MEAM Seminar: “Fusion for Robot Perception and Controls”
Machine learning has led to powerful advances in robotics: deep learning for visual perception from raw images and deep reinforcement learning (RL) for learning controls from trial and error. Yet, […]
GRASP On Robotics: “Photoacoustic Vision for Surgical Robots”
Abstract: The concept of “x-ray vision” is widely understood to be the ability to see through structures that are not transparent to the human eye. This concept would be a […]
Spring 2021 GRASP SFI: “Hunting for Unknown Unknowns: AI and Ethics in Society”
Abstract: Homo Sapiens is considered a “hyper-cooperative species,” and this aptitude for cooperation may be responsible for our dominance over the Earth. Cooperation promises great benefits, but each participant is vulnerable […]
Spring 2021 GRASP SFI: “Model-Based Deep RL for Robotics”
Abstract: Deep learning has shown promising results in robotics, but we are still far from having intelligent systems that can operate in the unstructured settings of the real world, where […]
GRASP On Robotics: “Trajectory Planning Using Dynamic and Power Models: a Heuristics-Based Approach”
Abstract: Robot planning is needed for robots to perform purposeful missions in their environments. In realistic situations, planning does not simply involve getting to a desired destination without collisions, but […]
GRASP On Robotics: “Designing Human Interaction with Agents and Robots”
Abstract: Over the last decade, the idea that robots and agents might participate meaningfully in complex group and organizational contexts has developed from a promising vision into a reality. Robots […]
Spring 2021 GRASP SFI: “Commercializing people-scale vision-based autonomy in agriculture”
Abstract: The Burro team, including Terry Scott (CTO) and Charlie Andersen (CEO) will provide an overview of their people-scale vision-based autonomous platform and their experiences selling Burros and building an autonomy […]
GRASP On Robotics: “Biorobotics for Personal Assistance – Translational Research and Opportunities for Human-Centered Developments”
Abstract: The seminar will focus on the opportunities and challenges offered by the digital transformation of healthcare which was accelerated in the COVID-19 Pandemia. In this framework rehabilitation and social […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Reactive Planning with Legged Robots in Unknown Environments”
Unlike the problem of safe task and motion planning in a completely known environment, the setting where the obstacles in a robot’s workspace are not initially known and are incrementally […]
MEAM Seminar: “How to Make Your Ocean Smarter”
Our oceans drive worldwide weather-climate systems; our rivers serve as nutrient conduits; and our marine ecosystems house the largest repository of biodiversity and mineral resources on the planet. Humans have […]