All Robotics Engineering colloquia are from 2:00 PM until 3:00 PM on Fridays throughout the academic year, unless otherwise stated. Potential and actual colloquium speakers should speak to the RBE Colloquium Committee for answers to typical questions about their visit. The Colloquium Coordinators for the 2021-2022 academic year are Professors Zhi (Jane) Li, Carlo Pinciroli, and Loris Fichera.
The schedule below is tentative and subject to change. Please check this page for the most up-to-date schedule.
Previous RBE Colloquiums
-
Spring 2021 Series
Spring 2021 Date Speaker Affiliation Presentation Jan. 29, 2021 Dr. Haichong (Kai) Zhang, Dr. Yihao Zheng, and Dr. Gregory Fischer WPI Robotics and COVID-19 Feb. 5, 2021 Dr. Rui Liu Kent State University, Ohio AI-Powered Cognition Modeling for Failure-Resilient Human-Robot Collaboration Feb. 12, 2021 Dr. Dan Sameoto University of Alberta From Soft Robotics to Morphing Matter: Applications for Advanced Multi-material 3D Printing FORW-RD Thinking Seminar Series
Feb. 19, 2021
Dr. Arash Ajoudani Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) Anticipatory Control of Human-Robot Interation: Towards Enabling Flexible and Agile Work Practices FORW-RD Thinking Seminar Series
Mar. 5, 2021
Dr. Kris Dorsey Picker Engineering Program, Smith College Challenges and Opportunities in Designing Tunable, Soft Mechanical Sensors WPI IEEE RAS Student Chapter presents
Mar. 12, 2021
Gokul Narayanan Sathya Narayanan WPI Alumni Need for the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Technologies in the Age of Pandemic Mar. 26, 2021 Dr. Ryosuke Tsumura WPI Be Free from Limitations with Robotics Technology WPI IEEE RAS Student Chapter presents
Apr. 2, 2021
Dr. Adnan Munawar John Hopkins University A Framework for Surgical Robot Simulation -
Fall 2020 Series
Fall 2020 Date Speaker Affiliation Presentation Sept. 4, 2020 Dr. Yihao Zheng Mechanical Engineering, WPI Biomedical Manufacturing Innovation and Robotic Implementation
Sept. 11, 2020 Dr. Markus Nemitz Robotics Engineering, WPI Robotic Materials: Merging the Worlds of Hard and Soft Robotics Sept. 18, 2020 Dr. Dimitrios Kanoulas Computer Science, University College London Sept. 25, 2020 Mr. Roy Kornbluh Robotics Laboratory, SRI International Active Materials for Robotics: What High Voltage Can Do for You
Oct. 2, 2020 The FORW-RD Thinking Seminar Series Presents:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Claflin University Oct. 9, 2020 Dr. Alessandra Sciutti Cognitive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies (CONTACT) Unit, Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia Cognitive Robotics for Human-Robot Interaction Oct. 16, 2020 Robotics Engineering Graduate Students Research presentations RBE PhD Students: Yinan Sun & Alex J. Chiluisa Oct. 23, 2020 Dr. Tichakom (Nok) Wongpiromsarn Computer Science, Iowa State University Formal Methods for Control Synthesis of Autonomous Systems
Oct. 30, 2020 Dr. Heiko Hamann University of Lubeck, Germany Minimize Surprise in Robots: An Innate Motivation for Collective Behavior
Nov. 6, 2020 Dr. Vito Trianni Italian National Research Council Nov. 13, 2020 Dr. Angela Faragasso University of Tokyo, Japan Nov. 20, 2020 Dr. Cyrills Stachniss University of Bonn With Agricultural Robots Towards Sustainable Crop Production
Dec. 4, 2020 Dr. Dylan Shell Texas A&M University Dec. 11, 2020 Dr. Dave Seltz RTI -
Spring 2020 Series
Spring 2020 Date Speaker Affiliation Presentation Jan. 17, 2020
Dr. Megan Chrobak Boston Scientific The Boston Scientific Approach to Competing with Robotics Jan. 24, 2020 Dr. Markus P. Nemitz Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitesides Research Group at Harvard University From Silicon to Silicone: Merging the Worlds of Hard and Soft Robotics Jan. 31, 2020 Dr. Xiangrui Zeng Robotics Engineering, WPI Data-Enhanced Automotive Intelligent Control and Active Route Planning Feb. 7, 2020 Lifeng Zhou Virginia Tech Resilient and Risk-Aware Multi-Robot Coordination Feb. 10, 2020 Dr. Paul Reverdy Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona Decision Making in Physical Contexts: From Human Supervisors to Autonomous Robots Feb. 14, 2020 Dr. Marko B. Popovic Physics, Biomedical, and Robotics Engineering, WPI Wearable, Bioinspired Robots, and Universal Manipulation Feb. 21, 2020 Mr. Kevin Harrington Robotics Engineering, WPI BowlerStudio: A Robotics Integrated Development Environment Feb. 28, 2020 Dr. Loris Fichera Robotics Engineering, WPI Combining robotics and machine intelligence to enable advanced treatment modalities in the head and neck Mar. 6, 2020 Dr. Akin Tatoglu Mechanical Engineering, University of Hartford Probabilistic Methodologies for Autonomous Mobile Robot Localization and Agile Motion Control
-
Fall 2019 Series
Fall 2019 Date Speaker Affiliation Presentation Aug. 30, 2019
RBE Graduate Students
Robotics Engineering, WPI
What did I do this summer?
Sept. 6, 2019
Robotics Engineering, WPI
Spoofing a positioning feedback system and other cruel tricks to play on students
Sept. 13, 2019
Joyce Sidopoulos MassRobotics
Sensor Fusion Challenge Info Session
Sept. 20, 2019
Computer Science, Northeastern University
Deictic action representations for robotic manipulation
Sept. 27, 2019
Dr. Ryosuke Tsumura
Robotics Engineering, WPI
A Role of Robotics Technology in Medical Applications
Oct. 4, 2019
Mechanical Engineering Department, Boston University
Intelligent, Safe, and Dynamic Multiagent Systems
Nov. 1, 2019
Dr. Val Schmidt
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, UNH
Autonomous Vehicles for Ocean Mapping - A Decade of Experience
Nov. 8, 2019
Khoury College of Computer Science, Northeastern University
Abstraction in robotics
Nov. 15, 2019
Dr. Pierre E. Dupont
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Building Medical Robots and Devices inside a Hospital
Nov. 22, 2019
California State University, Long Beach
Human Movement Understanding for Intelligent Robots and Systems
Dec. 6, 2019
Dr. Daniel Flickinger
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Unique Challenges in VTOL Autonomy
Dec. 13, 2019
Jie Fang
Mechanical Engineering, WPI
Interactive Route-Planning and Mobile Sensing with a Team of Multiple Robotic Vehicles in an Unknown Environment