Lecture by Professor Wyatt Newman, Hung Hing Ying Distinguished Visiting Professor in Science & Technology
Feb 19, 2014
Professor Wyatt Newman, Hung Hing Ying Distinguished Visiting Professor in Science & Technology, the University of Hong Kong, gave a lecture on February 19, 2014 titled “Progress and Challenges in Autonomous Robotics”.
This presentation reviews critical aspects of autonomous robotics. Like a biological creature, successful autonomous robots need to interpret and interact effectively with their environments. Requirements span: energy interactions (including mechanical assembly, manipulation of control devices, and use of power tools); learning interaction skills from demonstrations and from experience; mapping and interpreting environments; planning and replanning movements; moving through mapped and unmapped environments, including avoiding hazards and collisions with other dynamic entities; and responding appropriately to supervisory-level commands from humans. Examples had shown from manufacturing, autonomous vehicles, smart wheelchairs, tour guide robotics, surgical robots and humanoid robotics.
