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SUMMARY:MechE Colloquium: Reconfigurable Robots for Soft Interactions
DTSTART:20210427T121500
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Jamie Paik\, Reconfigurable Robotics Laboratory (RRL)\, 
 EPFL School of Engineering (STI)\, Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IG
 M)\nNote: this is a live-only event (no record will be available afterward
 ).\n\nAbstract:\nA truly ubiquitous environment is where human-machine int
 eractions are intuitive\, reliable\, and compatible. This requires an inte
 lligent platform that is versatile and adaptable to evolving tasks and dyn
 amic environments. While there are extensive efforts in addressing this ch
 allenge through massive data and learning algorithms\, there is yet to be 
 a cohesive solution to improve the actual physical interaction. Recent dev
 elopments in soft robots with their unconventional material-based solution
 s and modular robots with a multitude of configurations propose possible a
 venues to extend the capacities of robotics. This talk will highlight the 
 recent progress in soft-material robots and reconfigurable origami robots 
 that aim at achieving comprehensive solutions toward diverse "softer" huma
 n-robot applications.\n\nBio:\nProf. Jamie Paik is director and founder of
  Reconfigurable Robotics Lab (RRL) of Swiss Federal Institute of Technolog
 y (EPFL) and a core member of Swiss National Centers of Competence in Rese
 arch (NCCR) Robotics consortium. RRL’s research leverages expertise in m
 ulti-material fabrication and smart material actuation toward unique robot
 ic platforms. At Harvard University’s Microrobotics Laboratory\, she sta
 rted developing unconventional robots that push the physical limits of mat
 erial and mechanisms. Her latest research effort is in soft robotics and s
 elf-morphing Robogami (robotic origami). Robogamis transforms autonomously
  its planar shape to 2D or 3D by folding in predefined patterns and sequen
 ces\, just like the paper art\, origami. Soft material robots and robogami
 s are designed to be interactive with the users and their environments thr
 ough both innate and active reconfigurations. Such characteristics of the 
 RRL’s robots have direct applications in medical\, automobile\, space\, 
 and wearable robots. While this novel technology has been published in mul
 tiple academic journals such as in Soft Robotics Journal\, IEEE Transactio
 ns in Robotics\, Nature\, and Science\, RRL’s spin-off\, Foldaway-Haptic
 s\, has pushed the boundaries of the industrial applications of these robo
 ts as seen in TED conference 2019. The latest robogami is part of Mercedes
 ' 2020 concept car\, Avatar\, presented during CES 2020.
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/82207717593
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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