[IEEE CSS-ITALY PhD Course] Domenico Pratticchizzo on "The Art of Manipulation in Robotics and Metaverses" - Part II
PhD Course held by Prof. Domenico Prattichizzo, PhD, IEEE Fellow
University of Siena and Italian Institute of Technology
Course Synopsis
Robotics is an inspiring, interdisciplinary, and cutting-edge research field. It combines the rigorousness of linear algebra with the creativity needed to design innovative hardware and software platforms. Building dexterous robotic hands and studying new algorithms to control them is essential to allow industrial, service, and humanoid robots to interact with objects around them, and, possibly, with humans.
Robotic manipulation refers to the art of controlling the motion of an object by constraining its dynamics through contact with a hand. The process of controlling the manipulation is not limited to robotic hands only, but also applies to human hands and to all other systems using contact constraints to control the motion of the manipulated object that can be real o virtual.
The course will provide notions about mathematical models of manipulation and grasping, will illustrate applications in robotics (control for autonomous grasping, grasp planning) and metaverse (control for autonomous grasping, grasp planning) fields. In addition, confluence examples of robotics and VR methodologies will be presented.
- Basics of mathematical modeling and automatic control are required
- Hands-on activities will be carried out
- Open to all PhD students and researchers
- Starting Feb 14 at 12:00 in Maxwell Conference Room (DET)
- Enquiries to alessandro.rizzo@polito.it
- Calendar: Feb 14: 12-14 and 15-19; Feb 15: 9-13; Feb 20: 12-14 and 15-19; Feb 21: 9-13
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- Politecnico di Torino - corso Castelfidardo 42A
- Torino, Piemonte
- Italy
- Room Number: Sala Maxwell DET
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- Co-sponsored by SCUDO - Politecnico di Torino
Speakers
Domenico Prattichizzo of University of Siena
Biography:
Domenico Prattichizzo (Fellow, IEEE) received the M.S. degree in electronics engineering and the Ph.D. degree in robotics and automation from the University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, in 1991 and 1995, respectively. He is a Professor of robotics with the University of Siena, Siena, Italy, and since 2009, a Scientific Consultant with Istituto Italiano di Tecnoloogia, Genova, Italy. In 1994, he was a visiting scientist with the MIT AI Lab. He has authored more than 200 papers in his research fields. His main research interests include haptics, grasping, visual servoing, mobile robotics, and geometric control. Dr. Prattichizzo has been the Chair of the IEEE RAS Early Career Awards Evaluation Panel since 2013. He was the Vice Chair for the special issues of the IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics during 2006–2010. He was the Chair of the Italian Chapter of the IEEE RAS during 2006–2010. He was a recipient of the IEEE 2009 Chapter of the Year Award. He is the Leader of a research unit in several EU projects. He is also the Coordinator of an EU ECHORD-EXPERIMENT and an EU IP collaborative project.