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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Thursday, January 28, 2021
11:00am to 12:00pm
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Representations vs Algorithms: Symbols and Geometry in Robotics
Nicholas Roy, Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Abstract: In the last few years, the ability for robots to understand and operate in the world around them has advanced considerably. Examples include the growing number of self-driving car systems, the considerable work in robot mapping, and the growing interest in home and service robots. However, one limitation is that robots most often reason and plan using very geometric models of the world, such as point features, dense occupancy grids and action cost maps. To be able to plan and reason over long length and timescales, as well as planning more complex missions, robots need to be able to reason about abstract concepts such as landmarks, segmented objects and tasks (among other representations). I will talk about recent work in joint reasoning about semantic representations and physical representations and what these joint representations mean for planning and decision making.

https://caltech.zoom.us/j/89816562818?pwd=UDY1QjRGN1kyYkdiQkdENXlVbWFnUT09

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