MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES: Biologically Inspired Robots
Professor Hod Lipson
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Cornell University
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
4:30 pm
B17 Upson Hall
Refreshments: 4:15 pm, Upson Lounge
ABSTRACT
Robotic systems are of growing interest both because of their many practical applications as well as their ability to help understand human and animal behavior, cognition, and physical performance. Though industrial robots have long been used for repetitive tasks in structured environments, one of the long-standing challenges is achieving robust and adaptive performance under uncertainty. This talk will examine two approaches for achieving adaptation in robotic systems: one involves adaptation of behavior, based on the notion of self-modeling; the second approach involves adaptation of morphology, from reconfiguring to self-repairing systems.