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Abstract: It is not an easy task to navigate through contorted and cramped environments and then manipulate the end-effector to enable invasive operations. Surgeons have done so by hand for decades; with tool makers able to sell to aerospace mechanics for similar operations. This presentation takes this idea a step further into the exciting journey...
Speaker 1: Ruby Hornsby (University of Leeds) Ruby Hornsby is a PhD student at The University of Leeds (Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied Center) studying the Ethics of Social Robotics. Her project focuses on addressing whether robots and humans can be friends with one another, and scrutinising ethical implications that might arise as robots increasingly become a...
Speaker 1: Alexia Toumpa (School of Computing, University of Leeds) Alexia is a final year PhD student within the School of Computing at the University of Leeds, supervised by Prof. Tony Cohn, and a Researcher at Procter & Gamble. Prior to that, she was a Junior Researcher at the lab of Advanced Robotics at the...
Abstract Robots operating in dynamic and unstructured environments must exhibit advanced forms of interaction with objects and humans. “Sense of Touch” in robots can play a fundamental role in enhancing perceptual, cognitive and operative capabilities of robots, specifically when they physically interact with objects and humans in the environment. Many solutions to design, engineer and...
Abstract: Human beings and other biological creatures navigate unpredictable and dynamic environments by combining compliant mechanical actuators (skeletal muscle) with neural control and sensory feedback. Abiotic actuators, by contrast, have yet to match their biological counterparts in their ability to autonomously sense and adapt their form and function to changing environments. We have shown that engineered...
Speaker 1: Margaret Rox (Mechanical Engineering Department, Vanderbilt University). Margaret Rox is a 6th year PhD candidate in Professor Bob Webster’s lab at Vanderbilt University (MEDLab). She has both a bachelor's and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, from Lipscomb University and Vanderbilt University, respectively (2016, 2021). She will be finishing her PhD in the...
Abstract: Concentric tube robots are comprised of telescoping precurved superelastic tubes. Their shape is controlled by rotating and translating the tubes with respect to each other at their base. With diameters of 1-4mm, they are well suited for minimally invasive medical applications. Invented just over a decade ago, the theory for designing, modeling and controlling...
Abstract: Departing from traditional types of robots, which are based on an arrangement of rigid link elements connected via joints, soft material robots are made of fundamentally different structures. With the increased interest in the use of soft materials for the creation of highly dexterous robots, soft material robotics has established itself as an important research...
Abstract Robotics and digital technologies have been changing the way we design and build. But the question today is no longer “What can we do with a robot?” but “How can we use robots for design and construction meaningfully leverage the potential of machines and algorithms to achieve more informed design and construction processes?” We...
Abstract This talk presents the exploration of new capabilities of robots through the development of new hardware and the building method. I will start with presenting how to approach making things in a bottom-up fashion: starting with bulk parts, let them form higher dimensional structures, up to 3D structures, and ultimately attain some level of...