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pavan kumar
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Date: 21 February 2014 11:30
Subject: Invitation to a guest lecture on robotics (March 03, ED 103, 3:30 pm)
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From: krishna priya <paru...@gmail.com>
Date: 21 February 2014 11:30
Subject: Invitation to a guest lecture on robotics (March 03, ED 103, 3:30 pm)
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All Robotics enthusiasts,
Vijay Kumar is going to give a lecture. Here is a TED talk give by him : Ted talk : Robots that can fly
He is a real stud! You can learn a lot from the lecture :)Vijay Kumar is going to give a lecture. Here is a TED talk give by him : Ted talk : Robots that can fly
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Dear Students,
It is my pleasure to invite you to the following guest lecture on Monday, March 03, at the Department of Engineering Design. The speaker has expressed an interest to interact with the students after the talk, especially those willing to pursue a PhD in robotics.
Speaker : Prof. Vijay Kumar
UPS Foundation Professor
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
Title : Aerial Robot Swarms
Date : March 03, 2014
Time : 3:30-4:30 pm
Venue : ED 103 (Conference Hall), Ground Floor, Department of Engineering Design
Abstract
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Autonomous micro aerial robots can operate in three-dimensional, indoor and outdoor environments, with applications to search and rescue, first response and precision farming. I will provide an overview of our work, and describe the challenges in developing small, agile robots and our recent work in the areas of (a) control and planning, (b) state estimation and mapping, and (c) coordinating large teams of robots.
Brief biography of the speaker
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Dear Students,
It is my pleasure to invite you to the following guest lecture on Monday, March 03, at the Department of Engineering Design. The speaker has expressed an interest to interact with the students after the talk, especially those willing to pursue a PhD in robotics.
Speaker : Prof. Vijay Kumar
UPS Foundation Professor
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
Title : Aerial Robot Swarms
Date : March 03, 2014
Time : 3:30-4:30 pm
Venue : ED 103 (Conference Hall), Ground Floor, Department of Engineering Design
Abstract
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Autonomous micro aerial robots can operate in three-dimensional, indoor and outdoor environments, with applications to search and rescue, first response and precision farming. I will provide an overview of our work, and describe the challenges in developing small, agile robots and our recent work in the areas of (a) control and planning, (b) state estimation and mapping, and (c) coordinating large teams of robots.
Brief biography of the speaker
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VIJAY KUMAR is the UPS Foundation Professor with appointments in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Computer and Information Science, and Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
He is currently on sabbatical leave at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where he serves as the assistant director for robotics and cyber physical systems.
Dr. Kumar received his Bachelors of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1987. He has been on the Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics with a secondary appointment in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania since 1987.
Dr. Kumar served as the Deputy Dean for Research in the School of Engineering and Applied Science from 2000-2004. He directed the GRASP Laboratory, a multidisciplinary robotics and perception laboratory, from 1998-2004. He was the Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from 2005-2008. He then served as the Deputy Dean for Education in the School of Engineering and Applied Science from 2008-2012.
Dr. Kumar is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2003), a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(2005) and a member of the National Academy of Engineering (2013).
Dr. Kumar’s research interests: are in robotics, specifically multi-robot systems, and micro aerial vehicles. He has served on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics and the Springer Tract in Advanced Robotics (STAR).
He is the recipient of the 1991 National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator award, the 1996 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (University of Pennsylvania), the 1997 Freudenstein Award for significant accomplishments in mechanisms and robotics, the 2012 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Award, the 2012 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Service Award and a 2012 World Technology Network Award. He has won best paper awards at DARS 2002, ICRA 2004, ICRA 2011, RSS 2011, and RSS 2013, and has advised doctoral students who have won Best Student Paper Awards at ICRA 2008, RSS 2009, and DARS 2010.
VIJAY KUMAR is the UPS Foundation Professor with appointments in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Computer and Information Science, and Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
He is currently on sabbatical leave at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where he serves as the assistant director for robotics and cyber physical systems.
Dr. Kumar received his Bachelors of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1987. He has been on the Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics with a secondary appointment in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania since 1987.
Dr. Kumar served as the Deputy Dean for Research in the School of Engineering and Applied Science from 2000-2004. He directed the GRASP Laboratory, a multidisciplinary robotics and perception laboratory, from 1998-2004. He was the Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from 2005-2008. He then served as the Deputy Dean for Education in the School of Engineering and Applied Science from 2008-2012.
Dr. Kumar is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2003), a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(2005) and a member of the National Academy of Engineering (2013).
Dr. Kumar’s research interests: are in robotics, specifically multi-robot systems, and micro aerial vehicles. He has served on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics and the Springer Tract in Advanced Robotics (STAR).
He is the recipient of the 1991 National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator award, the 1996 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (University of Pennsylvania), the 1997 Freudenstein Award for significant accomplishments in mechanisms and robotics, the 2012 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Award, the 2012 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Service Award and a 2012 World Technology Network Award. He has won best paper awards at DARS 2002, ICRA 2004, ICRA 2011, RSS 2011, and RSS 2013, and has advised doctoral students who have won Best Student Paper Awards at ICRA 2008, RSS 2009, and DARS 2010.
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Krishna Priya
4th year B.tech,
Department of Chemical Engg.
IIT Madras
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Harish Guda
Feb 21, 2014, 11:51:11 AM2/21/14
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Hi all,
I strongly encourage all robotics enthusiasts to attend this lecture. Especially the ones who are planning to(or at least thinking of) app in the field of robotics(broadly speaking). He is an extremely stud guy and this could be a good way to find out about opportunities in the US(funding, jobs, etc.), and most importantly contis at the HIGHEST LEVEL.
-Harish Guda
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pavan kumar
Mar 2, 2014, 12:03:25 PM3/2/14
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Just a reminder for the talk
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