Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Program (RISS) Lunch Workshop
By Invitation Only - Weekly lunch workshop for all RISS students.
High-Fidelity Perceptual Representations via Hierarchical Gaussian Mixture Models
Event Location: NSH 1507Bio: Shobhit Srivastava is an M.S. student in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Prof. Nathan Michael. The primary focus of his research is to enable high-fidelity and efficient multimodal environment modeling on mobile autonomous systems to enable efficient inference with respect to the environment. He previously received his [...]
Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Program (RISS) Lunch Workshop
By Invitation Only - Weekly lunch workshop for all RISS students.
State Estimation and Localization for ROV-Based Reactor Pressure Vessel Inspection Using a Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Timothy E. Lee is a M.S. in Robotics graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Prof. Nathan Michael. Timothy's field robotics research seeks to enable robust, efficient, and autonomous inspection of critical infrastructure. Specifically, he is working towards improving the efficiency of nuclear power by enabling camera-based navigation of underwater [...]
2017 Robotics Institute Administrative Support Staff Retreat
By Invitation Only - Please save the date and plan to join us for the Robotics Institute Staff Retreat to be held Friday, August 4, 2017. More information for the day meeting agenda will follow once it becomes available.
Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Poster Session and Research Showcase
Come celebrate with the scholars. Refreshments will be served. Many thanks to RISS mentors, partners, and sponsors for making this undergraduate research program possible.
Discovering and Leveraging Visual Structure for Large-scale Recognition
Abstract: Our visual world is extraordinarily varied and complex, but despite its richness, the space of visual data may not be that astronomically large. We live in a well-structured, predictable world, where cars almost always drive on roads, sky is always above the ground, and so on. As humans, the ability to learn this structure [...]
Detecting and Grasping Sorghum Stalks in Outdoor Occluded Environments
Event Location: GHC 6501Bio: Merritt Jenkins is an M.S. student in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Dr. George Kantor. Merritt's field robotics research focuses on perception and intelligent manipulation of plants in outdoor environments, enabling plant breeders and geneticists to make better-informed breeding decisions. Prior to CMU, Merritt received a B.E. [...]
Adaptive Spectroscopic Exploration Driven by Science Hypotheses for Geologic Mapping
Event Location: NSH 1507Bio: Alberto Candela Garza is an M.S. in Robotics student at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Prof. David Wettergreen. Alberto is affiliated to the Field Robotics Center and is interested in science autonomy for planetary rovers. Prior to CMU, Alberto received a B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering [...]