{"660422":{"#nid":"660422","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IRIM Fall Seminar Series | Representations for Effective Robot Planning","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch2\u003EIRIM Fall Seminar Series | Representations for Effective Robot Planning\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract: \u003C\/strong\u003E Complex robot tasks require a combination of abstractions and algorithms: discrete, geometric, dynamic, or probabilistic. Disconnected or implicit representations limit robots\u0026#39; ability to plan.\u0026nbsp; We identify integrated combinatorial and geometric needs to plan everyday tasks and develop an integrated task and motion planning system.\u0026nbsp; Then, we address a key challenge of implicit configuration space representations to explicitly identify feasible and infeasible motion.\u0026nbsp; In related projects, we use physics-based communication models to plan multi-robot networks, apply formal representations for human-robot interaction, and explore computationally efficient and robust kinematic representations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio: \u003C\/strong\u003E Neil T. Dantam is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Colorado School of Mines.\u0026nbsp; His research focuses on robot planning and manipulation.\u0026nbsp; Previously, Neil was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computer Science at Rice University working with Prof. Lydia Kavraki and Prof. Swarat Chaudhuri.\u0026nbsp; Neil received a Ph.D. in Robotics from Georgia Tech, advised by Prof. Mike Stilman, and B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHis research program is supported by the NSF, NASA, ARL, and ONR.\u0026nbsp; He has worked at iRobot Research and MIT Lincoln Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Featuring  Neil Dantam - Assistant Professor; School of Computer Science, Colorado School of Mines."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2022-08-23 16:10:36","changed_gmt":"2022-08-25 17:03:28","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-09-07T13:15:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2022-09-07T14:15:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-09-07T14:15:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-09-07 17:15:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-09-07 18:15:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-09-07 18:15:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188087","name":"go-irim"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"180622","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"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":""}}}