Interview with Jerry Tan: Service robot development for education

At the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) 2023, I had the opportunity to interview Jerry Tan from Lattel Robotics, a company dedicated to promoting AI-focused robotics education and training. They work closely with the RoboCup@Home Education initiative, supporting schools and institutions in introducing AI and service robot development to students. Their goal is to equip learners with practical AI application skills in computer vision, autonomous navigation, object manipulation and speech interactions. Through their AI robotics and AI applications workshops, Lattel Robotics offers an introduction to robot operating system (ROS)-based AI applications development in service robotics. As a hardware partner for the RoboCup@Home Education initiative, they assist schools and institutions in competing in AI robotic challenges by developing applications that address real-world problems.