The end of 2024 is rapidly approaching and so is the chance to discover the future of robotics and drone technology at the Odense Robotics Robot Innovation Summit 5 December.
This premier event brings together industry leaders, researchers, innovators, and SMEs from Denmark’s vibrant robotics ecosystem. It’s an exclusive opportunity to gain insights into news from cutting-edge projects and technologies – and Robot Innovation Summit is also a great platform for research, network, discussions and future collaboration.
Sign up and learn about
- Robotic and autonomous domains at DTU – capabilities and labs
- Drone- and Mobile Robot Integrated System for Automated UXO Removal and Mapping
- Technical challenges for autonomous mobile robots in agriculture
- Pioneering AI architectures for detection of gas-phase ammonia using hyperspectral thermographic cameras
- Medtech Robot Pathway – exploring adoptation of industrial robotic arms in medical applications
- Recent advances in feedback control – Enhanced performance and fault-tolerance
Participate physical at the conference in Kgs Lyngby
Secure one of the 200 physical tickets, giving you the chance to be at the conference, gather new knowledge close to the action, ask questions to the presenters and also network in person during the event.
Participate online at the conference
A broadcast of the Robot Innovation Summit will also be available. A flexible option to join the Robot Innovation Summit.
Sign up – ticket prices
- Physical conference ticket – member of Odense Robotics: 0,- DKK
- Physical conference ticket – not a member of Odense Robotics: 625,- DKK incl. VAT
- Online ticket: 0,- DKK (sign-up in advance is required)
Some of the speakers at Robot Innovation Summit

Dimitrios Papageorgiou
Associate Professor, of Nonlinear and Fault-tolerant Control, DTU Electro

Leon Bodenhagen
Assistant Professor, SDU Robotics

Xinxin Zhang
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering

Matteo Fumagalli
Associate Professor,Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, DTU Electro
PROGRAMME
08:30 Doors open, coffee and registration
09:15 Welcome
Lars-Ulrik Aaen Andersen, Head of Department, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, DTU Electro
09:20 Creating bridges between new research and companies generates value
Søren Elmer Kristensen, CEO, Odense Robotics
09:30 Robotic and autonomous domains at DTU – capabilities and labs
Roberto Galeazzi, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, DTU Electro
PROJECT FINDINGS SESSION 1
09:45 Contact detection and force control using robotics
Project results presented by Iñigo Iturrate, Assistant Professor, SDU Robotics
10:10 Mitigation of Major Electromagnetic Interference problems for Drones and Robotics Systems
Project results presented by Morten Sørensen, Ph.D. Senior Specialist, EMC Engineering & Test, FORCE Technology
10:35 SAVER – Swarming Aerial Vehicles for Emergency Response
Project results presented by Matteo Fumagalli, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, DTU Electro
11:00 Networking
PROJECT FINDINGS SESSION 2
11:20 DISARM: Drone- and Mobile Robot Integrated System for Automated UXO Removal and Mapping
Project results presented by Thomas Kroman, Product Manager, Centre for Robot Technology, Danish Technological Institute
11:45 Drone4Works – unleashing the potential of UAVs for power tool maintenance & infrastructure repair
Project results presented by Matteo Fumagalli, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, DTU Electro and Emad Samuel Malki Ebeid, Professor, Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IME) The Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark
12:10 Understanding the Implications of Robots Working in Everyday Public Interaction in Retail
Project results presented by Leon Bodenhagen, Associate Professor, SDU Robotics
12:35 Lunch and networking
PROJECT FINDINGS SESSION 3
13:20 Exploring technical challenges for autonomous mobile robots in agriculture
Project results presented by Leon Bodenhagen, Associate Professor, SDU Robotics
13:45 Pioneering AI architectures for detection of gas-phase ammonia using hyperspectral thermographic cameras
Project results presented by Mads Toudal Frandsen, Deputy Head of Dept. of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Professor, Physics, University of Southern Denmark
14:10 Medtech Robot Pathway – exploring adoptation of industrial robotic arms in medical applications
Bruno Miguel Gomes Oliveira, Post.Doc, SDU Robotics
DEEP DIVE ROBOTIC CAPABILITIES AT DTU
14:35 Recent advances in feedback control: Enhanced performance and fault-tolerance
Dimitrios Papageorgiou, Associate Professor, of Nonlinear and Fault-tolerant Control, DTU Electro
14:55 DTU Presentation
Xinxin Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering
15:15 Hands on demonstrations – Tour of ASTA Facility, including coffee and cake
16:15 Event end
Our latest Robot Innovation Summit in 2023 featured
- 8 keynotes on robotics, automation and drones
- Research project results
- 90 industry and research stakeholders participated
- Site visit at Aalborg University Smart Production Lab
Questions please contact
Ole Georg Andersen, Knowledge Based Innovation, Odense Robotics
Phone: +45 6155 6847
Email: ogand@odenserobotics.dk