ICR2013 was held in Dan Panorama, Tel Aviv.  It offered a reach scientific program and a large exhibition.  It also hosted  ISRACAS’ 2013, the 15th Israeli Symposium on Computer-Aided Surgery, Medical Robotics, and Medical Imaging.

Keynote speakers:

Prof.  Bernie Roth, Stanford, Innovating Robots and Products Using  Design Thinking

Prof. Yoshi Nakamura, University of Tokyo: Human models for humanoid design

Prof. Alberto Broggi, University of Parma: From Italy to China with no driver

Prof. Dr. Ing. Stefan Weber, University of Bern: Opportunities in medical robotics

Prof. Iztik Ben Israel, Tel Aviv University: Will robots help democracies win “small” wars against terror?

Colonel Eyal Tene, IDF: A road map for the use of robots by the Israeli Defense Forces

Col (ret) Udi Gal, Defense Vision: Military Robotics as a Growth Engine for the Israeli Industry

Udi Peless, Robomow: The accelerated growth of the domestic-robots market