{"172451":{"#nid":"172451","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Robotics and Intelligent Machines Center (RIM) Seminar-Alberto Rodriguez","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlberto Rodriguez, a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon\u0027s Robotics Institute, presents \u003Cem\u003EData-Driven Manipulation with a Simple Hand.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the next 10, 15, 20 years, society is going to look toward robotics for solutions to some of its big challenges: From improving the self-sufficiency and dignity of aging, to taking care of the next oil spill, passing through enabling cost-effective autonomous manufacturing, or actively supporting space and planetary exploration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ability to perform purposeful and reliable physical interaction is central to all these challenges. Unfortunately, our models of the mechanics of manipulation are usually based on simplifications and assumptions, which often fall short when applied to real problems and real scenarios. Enabling autonomous robotic manipulation in the real world requires to close the gap between models and reality, either by constructing more realistic models, or by quantifying the risk of failure of the inaccurate ones.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the first part of the talk I will show recent work in the Manipulation Lab on constructing data-driven probabilistic models for manipulation and haptic perception that enable deriving manipulation plans with accurate predictions of the probability of success. These models are constructed with extensive offline experiments. I will illustrate the process with the example tasks of placing an object, dropping it in a cavity, or inserting it in a hole.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the second part of the presentation I will talk about the most relevant aspects of the simple gripper used in the experiments, with an informed design that allows us to explore manipulation principles. In particular I will discuss our exploration of the problem of designing the shape of the fingers to satisfy some mechanical functionality. I will illustrate the technique with the example of designing the finger to improve the stability of a grasp.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EData-Driven Manipulation with a Simple Hand\u003C\/em\u003E by Alberto Rodriguez will be held in room 102 A \u0026amp; B in the MiRC Building from 12-1 p.m. The seminar is open to the public.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"RIM presents a special seminar on Data-Driven Manipulation with a Simple Hand."}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2012-11-20 17:38:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:01:22","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-11-26T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2012-11-26T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-11-26T11:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-11-26 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-11-26 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-11-26 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"172491":{"id":"172491","type":"image","title":"Alberto Rodriguez","body":null,"created":"1449178999","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:19","changed":"1475894814","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:54","alt":"Alberto Rodriguez","file":{"fid":"195762","name":"rodriguez_garcia_alberto.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rodriguez_garcia_alberto_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rodriguez_garcia_alberto_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66296,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rodriguez_garcia_alberto_0.jpg?itok=C6O35d8c"}}},"media_ids":["172491"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Robotics \u0026 Intelligent Machines"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cs.cmu.edu\/~albertor\/index.html","title":"Alberto Rodriguez"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"51071","name":"autonomous robotic manipulation"},{"id":"26741","name":"Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines"},{"id":"51061","name":"haptic perception"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"40321","name":"Robotics and Intelligent Machines Center (RIM)"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosie Giles\u003Cbr \/\u003ERIM Communications Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003Ejosie@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}