[Colloquium] TTIC Colloquium: Justin Werfel, Harvard

[Liv Leader]

REMINDER:


When:     Monday, October 24 @ 11 a.m.

Where:   TTIC Conference Room #526, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue, 5th Floor

Who:      Justin Werfel, Harvard

Title:      Collective Construction by Termites and Other Robots

The research goal of collective construction is to develop autonomous
multi-robot systems that build large-scale structures according to
user specifications.  I will discuss issues in the design of such
systems, and present TERMES, a system of climbing robots and passive
building blocks inspired by the construction activities of termites.
Robots act independently under decentralized control, using local
information, onboard sensing, and implicit coordination through
manipulation of a shared environment.  A user can specify a target
structure using a high-level representation, and robots follow simple
rules that guarantee the correct completion of that structure.  I will
close with a discussion of experimental studies of African termites,
aimed at better understanding their behaviors and how these affect the
structures they produce.

Host: Karen Livescu, klivescu at ttic.edu

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Liv Leader
Human Resources Coordinator

Toyota Technological Institute Chicago
6045 S Kenwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone- (773) 702-5033
Fax-     (773) 834-9881
Email-  lleader at ttic.edu <jam at ttic.edu>
Web-   www.ttic.edu
 <http://www.ttic.edu/>



-- 
Liv Leader
Human Resources Coordinator

Toyota Technological Institute Chicago
6045 S Kenwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone- (773) 702-5033
Fax-     (773) 834-9881
Email-  lleader at ttic.edu <jam at ttic.edu>
Web-   www.ttic.edu
<http://www.ttic.edu/>
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