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SUMMARY:Human Autonomy through Robotics Autonomy
DTSTART:20190227T130000
DTEND:20190227T140000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Brenna Argall Professor of Electrical Engineering and Co
 mputer Science\, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation\, and Mechanical Eng
 ineering\, Northwestern University\, IL\, USA and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab 
 (former Rehablitation Institute of Chicago)\, Chicago\, IL\, USA\nIt is a 
 paradox that often the more severe a person's motor impairment\, the more 
 assistance they require and yet the less able they are to operate the very
  assistive machines created provide this assistance. A primary aim of my l
 ab is to address this confound by incorporating robotics autonomy and inte
 lligence into assistive machines---to offload some of the control burden f
 rom the user. Robots already synthetically sense\, act in and reason about
  the world\, and these technologies can be leveraged to help bridge the ga
 p left by sensory\, motor or cognitive impairments in the users of assisti
 ve machines. However\, here the human-robot team is a very particular one:
  the robot is physically supporting or attached to the human\, replacing o
 r enhancing lost or diminished function. In this case getting the allocati
 on of control between the human and robot right is absolutely essential\, 
 and will be critical for the adoption of physically assistive robots withi
 n larger society. This talk will overview some of the ongoing projects and
  studies in my lab\, whose research lies at the intersection of artificial
  intelligence\, rehabilitation robotics and machine learning. We are worki
 ng with a range of hardware platforms\, including smart wheelchairs and as
 sistive robotic arms. A distinguishing theme present within many of our pr
 ojects is that the machine automation is customizable---to a\nuser's uniqu
 e and changing physical abilities\, personal preferences or even financial
  means.\n 
LOCATION:ME B3 31 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room=MEB331
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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