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Towards Simulation-Based Computational Synthesis of Robot Behaviors and Structures
Event Location: 1305 Newell-Simon HallBio: Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta is a Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is also director of the Maryland Robotics Center. Prior to joining the University of Maryland, he was a Research Scientist in the Robotics Institute at [...]
Map-Merging-Free Connectivity Positioning for Distributed Robot Teams
Event Location: GHC 2109Bio: Somchaya Liemhetcharat is a Ph.D. student at the Robotics Institute, under Prof. Manuela Veloso. He is interested in multi-robot coordination, in particular the areas of information sharing, role assignment and modeling of capabilities.Abstract: We consider a set of static towers with communication capabilities, but not within range of each other due [...]
Robots, Slime, Propane, and Other Ways to Make Strange Musical Instruments
Event Location: 1305 Newell Simon HallBio: Eric Singer is a musician, artist, engineer and programmer and the Founder and Director of LEMUR. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon; a Diploma in Music Synthesis (Magna Cum Laude) from Berklee College of Music; and an MS in Computer Science from New York University. [...]
Robotics: Pathways to Transformative Research
Bio: Prof. Paul Oh is the Associate Department Head at Drexel's Mechanical Engineering Department. He received mechanical engineering degrees from McGill (B.Eng 1989), Seoul National (M.Sc 1992), and Columbia (PhD 1999). Honors include faculty fellowships at NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (2002), Naval Research Lab (2003), the NSF CAREER award (2004), the SAE Ralph Teetor Award [...]
AEGIS Automated Targeting for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission
Bio: Dr. Estlin is a senior member of the Artificial Intelligence Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She has over 10 years of experience in developing spacecraft autonomy software. A primary goal of these efforts is to support onboard sequencing and opportunistic science handling for future rover missions. She is currently leading the AEGIS Project, [...]