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Making use of visual display technology and human-robotic interfaces, many researchers have illustrated various opportunities to distort visual and physical realities. We have had success with…
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James L. Patton Date
04/24/2019
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Recent issues with the Boeing 737-MAX point to challenges in software engineering and the algorithms that the software must implement. However, the 737-MAX is a microcosm of several other problems…
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Cody Fleming Date
04/10/2019
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We, as robot engineers, have to think hard about our role in the design of robots and how it interacts with learning, both in “the factory” (that is, at engineering time) and in…
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Leslie Kaelbling Date
03/27/2019
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There is a perceivable trend for robots to serve as networked mobile sensing platforms that are able to collect data in aquatic environments in unprecedented ways. We argue that the effective…
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Fumin Zhang Date
03/06/2019
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Mason will discuss a rambling mashup of topics in robotic manipulation, manipulation by apes and humans, early research on manipulation in the blocks world, more recent research motivated by…
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Matthew T. Mason Date
02/20/2019
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A goal of interactive machine learning (IML) is to create robots or intelligent agents that can be easily taught how to perform tasks by individuals with no specialized training. To achieve that…
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Karen Feigh Date
02/06/2019
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While robots dominate repetitive works in factories, the design and control of these robots are not suitable for relatively complex tasks that humans do easily. These tasks typically require force…
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Sangbae Kim Date
01/23/2019
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In robotics and computer vision, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and structure from motion (SFM) are important and closely related problems. I will review how SLAM, SFM, and other…
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Frank Dellaert Date
01/09/2019
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Robotic therapy refers now to a diverse set of technologies and algorithms that can match or improve the clinical benefits achievable with conventional rehabilitation therapies after stroke and other…
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David J. Reinkensmeyer Date
11/28/2018
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Following the seminal work of Nesterov, accelerated optimization methods (sometimes referred to as momentum methods) have been used to powerfully boost the performance of first-order, gradient-based…
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Anthony J. Yezzi biography
Anthony J. Yezzi was born in Gainesville, Florida and grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He obtained both his Bachelor's degree and his Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota with minors in mathematics and music. Date
10/24/2018
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The human hand is the pinnacle of dexterity – it has the ability to powerfully grasp a wide range of object sizes and shapes as well as delicately manipulate objects held within the fingertips.…
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Aaron M. Dollar biography
Aaron M. Dollar is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Yale University. Date
10/10/2018
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Is it great fortune or a curse to do legged robotics on a university campus that has Maya Lin’s earthen sculpture, The Wave Field? Come to the talk and find out!Our work on model-based feedback…
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Jessy W. Grizzle biography
Jessy W. Grizzle is currently a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, where he holds the titles of the Elmer Gilbert Distinguished University Professor and the Jerry and Carol Levin Professor of Engineering. Date
09/26/2018
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Robots generally excel at specific tasks in structured environments, but lack the versatility and adaptability required to interact with and locomote within the natural world. To increase versatility…
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Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio biography
Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Yale University. Date
09/12/2018
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This talk will define and motivate the problem of robotic vision, the challenges as well as recent progress at the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision. This includes component technologies such as…
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Peter Corke biography
Peter Corke is a distinguished professor of robotic vision at Queensland University of Technology and director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision. His research is concerned with enabling robots to see and the application of robots to mining, agriculture, and environmental monitoring. Date
08/29/2018
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Reinforcement learning and imitation learning have seen success in many domains, including autonomous helicopter flight, Atari, simulated locomotion, Go, robotic manipulation. However, sample…
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Pieter Abbeel Date
08/20/2018
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The stiffness of propulsive appendages, such as feet and fins, is important in locomotory function. In this talk, I show that curvature-induced stiffness is the common principle underlying the…
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Madhusudhan Venkadesan Date
04/11/2018
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