Special Talk
Assistant Professor
Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University

Composable Optimization for Robotic Motion Planning and Control

Newell-Simon Hall 4305

Abstract: Contact interactions are pervasive in real-world robotics tasks like manipulation and walking. However, the non-smooth dynamics associated with impacts and friction remain challenging to model, and motion planning and control algorithms that can fluently and efficiently reason about contact remain elusive. In this talk, I will share recent work from my research group that takes an “optimization-first” [...]