Hi All, I'm pleased to announce that this week we will have an OSU Robotics seminar from Aaron Edsinger and Charlie Kemp of the mobile-manipulation company Hello Robot. (Dr. Kemp is also a professor at Georgia Tech). The seminar will be at 10am Pacific on Friday, November 12. ---- Drs. Edsinger and Kemp will be joining us remotely via Zoom, at https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/93958424124?pwd=bVlhZlRCbTFOaHIwZUx1R1h6d205Zz... ---- If you would like to attend the seminar in person with others at OSU, I will have LINC 302 (the seminar room for this term) set up for Prof. Koppal's presentation, using the new classroom Zoom capabilities. If you would prefer not to attend in person, but would like some unstructured interaction time with others in the OSU Robotics community, I encourage you to join the seminar's Gather space before or after the seminar, https://gather.town/app/HeC6WAB1zL6cKWp5/OSU%20Robotics%20Seminar =================== Title Hello Robot: Democratizing Mobile Manipulation Abstract Mobile manipulators have the potential to improve life for everyone, yet adoption of this emerging technology has been limited. To encourage an inclusive future, Hello Robot developed the Stretch RE1, a compact and lightweight mobile manipulator for research that achieves a new level of affordability. The Stretch RE1 and Hello Robot’s open approach are inspiring a community of researchers to explore the future of mobile manipulation. In this talk, we will present the Stretch RE1, its academic origins, and the growing community and ecosystem around it. We will also touch on connections with Oregon State University, including participation in our first summer internship program, and Hello Robot’s role in the new NSF AI Institute, AI-CARING. We will conclude with a live demo and a question and answer session. Bios Aaron Edsinger, CEO and Cofounder Aaron has a passion for building robots and robot companies. He has founded four companies focused on commercializing human collaborative robots. Two of these companies, Meka Robotics and Redwood Robotics, were acquired by Google in 2013. As Robotics Director at Google, Aaron led the business, product, and technical development of two of Google’s central investments in robotics. Aaron received his Ph.D. from MIT CSAIL in 2007. Charlie Kemp, CTO and Cofounder Charlie (https://charliekemp.com) is a recognized expert on mobile manipulation. In 2007, he founded the Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech, where he is an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. His lab has conducted extensive research on mobile manipulators to assist older adults and people with disabilities. Charlie earned a B.S., M.Eng., and Ph.D. from MIT. He first met Aaron while conducting research in the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). =========== Ross L. Hatton Associate Professor, Robotics and Mechanical Engineering Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute Oregon State University coris.oregonstate.edu research.engr.oregonstate.edu/lram/ rosslhatton.com ross.hatton@oregonstate.edu