LUMS (panelist)Prof. Nauman Ahmad Zaffar, LUMS (panelist)

Project ALVeDAAutonomous Land Vehicles for Demining & Agriculture

TU Kaiserslautern Germany

RRLab

LUMS, Pakistan

CYPHYNETS, RICE

Lahore

1st WorkshopOct 28-29, 2011

LUMS

Germany

Schloss Dagstuhl

June 20-21, 2012

2nd Workshop

June 20-21, 2012

Highlights of WFAR3• 150+ participants from all over Pakistan. • 13 speakers from 6 universities, 4 industries.• 6 display booths and lab tours (3 from industry).• 2 Mini-courses (4hr+ each).• 1 Panel discussion.• 3 Major sponsors (HEC, DAAD, AW).

November 16-17, 2012LUMS School of Science and Engineering, Lahore

Germany

Schloss Dagstuhl

4th WorkshopJune 13-14, 2013

http://agrosy.informatik.uni-kl.de/wfar2013/

Highlights from WFAR-4Participation

Universities University of KaiserslauternLeibniz University of HanoverLahore University of Management SciencesEberhard Karls University of TübingenAlbert-Ludwigs-University FreiburgFraunhofer FKIEBundeswehrUniversity of Koblenz – LandauUniversity of OsnabrückUniversity of Pederborn

IndustryJohn DeereVolvoTriodor Software

Call for papers

Publication of Proceedings (under way)

TopicsField roboticsAgricultural roboticsSensing & Perception Software ArchitecturesMapping & Localization

Exchange Visits

TU Kaiserslautern Germany LUMS, Pakistan

What’s next? WFAR 6, 7, 8, …..

1st Workshop on FIELD ROBOTICS (WFR 2011), Lahore, Oct 28-29, 2011http://cyphynets.lums.edu.pk/index.php/WFR-20112nd Workshop on Field & Assistive Robotics (WFAR 2012), Wadern, June 20-21, 2012http://agrosy.cs.uni-kl.de/wfar2012/3rd Workshop on Field & Assistive Robotics (WFAR3), Lahore, Nov 16-17, 2013http://cyphynets.lums.edu.pk/index.php/WFAR34rd Workshop on Field & Assistive Robotics (WFAR4), Wadern, June 12-14, 2012http://agrosy.informatik.uni-kl.de/wfar2013/5th Workshop on Field & Assistive Robotics (WFAR5), Lahore, Nov 1, 2013http://cyphynets.lums.edu.pk/index.php/WFAR5