RI Seminar
Lining Yao
Assistant Professor
Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), Carnegie Mellon University

Robotic Morphing Matter

1305 Newell Simon Hall

Abstract: Morphing matter harnesses the programmability in material structures and compositions to achieve transformative behaviors and integrates sensing, actuation, and computation to create adaptive and responsive material systems. These material systems can be leveraged to design soft robots, self-assembling furniture,  adaptive fabrics, and self-folding foods. In this talk, Lining presents the recent works in the [...]

PhD Thesis Proposal
Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University

Robust Active SLAM for Real-time Large-scale Indoor Dense 3D Reconstruction

GHC 4405

Abstract: Real-time dense 3D reconstruction of indoor environments has been a popular research field due to its wide application, such as inspection, virtual / augmented reality (VR/AR), and service robotics. While many state-of-the-art algorithms are capable of reconstructing accurate 3D dense models in general indoor scenes, robustness is still an unsolved problem for all of [...]