Hadas Kress-Gazit, Cornell University 1/24/18 Getting a robot to perform a complex task, for example completing the DARPA Robotics Challenge, typically requires a team of...
Susan Fussell and Elijah Webber-Han 1/31/18 Mobile Robotic (Tele)Presence (MRP) systems are a promising technology for distance interaction because they provide both...
Panel, Cornell University 2/7/18 Panelists: Keith Evan Green, Kirstin Hagelskjaer Petersen, Guy Hoffman, Rob Shepherd and François Guimbretière As panelists, we will...
Bo Fu, Cornell University 2/14/18 Solar sail is a type of spacecraft propelled by harvesting momentum from solar radiation Compared with spacecraft propelled by...
Guy Hoffman, Cornell University 2/21/18 In this informal meeting of the robotics seminar, we will do good on our promise to discuss the structure of the new(ish) Design Q...
Ross Knepper, Cornell University 2/28/18 A robot is an artificially intelligent machine that can sense, think, and act in the world It’s physical, embodied aspect sets a...
Andy Ruina 3/7/18 What actuators does a person or legged robot have available to help prevent falls Only ones that can more the relative horizontal position of the support...
Kirstin H Petersen, Cornell University 3/14/18 This Multi-Robot Mini Symposium will feature a series of brief talks by students and professors related to recent work on...
3/21/18 This week we will host a debate/discussion on some topics in robotics There is still time to contribute discussion questions...
Steve Supron, Maidbot 3/28/18 Steve Supron joined Maidbot as Manufacturing Lead during its incubation days over two years ago at REV Ithaca Micah Green, a former Cornellian...
Claudia Pérez D’Arpino, MIT 4/11/18 Abstract: The use of robots for complex manipulation tasks is currently challenged by the limited ability of robots to construct a...
Dr Girish Chowdhary, UIUC, Co-Founder EarthSense Inc 4/18/18 Abstract: What if a team of collaborative autonomous robots grew your food for you In this talk, I will...
Vignesh Vatsal, Cornell University 4/25/18 Human augmentations that can enhance a user’s capabilities in terms of strength, power, safety, and task efficiency have been...
Mark Campbell, Cornell University 5/2/18 Autonomous, self-driving cars have the potential to impact society in many ways, including taxi/bus service; shipping and delivery;...
Kalesha Bullard, Georgia Tech 5/9/18 Abstract: When a robotic agent is given a recipe for a task, it must perceptually ground each entity and concept within the recipe (eg,...
Ian Walker, Clemson University 8/30/17 This talk will provide an overview of research in biologically inspired continuous backbone “trunk and tentacle” continuum robots...
Robotics Faculty 9/5/17 Round-table discussion of current topics in robotics with faculty and students Coffee and cookies are...
Rob Shepherd 9/12/17 The liquid phase processing of polymers has been used in the last 100 years to produce items that vary in size and function from buoyant boat hulls to...
Hadas Kress-Gazit 9/19/17 Getting a robot to perform a complex task, for example completing the DARPA Robotics Challenge, typically requires a team of engineers who program...
Ross Knepper 9/26/17 Competence in pedestrian social navigation requires a robot to exhibit many strengths, from perceiving the intentions of others through social signals...
Andy Ruina 10/3/17 When viewed from the rear a bicycle looks like an inverted pendulum Where the wheels touch the ground, it has an effective hinge point So, if a bike...
Sue Fussell, Malte Jung, Guy Hoffman, Ross Knepper 10/24/17 Several faculty who study human-robot interaction present some of the best practices in HRI research HRI...
Hosted by Guy Hoffman 10/31/17 We will present lightning talks of human-robot-interaction themed papers that have been submitted this year to conferences such as HRI, CHI,...
Fernando Tubilla 11/7/17 Every day, Amazon picks, packs, and ships millions of customer orders from a network of fulfillment centers (FCs) spread all over the globe With...
Kevin O’Brien 11/14/17 In this talk I will present an Elastomeric Passive Transmission (EPT) which increases the maximum output force and actuation speed of tendon-driven...
Kirstin Peterson 11/21/17 I will discuss ongoing (and future) work related to a new project undertaken in the CEI-lab This involves integration of honey bees into...
Mike Duffy 11/28/17 The first aerospace revolution started in 1903 with the Wright brothers successful sustained powered flight, opening up the skies for manned flight The...
Ross Knepper 1/25/17 The robotics seminar series will be kicked off this semester with a community discussion about the seminar and how it can best fulfill the needs of the...
Will Thomason 2/8/17 The Robotic Personal Assistants Lab (RPAL) under PI Prof Knepper investigates technologies to make robots behave as peers in collaborative tasks with...