{"233931":{"#nid":"233931","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Robotics Seminar\u2013Neil Tardella","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis seminar will be held in the TSRB Banquet Hall from 12-1 p.m. and is open to the public.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENeil Tardella, CEO of Energid, presents \u0022Software-enabled Cost-effective Robotics\u0022 as part of the RIM Seminar Series.\u0026nbsp;Energid\u2019s CTO\u0026nbsp;James English and Takeshi Enowaki of\u0026nbsp;Mitsui \u0026amp; Co., one of Energid\u0027s joint venture partners,\u0026nbsp;will also contribute to the talk.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003ETraditional industrial robots are built for heavy payloads, high accuracy, and fast execution. Though these robots are well suited for many automation tasks, the next generation of robots will be smaller, lighter weight, easier to use, and more cost-effective. This talk will explore the ways Energid Technologies is advancing control and machine-vision software to compensate for limitations in lower-cost hardware. We will discuss a new lightweight kinematically redundant robot arm being developed through Energid subsidiary Robai that takes advantage of these software advances.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETardella Bio\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003ENeil Tardella is the chief executive officer at Energid and provides\u0026nbsp;leadership and strategic\u0026nbsp;direction for the company. Tardella\u0026nbsp;has spearheaded\u0026nbsp;commercial initiatives in the energy, medical, and low-cost robotics sectors. Prior to joining Energid, he held key R\u0026amp;D and management roles at Northrop Grumman Norden Systems, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, and Technology Service Corporation. Tardella\u0026nbsp;received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hartford and an M.S. in Computer Science from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis seminar will be held in the TSRB Banquet Hall from 12-1 p.m. and is open to the public.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENeil Tardella, CEO of Energid, presents \u0022Software-enabled Cost-effective Robotics\u0022 as part of the RIM Seminar Series.\u0026nbsp;Energid\u2019s CTO\u0026nbsp;James English and Takeshi Enowaki of\u0026nbsp;Mitsui \u0026amp; Co., one of Energid\u0027s joint venture partners,\u0026nbsp;will also contribute to the talk.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Neil Tardella of Energid presents \u0022Software-enabled Cost-effective Robotics.\u0022"}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2013-09-04 14:18:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:04:34","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-10-09T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-10-09T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-10-09T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-10-09 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-10-09 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-10-09 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"243571":{"id":"243571","type":"image","title":"Neil Tardella","body":null,"created":"1449243704","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:41:44","changed":"1475894919","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:39","alt":"Neil Tardella","file":{"fid":"197855","name":"tardella.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tardella_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tardella_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":10855,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tardella_0.jpg?itok=26nLDPAo"}}},"media_ids":["243571"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Robotics \u0026 Intelligent Machines"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.energid.com\/","title":"Energid Technologies"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"72821","name":"RIM Seminar Series"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"}],"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\u0026nbsp;Marketing Communications Mgr.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:josie@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejosie@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}