Hi everyone, Looking forward to this week's seminar! We'll have a talk from our very own Dr. Balasubramanian this week, on integrating robotics and human control systems. As a reminder, everyone is expected to come to the seminar. We’ve got a strict no-device policy. We also have, as always, coffee and coffee cake. For the spring term, we're in Rogers Hall 230. Seminar is at 10am Friday. See you then! Cheers, Naomi ______________________________________________________________ Ravi Balasubramanian, Assoiate Professor at Oregon State Talk Title: Integrating robotics and human control systems Talk Abstract: This talk will provide an overview of research in OSU's Robotics and Human Control Systems Lab directed by Prof. Balasubramanian. Prof. Balasubramanian's work seeks to simultaneously draw inspiration from the human body's control system to advance robotic systems and to use robotic systems to understand the human body and improve quality of life. This viewpoint spawns many unique research questions across domains. In this talk, Prof. Balasubramanian will highlight ongoing research work in robotics-inspired passive implant design for orthopedic surgery for re-engineering the mechanics of movement and force transmission from within the body, focusing on their benefits and challenges. Speaker Bio: Prof. Ravi Balasubramanian is an Associate Professor in the Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CoRIS) Institute and the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University (OSU). He directs the Robotics and Human Control Systems Laboratory at OSU. Born in India, Prof. Balasubramanian received his B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore with top honors and his PhD from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He did a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Washington in computational neuroscience and biomechanics, was a researcher at Intel Labs Seattle in personal robotics, and then was a research scientist at Yale University. Prof. Balasubramanian has received the NSF CAREER grant, the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program Neuromusculoskeletal Injuries Research Award, Best Manipulation Paper Finalist award from the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in 2016, the Oregon State University Impact Award for Outstanding Scholarship in 2017, the Outstanding Researcher Award from the NIH National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research in 2013, and the Best Student Paper finalist award at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in 2004. Speaker Website: http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~balasubr/<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.engr.oregonstate.edu%2F~balasubr%2F&data=05%7C02%7Crobotics-seminar%40engr.oregonstate.edu%7Cc65ab6060f2f41163c5408dd9e08d461%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C638840483455233445%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AciNRE1FsbDUVOJRMbivweBRT0IVAcmOBUDPOKJVIw0%3D&reserved=0>