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SUMMARY:Material-integrated Intelligence for Robot Autonomy
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DESCRIPTION:Nikolaus Correll\nAssistant Professor at the University of Col
 orado\nAbstract :\nAdvances in miniature electronics\, distributed algorit
 hms and manufacturing technology have enabled a new generation of smart co
 mposites that tightly integrate sensing\, actuation\, computation and comm
 unication. Such “robotic materials” are inspired by multi-functional n
 atural structures such as the skin of the cuttlefish that can change its c
 olor and patterning\, bird wings that can change their shape\, or the huma
 n skin that provides tactile sensing at high dynamic range. I will describ
 e a series of recent results that best illustrate the benefits of material
  integrated computation: high-bandwidth sensing for texture recognition an
 d localization in artificial skins\, distributed optimization for controll
 ing shape change\, distributed classification for recognizing gestures dra
 wn onto a modular facade\, and feedback control of soft robotic actuators.
  I will then describe current challenges in robotic grasping and manipulat
 ion\, and demonstrate how robotic materials can provide critical sensing a
 nd control during a series of manipulation tasks with applications to ware
 house automation\, manufacturing and lab automation.\n\nBiography :\nNikol
 aus Correll is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the Universit
 y of Colorado at Boulder with courtesy appointments in Aerospace\, Electri
 cal and Materials Engineering. Nikolaus obtained a degree in Electrical En
 gineering from ETH Zurich in 2003 with visits at Lund Tekniska Hogskola\, 
 Sweden\, and Caltech\, and earned a PhD in Computer Science from EPFL in L
 ausanne\, Switzerland in 2007 working with Alcherio Martinoli. He did a po
 st-doc at MIT CSAIL from 2007-2009.\nNikolaus is the recipient of a 2012 N
 SF CAREER award and a 2012 NASA Early Career Faculty Fellowship.
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