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SUMMARY:ITI CAESAR Seminar: Devin Balkcom: "Robot Mechanisms and Models: 
 Fast Cars\, Robotic Origami Folding\, and Robust Assembly"
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DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT:This talk will present the exact optimal trajectorie
 s for a class of mobile robot\, movies of the first origami-folding robo
 t\, instructions on how to fold paper grocery bags\, and\, time permitti
 ng\, algorithms that allow robust assembly even without sensors. The mod
 els are simple\, many of the results are geometric\, and the talk should
  be accessible to a general audience.The unifying theme of these project
 s is a focus on the interface between robots and the physical world. Thi
 s focus can enable good engineering -- for example\, factory assembly to
 ols and techniques that are robust in spite of known model or sensor err
 or. Task models also allow study of fundamental scientific questions. Ho
 w difficult is a physical task\, in terms of required resources such as 
 time\, degrees of freedom\, energy\, and computation? What are the limit
 s of human and robotic locomotion and manipulation skills? When is an im
 perfect model of a task good enough?
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LOCATION:141 Coordinated Science Laboratory
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER:japplequ@illinois.edu
URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/442?key=200001012000010158220
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