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RI Seminar
Jorgen Pedersen
Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation
RE2 Robotics: from RI spinout to Acquisition
Abstract: It was July 2001. Jorgen Pedersen founded RE2 Robotics. It was supposed to be a temporary venture while he figured out his next career move. But the journey took an unexpected course. RE2 became a leading developer of mobile manipulation systems. Fast forward to 2022, RE2 Robotics exited via an acquisition to Sarcos Technology and [...]
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VASC Seminar
Rika Antonova
Stanford University
Enabling Self-sufficient Robot Learning
Abstract: Autonomous exploration and data-efficient learning are important ingredients for helping machine learning handle the complexity and variety of real-world interactions. In this talk, I will describe methods that provide these ingredients and serve as building blocks for enabling self-sufficient robot learning. First, I will outline a family of methods that facilitate active global exploration. [...]
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RI Seminar
David Fouhey
University of Michigan
Understanding the Physical World from Images
If I show you a photo of a place you have never been to, you can easily imagine what you could do in that picture. Your understanding goes from the surfaces you see to the ones you know are there but cannot see, and can even include reasoning about how interaction would change the scene. [...]
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VASC Seminar
Vasudevan (Vasu) Sundarababu
Centific
How Computer Vision Helps – from Research to Scale
Abstract: Vasudevan (Vasu) Sundarababu, SVP and Head of Digital Engineering, will cover the topic: ‘How Computer Vision Helps – from Research to Scale’. During his time, Vasu will explore how Computer Vision technology can be leveraged in-market today, the key projects he is currently leading that leverage CV, and the end-to-end lifecycle of a CV initiative - [...]