Talks
Multi-Contact Collisions are Surprisingly SmoothSeminar talk in Technion (2023) |
Multi-legged Slipping is Simpler Than You ThinkSeminar talk in UPenn (2022) |
Learning Locomotion the Easy WaySeminar talk in Technion (2022) |
How walking is a lot like slitheringSeminar talk in Umich EEB department (2022) |
BigANTOften, the time, cost, required tooling, and technical expertise associated with the design and fabrication of mechanical components often inhibit the prototyping of robots. To address this issue, we have developed BigANT -- a robot with chasis built from less than $20! |
Facing the Unknown, with RobotsIs there anyway we can prepare to face the unknown? Can we develop robots that are fluid in function? |
Designing Robots that Assemble and AdaptWhat happens when you send a rolling robot out for a mission, and it turns out they need legs instead? |
Hands-On RoboticsRobots are real, physical devices. The theory is there because generations of engineers have discovered that the quantitative modeling and control of robots requires this theory. Of course they may have been wrong; there may be a better way; a more innovative way. When building physical devices, the final arbiter of correctness is success at performing the desired task, together with the accumulation of knowledge that allows us to do even better next time. |
From running roaches to robotsU-M engineers are analyzing the reflexes of cockroaches to aid in developing steadier robots. Professor Shai Revzen is recording the reaction of running cockroaches being shoved sideways, discovering that their body kicks in before their dawdling nervous system can tell it what to do. These new insights on how biological systems stabilize could one day help engineers design steadier robots and improve doctors' understanding of human gait abnormalities. |