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SUMMARY:Brown bag: Ross Knepper
DESCRIPTION:Title: Autonomous Assembly In a Human World\nSpeaker: Ross
	 Knepper\nAbstract: Fifty years ago\, robotic automation revolutionized
	 manufacturing. Modern factory robots\, like their quinquagenarian
	 counterparts\, require humans to keep away during operation. Safety
	 excludes the benefits of live human-robot interaction during the
	 assembly process. Instead\, interaction is restricted to tedious\,
	 inefficient\, offline programming. A new generation of safe robots
	 promises to permit humans to work side-by-side with machines\, yet the
	 technology still falls far short of human capabilities for many tasks.
	 To increase productivity\, we must reintroduce humans into assembly
	 automation and allow them to work closely with robots as peers in order
	 to leverage the best skills of both human and robot teammates. \n \nIn
	 this talk\, I present research in three technical themes necessary to
	 endow robots with the capabilities to work as peers with humans. The
	 first theme is cooperative motion\, including the ability to navigate
	 and manipulate among people in crowded and cluttered environments. The
	 second theme is cooperative manipulation. Broadly construed\, this
	 category includes the capabilities to interpret a part's or tool's
	 function from form\, reorient and attach parts together\, and assemble
	 complex objects. Tasks may require these capabilities to be realized as
	 an individual or collectively as a mixed human-robot team. The third
	 theme is cooperative communication. To work with others\, robots must be
	 able to understand a concept of group activity and anticipate future
	 actions. Robots must address humans' needs and allow humans to address
	 their needs. I present the theory\, algorithms\, mechanisms\, and
	 instrumentation that will enable a collaborative human-robot assembly
	 system.
LOCATION:Gates 122
UID:2014-09-23
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20140923T160000Z
DTEND:20140923T170000Z
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonathan Shi:http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~jshi/brownbag/
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