{"626222":{"#nid":"626222","#data":{"type":"event","title":"AE Presents: \u0022Smart Mechanics for Intelligent Machines\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYou\u0026#39;re invited to attend the talk\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026quot;Smart Mechanics for Intelligent Machines\u0026quot;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eby\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProf. Anirban\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMazumdar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThursday, September 19\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003E3 - 4 PM\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EGuggenheim 442\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Talk\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMobile robots have the potential to revolutionize a range of important aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic missions.\u0026nbsp; While great advances have been made in autonomy and intelligent algorithms, the connection between physical form and intelligent behavior remains relatively unexplored.\u0026nbsp; The design of intelligent systems has often considered the \u0026ldquo;brains\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;muscles\u0026rdquo; as separate components that are developed independently of each other.\u0026nbsp; This can result in unreliable performance or conservative behaviors that fall far short of natural organisms.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOur team at Georgia Tech seeks to create autonomous systems with physical properties that are tailored to maximize the performance of intelligent algorithms.\u0026nbsp; Specifically, we are exploring how optimized geometry, adaptable shape, controllable impedance, and reflexive behaviors can inform new control and autonomy methods.\u0026nbsp; We call our approach \u0026ldquo;smart mechanics.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp; These principles can be incorporated into existing physical systems as peripheral modifications or used to generate \u0026ldquo;clean-sheet\u0026rdquo; designs.\u0026nbsp; As a result, new levels of maneuverability, energy efficiency, and performance can be achieved. In this talk, I will discuss some of our recent work on underwater maneuverability, legged and multimodal locomotion, and aerial manipulation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAnirban Mazumdar is an Assistant Professor at the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u0026nbsp; His research examines the connection between intelligent algorithms and physical behaviors.\u0026nbsp; He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007, 2009, and 2013 respectively.\u0026nbsp; Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was a Postdoctoral Appointee in the High Consequence Automation and Robotics group at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Mazumdar\u0026rsquo;s research examines principles for enhanced agility, versatility, and energy efficiency of mobile systems.\u0026nbsp; In particular, Dr. Mazumdar is interested in how electromechanical design, advanced feedback control, and intelligent behavior can be explored together in order to achieve superior performance.\u0026nbsp; An overarching theme of Dr. Mazumdar\u0026rsquo;s work is the idea of dynamic configurability: the capability of a mobile system to change its hardware configurations or software algorithms.\u0026nbsp; This ability can enable mobile systems to maximize their performance even in heterogeneous or dynamic environments.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Prof. Anirban Mazumdar will give a talk"}],"uid":"27836","created_gmt":"2019-09-16 16:41:18","changed_gmt":"2019-09-16 16:41:18","author":"Kathleen Moore","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-09-19T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2019-09-19T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-09-19T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-09-19 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-09-19 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-09-19 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}