

Thu, Nov 16
|Zoom webinar
Introducing robots onto sidewalks and public spaces: challenges and opportunities
Featuring global transport planning expert, Prof. Peter Jones - University College London
Time & Location
Nov 16, 2023, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. GMT
Zoom webinar
About the event
Our guest speaker for this webinar is Professor Peter Jones, Professor of Transport and Sustainable Development at University College, London, England. He is a global subject-matter expert and we are delighted to have him as a member of the Urban Robotics Foundation. His talk will focus on the challenges and opportunities of introducing public-area mobile robots (PMRs) onto streets, sidewalks and other public spaces.
Among his work responsibilities, Prof. Jones is a member of the City of London Transport Strategy Board and the Dubai Council for Future Transportation; and formerly, the South-East Wales Transport Commission, the Hong Kong ERP Advisory Panel and the CIHT Urban Design Panel. He was Scientific Co-ordinator for two EU funded three-year projects: the ‘CREATE’ project on changing trends in urban mobility and future city challenges, and ‘MORE’, on optimum design and operation of road-space on main urban roads.
Prof. Jones is also a work package lead…