LCSR Seminar: Kapil Katyal “Robot Manipulation and Navigation Research at JHU/APL”

When:
November 2, 2022 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
2022-11-02T12:00:00-04:00
2022-11-02T13:00:00-04:00
Where:
Hackerman B17
Contact:
Ashley Moriarty

Link for Live Seminar

Link for Recorded seminars – 2022/2023 school year

 

Abstract:

This talk will describe the robotics and AI activities and projects within JHU/APL’s Research and Exploratory Development Department. I will present motivating challenge problems faced by various defense, military and medical sponsors across a number of government agencies. Further, I will highlight several research projects we are currently executing in the areas of robot manipulation, navigation and human robot interaction. Specifically, the projects will highlight areas including underwater manipulation, learned policies for off-road and complex terrain navigation, human robot interaction, heterogenous robot teaming, and fixed wing aerial navigation. Finally, I will present areas of future research and exploration and possible intersections with LCSR.

 

Bio:

Kapil Katyal is a principal researcher and robotics program manager in the Research and Exploratory Development Department at JHU/APL. He completed his PhD at JHU advised by Greg Hager on prediction and perception capabilities for robot navigation. He has worked at JHU/APL since 2007 on several projects spanning robot manipulation, brain machine interfaces, vision algorithms for retinal prosthetics and robot navigation in complex terrains. He holds 5 patents and has co-authored over 30 publications in areas of robotics and AI.

 

 

Laboratory for Computational Sensing + Robotics