Material-integrated Intelligence for Robot Autonomy
Event details
| Date | 22.06.2016 |
| Hour | 11:00 |
| Speaker |
Nikolaus Correll Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado |
| Location |
GC B1 10
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract :
Advances in miniature electronics, distributed algorithms and manufacturing technology have enabled a new generation of smart composites that tightly integrate sensing, actuation, computation and communication. Such “robotic materials” are inspired by multi-functional natural structures such as the skin of the cuttlefish that can change its color and patterning, bird wings that can change their shape, or the human skin that provides tactile sensing at high dynamic range. I will describe a series of recent results that best illustrate the benefits of material integrated computation: high-bandwidth sensing for texture recognition and localization in artificial skins, distributed optimization for controlling shape change, distributed classification for recognizing gestures drawn onto a modular facade, and feedback control of soft robotic actuators. I will then describe current challenges in robotic grasping and manipulation, and demonstrate how robotic materials can provide critical sensing and control during a series of manipulation tasks with applications to warehouse automation, manufacturing and lab automation.
Biography :
Nikolaus Correll is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder with courtesy appointments in Aerospace, Electrical and Materials Engineering. Nikolaus obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering from ETH Zurich in 2003 with visits at Lund Tekniska Hogskola, Sweden, and Caltech, and earned a PhD in Computer Science from EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2007 working with Alcherio Martinoli. He did a post-doc at MIT CSAIL from 2007-2009.
Nikolaus is the recipient of a 2012 NSF CAREER award and a 2012 NASA Early Career Faculty Fellowship.
Advances in miniature electronics, distributed algorithms and manufacturing technology have enabled a new generation of smart composites that tightly integrate sensing, actuation, computation and communication. Such “robotic materials” are inspired by multi-functional natural structures such as the skin of the cuttlefish that can change its color and patterning, bird wings that can change their shape, or the human skin that provides tactile sensing at high dynamic range. I will describe a series of recent results that best illustrate the benefits of material integrated computation: high-bandwidth sensing for texture recognition and localization in artificial skins, distributed optimization for controlling shape change, distributed classification for recognizing gestures drawn onto a modular facade, and feedback control of soft robotic actuators. I will then describe current challenges in robotic grasping and manipulation, and demonstrate how robotic materials can provide critical sensing and control during a series of manipulation tasks with applications to warehouse automation, manufacturing and lab automation.
Biography :
Nikolaus Correll is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder with courtesy appointments in Aerospace, Electrical and Materials Engineering. Nikolaus obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering from ETH Zurich in 2003 with visits at Lund Tekniska Hogskola, Sweden, and Caltech, and earned a PhD in Computer Science from EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2007 working with Alcherio Martinoli. He did a post-doc at MIT CSAIL from 2007-2009.
Nikolaus is the recipient of a 2012 NSF CAREER award and a 2012 NASA Early Career Faculty Fellowship.
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