Seminar: Operations Research Techniques for Robotic Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, 11th March, 1p
When: Thursday 11th of March, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Dr Mehdi Foumani Title: Operations Research Techniques for Robotic Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems Abstract: In this presentation, we consider a scheduling-based optimisation of robotic automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) where a Cartesian robot (or automatic stacker …
Robotic Vision Summer School 2021
Sunday, Jan 31st – Friday, Feb 5th, 2021 For the first time ever, the Robotic Vision Summer School (RVSS) is running as a hybrid live / online event this year. Attendees wil join us online from around the world, and in-person at physical workshop nodes at Australian National University, Queensland University of Technology, Monash University, …
Seminar: Chantal Göttler, Center for Learning Systems / Max Planck Institutes / ETH Zürich, 10th Dec, 9a
When: Thurs 10th of Dec, 9a AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Chantal Göttler, Center for Learning Systems / Max Planck Institutes / ETH Zürich Title: Locomotion of spiders – What robotics can learn from them and vice versa Abstract: Bio-inspiration has become an established field in material and computer …
Seminar: Birth, Babies and Breastfeeding, 2nd Dec, 1p
When: Weds 2nd of Dec, 1p AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speakers: Dr Graham Brooker, Evie Deaker and Weirong Ge Title: Birth, Babies and Breastfeeding Abstract: This talk will focus on our development of an improved mechanical birth simulator that we have been developing primarily to teach obstetricians and midwives …
Seminar: Tim Bailey, 26th Nov, 1p
When: Thurs 26th of Nov, 1p AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Dr Tim Bailey Title: Adventures in Estimation; applying linear tools to nonlinear problems Abstract: This talk is about things I have learned over the past several years applying linear-Gaussian estimation methods to a variety of nonlinear problems. Some …
Salah Sukkarieh to present at IFRR Robotics Global Colloquium, 20th Nov, 9a
This Friday Prof Salah Sukkarieh will be presenting at the International Foundation of Robotics Research (IFRR) Robotics Global Colloquia. When: Fri 20th of Nov, 9a AEDT Where: Zoom Webinar https://zoom.us/j/96297232099Live questions and discussion via Slido: https://app.sli.do/event/zweecfxzIFRR event site: http://ifrr.org/robotics-and-agricultureThe talk will be recorded, and recordings of others in the series are available here: http://ifrr.org/robotics-global-colloquia Speaker: …
Seminar: Vivian Suzano Medeiros, CPTI/PUC-Rio, 19th Nov, 10a
The video for this talk is now available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ8_bFl9Ucg When: Thurs 19th of Nov, 10a AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Dr Vivian Suzano Medeiros, CPTI/PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro Title: Trajectory Optimization for Hybrid Wheeled-Legged Robots in Challenging Terrain Abstract: Wheeled-legged robots are an attractive solution for versatile locomotion …
Congratulations to Professor Stefan Williams for receiving a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Teaching and Research at The University of Sydney.
The Vice-Chancellors Awards are now in their fifth year. These awards celebrate the outstanding contributions of our academic and professional staff to teaching, research and service, leadership, mentorship, and industry and community engagement. Sixty individuals and teams from across the University have been recognised for their outstanding efforts through the 2020 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. …
Seminar: Helen Oleynikova, Microsoft Research Zürich, 12th Nov, 5p
The video for this talk is now available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5LPiUQHa6Q When: Thurs 12th of Nov, 5p AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Helen Oleynikova, Microsoft Mixed Reality and AI Lab, Zürich Title: Mixed Reality, Volumetric Mapping, and Robotics: Sharing Spaces with Robots Abstract: How do humans perceive the world? How should robots? …
Thesis Seminar: Philip Gun, 10th Nov, 1p
When: Tues 10th of Nov, 1p Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Philip Gun Supervisors: Andrew Hill, Robin Vujanic Title: Multi-vehicle trajectory planning on road networks Abstract: When multiple autonomous vehicles work in a shared space, such as in a surface mine or warehouse, they often travel along specified paths through …