BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//128.220.36.25//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Laboratory for Computational Sensing + Robotics X-WR-CALDESC: X-FROM-URL:https://lcsr.jhu.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12632@lcsr.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T152040Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Ashley Moriarty\; amoriar2@jhu.edu\; https://wse.zoom.us/s/94623801 186 DESCRIPTION:
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Abstract:
\nLocomotion in living systems and bio-inspired r obots requires the generation and control of oscillatory motion. While a c ommon method to generate motion is through modulation of time-dependent “c lock” signals\, in this talk we will motivate and study an alternative met hod of oscillatory generation through autonomous limit-cycle systems. Limi t-cycle oscillators for robotics have many desirable properties including adaptive behaviors\, entrainment between oscillators\, and potential simpl ification of motion control. I will present several examples of the genera tion and control of autonomous oscillatory motion in bio-inspired robotics . First\, I will describe our recent work to study the dynamics of wingbea t oscillations in “asynchronous” insects and how we can build these behavi ors into micro-aerial vehicles. In the second part of this talk I will des cribe how limit-cycle gait generation in collective robots can enable swar ms to synchronize their movement through contact and without communication . More broadly in this talk I hope to motivate why we should look to auton omous dynamical systems for designing and controlling emergent locomotor b ehaviors in bio-inspired robotics.
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Biography:
\nDr. Nick Gravish received his PhD from Georgia Tech where h e used robots as physical models to motivate and study aspects of biologic al locomotion. During his post-doc Gravish worked in the microrobotics lab of Rob Wood at Harvard\, where he gained expertise in designing and study ing insect-scale robots. Gravish is currently an assistant professor at UC San Diego in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department. His lab bridges the gap between bio-inspiration\, biomechanics\, and robotics\, t owards the development of new bio-inspired robotic technologies to improve the adaptability and resilience of mobile robots.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T130000 LOCATION:https://wse.zoom.us/s/94623801186 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:LCSR Seminar: Nick Gravish “Design and control of emergent oscillat ions for flapping-wing flyers and synchronizing swarms” URL:https://lcsr.jhu.edu/events/nick-gravish/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR