Calendar of Events
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Student Talks
Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Program (RISS) Lunch Workshop
Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Program (RISS) Lunch Workshop
By Invitation Only - Weekly lunch workshop for all RISS students.
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Field Robotics Center Seminar
Timothy Lee
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 [...]
Special Events
2017 Robotics Institute Administrative Support Staff Retreat
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.
1 event,
Student Talks
Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Poster Session and Research Showcase
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.
1 event,
PhD Thesis Defense
Abhinav Shrivastava
Carnegie Mellon University
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 [...]
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Field Robotics Center Seminar
Merritt Jenkins
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. [...]
Field Robotics Center Seminar
Alberto Candela Garza
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 [...]
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PhD Thesis Defense
Venkatraman Narayanan
Carnegie Mellon University
Deliberative Perception
Abstract: A recurrent and elementary robot perception task is to identify and localize objects of interest in the physical world. In many real-world situations such as in automated warehouses and assembly lines, this task entails localizing specific object instances with known 3D models. Most modern-day methods for the 3D multi-object localization task employ scene-to-model feature [...]
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Field Robotics Center Seminar
Simon Schopferer
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Research on Safe Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft at DLR (German Aerospace Center)
Event Location: NSH 1109Bio: Simon is a visitor from DLR (German Aerospace Center), Institute of Flight Systems. He studied aeronautical engineering at TU Braunschweig and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. The focus of his research is on path planning for unmanned aircraft in low-level mission scenarios. His research interests also include unmanned aircraft design, simulation […]