Hi everyone, Don't forget about these two exciting seminars tomorrow, both in ROG 230! MAIN SEMINAR (10am Friday, Rogers 230) Multi-agent control architectures in aerospace: from flying insect swarms to orbital debris cleanup Imraan A. Faruque (Oklahoma State University) Additional abstract and bio information attached. BONUS SEMINAR (11:30am Friday, Rogers 230) Gear Up - The Many Iterations of One Tiny Robot Description: DANCE2 robotics engineer and UMD graduate student, Jiasheng Li, will discuss the evolution of the Calico robot. Members of the DANCE2 creative team will join him to demo how the robot is used in the performance and how the unique needs of the creative process drove the engineering process. Cheers, Naomi ________________________________ From: Fitter, Naomi Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 12:24 PM To: robotics-seminar@engr.oregonstate.edu <robotics-seminar@engr.oregonstate.edu> Subject: Robotics Seminars 1/17: Imraan Faruque (Oklahoma State University) and Dance2 (PRAx Visitor) Roboticists, Looking forward to another exciting week of seminar! We have an action-packed week, with one main speaker and one bonus visitor this Friday. Our main speaker this week will be Dr. Imraan Faruque, an expert in biologically-inspired flight dynamics and control of unmanned systems. We will also have the folks behind Dance2<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprax.oregonstate.edu%2Fevents%2Fdance-x-dance-sold-out&data=05%7C02%7Crobotics-seminar%40engr.oregonstate.edu%7C0b42e29ff5834688864408dd3646d6ec%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C638726400199706505%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Wm%2FM50p7G94u7BYIBPAnC1P0EUje9IcEXGm8oqJzO88%3D&reserved=0>, a modern dance piece involving human-robot collaboration (based on research at the University of Maryland) visiting Friday. As a reminder, everyone is expected to come to the main seminar. Please attend the bonus seminar as well, if you're interested and able! We’ve got a strict no-device policy. We also have, as always, coffee and coffee cake. For the fall term, we're back to Rogers Hall 230. The main seminar is at 10am Friday, and the bonus seminar is at 11:30am Friday, both in Rogers 230. See you then! Cheers, Naomi MAIN SEMINAR (10am Friday, Rogers 230) Multi-agent control architectures in aerospace: from flying insect swarms to orbital debris cleanup Imraan A. Faruque (Oklahoma State University) Additional abstract and bio information attached. BONUS SEMINAR (11:30am Friday, Rogers 230) Gear Up - The Many Iterations of One Tiny Robot Description: DANCE2 robotics engineer and UMD graduate student, Jiasheng Li, will discuss the evolution of the Calico robot. Members of the DANCE2 creative team will join him to demo how the robot is used in the performance and how the unique needs of the creative process drove the engineering process.