Pittsburgh Section Executive and Administrative Committee - OCTOBER (HYBRID)
This month's meeting will be preceded by a lecture hosted at WVU. Lecture will begin at 5:00pm. Please use this zoom link to access the lecture before the ExComm meeting:
While this is an in-person seminar, those participants who are unable to be
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https://wvu.zoom.us/j/96394825532?pwd=CV6fo1mFPr97b9Vp2vYM9qACcvjmHu.1
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Meeting Location:
Advanced Engineering Research Building
WVU
101 Research Way
Morgantown, WV 26505
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Date and Time
Location
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- Date: 17 Oct 2024
- Time: 05:00 PM to 09:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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- 101 Research Way
- WVU
- Morgantown, West Virginia
- United States 26505
- Building: Advanced Engineering Research Building
- Starts 04 October 2024 12:00 AM
- Ends 17 October 2024 12:00 AM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
- Menu: MEAT, NO MEAT
Speakers
Dr. Yu Gu
Robotics in Real Life - Dr. Yu Gu
While this is an in-person seminar, those participants who are unable to be
physically present may join remotely by Zoom at the following link:
https://wvu.zoom.us/j/96394825532?pwd=CV6fo1mFPr97b9Vp2vYM9qACcvjmHu.1
Abstract: The ability for human designers to foresee uncertainties for robots is severely limited by their
experience and mental simulation capabilities. This predictive approach of robot design and programming
often fails to handle the infinite possibilities represented by the real world(s). As a result, robots today are job-
specific or “rigid”; i.e., having difficulty at handling conditions that were not planned for. Moreover, the
current robot designs lack diversity and creativity compared to nature’s creations. During this talk, the speaker
will present his vision and ideas on enabling a new generation of robots to adapt to increasingly complex
environments and situations. He will draw lessons from two decades of field experiments with uncrewed
aircraft systems, planetary rovers, and other types of robots and propose research directions in making future
robots more resilient, more diverse in morphology and behaviors, and more useful.
Contact: Gianfranco Doretto (Gianfranco.Doretto@mail.wvu.edu)
Biography:
Biography: Dr. Yu Gu (Gu) is the Academy of Distinguished Alumni Professor in the Department of
Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU). His main research
interest is in improving robots’ ability to function in increasingly complex environments and situations. Gu is a
three-time NASA Centennial Challenge winner and a NASA NIAC Fellow. He has led the design of
autonomous robots from one degree of freedom (DOF) to 55 DOF, with applications ranging from robotic
pollination to exploring the atmospheres of Venus and Mars. These robots have been to places such as JPL’s
Mars yard, Mars Desert Research Station, underground mines, berry farms, and the U.S. Capitol, and were
featured in over 170 media stories. Gu also contributed to the initiation and development of the WVU Robotics
program.
Agenda
First 30 minutes of the event are reserved for socializing. The meeting portion starts at 7 pm (eastern time zone).
The meeting agenda will be emailed on Monday the week of the event for early registrants.