How to make robots behave like animals in nature is the subject of a long exploration by robotics experts around the world. Dogs or cats don't put too much thought into how they move. They rely on instinct to adapt to the changes in nature, jumping up and down in complex terrain performing flexible movements. But this is not easy for intelligent robots, such as quadrupeds.
In a recent article published in The Scotsman, Professor Sethu Vijayakumar looks at the potential of robotics in healthcare and explains how the latest advancements might be used in the fight against cancers or lung damage brought on by Covid-19.
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The next IPAB Workshop will take place 04/02/2021 at 1pm via Blackboard Collaborate - Mohsen Kadem will be speaking. The link can be found in the cooresponding email.
Title: Towards robotic lung sampling in critically ill patients
Dr Francesco Giorgio-Serchi, one of our academics based at the University of Edinburgh, has a new publication out on Science Robotics. You can read it here!
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The next IPAB Workshop will take place 21/01/2021 at 1pm via Blackboard Collaborate. The link can be found in the original email.
Speaker:Vlad Ivan
Title: Persistent Homology for Warm-starting Optimal Control
Abstract: Shooting methods are an efficient approach to solving non-linear optimal control problems.
16.00 hours Keynote speaker - Alexandra Mousavizadeh
Alexandra Mousavizadeh is a Danish economist and partner at Tortoise Media in London and creator of The Responsibility100 Index and The Global AI Index. She specialises in index creation, using data to build indices that rank nations, companies and other entities on key social and technological issues.
16.45 hours Festive bake off competition
The next IPAB Workshop will take place 03/12/2020 at 1pm via Blackboard Collaborate - Michael Herrmann will be speaking. The link can be found in your emails.
Title: Explainability in Reinforcement Learning
Over 630 attendees logged in to watch the full interview between Marc Raibert, Founder and Chairman of Boston Dynamics and Professor Sethu Vijayakumar, and to interactively take part in the live online polls and Q&A session.
Boston Dynamics are leaders in some of the world’s most advanced robots including Spot, Atlas and Handle. The company specialises in robots which can reach inaccessible areas and are able to move more quickly to get the work done faster.