CARTIN Workshop

Centre for Advanced Robotics Technology Innovation has arranged 4 workshop seminars for all.

There will be an introductory speech by our Directors Prof Xie Lihua of NTU and Prof Cecilia Laschi of NUS followed by the seminars.

Abstract of the introduction:

CARTIN focuses on developing collaborative and human-centric robotics and autonomous system technologies, aiming to address technology gaps in robotics for applications in logistics, manufacturing and elderly care at home and communities. It has two research thrusts, namely, advanced sensing and perception thrust and collaborative robotics thrust. The advanced Sensing and Perception Thrust targets the development of technologies and methodologies to address technology gaps arising from dynamic and repetitive environment and tropical climate in logistics. The Collaborative Robotics Thrust aims at developing transformative methods, tools and technologies for safe and efficient multi-robot-human collaboration, cognitive human behaviour & intention interpretation for human-in-the-loop, robot learning, and natural language human-robot interaction, and their applications in manufacturing and elderly care. This talk will provide an overview of CARTIN’s research and the progress made. 

Our speakers are:-

- Prof Hagita Norihiro (Chair and Professor at the Art Science department of Osaka University of Arts)

• What is Cybernetic Avatar (CA)?
  • The JST Moonshot Program Goal 1, which Dr Hagita is leading, aims to overcome the challenges of a declining birthrate, aging population, and associated labor shortage by realizing a society in which human beings can be free from limitations of body, brain, space, and time by 2050. In his talk, he will address his team’s plans for developing core technologies related to multiple avatars — ‘Cybernetic Avatars’ — that enable the expansion of human physical, cognitive, and perceptual abilities. He will also the recent research activities.

- Prof Kyu-jin Cho (Professor, Director of Soft Robotics Research Center and Biorobotics Lab, Seoul National University)

• Nature-inspired designs for innovating robotics
  • In this talk, I will present research conducted at SNU Biorobotics Lab, which not only draws inspiration from the adaptability and inherent intelligence of natural systems but also incorporates Designs that defy traditional norms. Our projects range from compact jumping robots to origami-inspired robots and prosthetics that can be fabricated in a single step. We focus on developing robots that not only mimic the adaptive behaviors and embodied intelligence found in nature, but also aim to discover new principles that can be integrated into robot design. This presentation will explore the iterative and multidisciplinary approach to nature-inspired robot design, a process that involves identifying engineering challenges, investigating natural solutions, deriving novel principles from nature, fabricating robots, and evaluating their performance through experimentation. This feedback loop leads to the modification and refinement of hypotheses, stimulating further iterations of the process.

- Prof Liu Yun Hui (Choh-Ming Li Professor of Mechanical and Automation Engineering,
                                 Director of CUHK T Stone Robotics Institute (CURI),
                                 Director of Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics)

• Smart Logistics Empowered by Robots and AI
  • Logistics plays crucial roles in many industrial and service sectors including manufacturing, e-commerce, construction, retail, healthcare, etc. The logistics industry is facing great challenges, such as serious manpower shortage, increasing manpower cost, and higher requirements for safety, accuracy, and efficiency, which cannot be solved by traditional means. The Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics (HKCLR) was established and committed to innovating robotics and AI technologies, products and solutions addressing the pressing logistics problems in the industries. This talk will introduce our on-going efforts in developing robotics and AI technologies to automate logistics tasks such as material handling, transportation, picking, sorting, palletizing, etc., and applying the developed technologies in the industries through technical transfer or technological start-ups.
    

- Prof Zhang Fumin (Chair Professor, Director, HKUST Cheng Kar-Shun Robotics Institute)

• Opinion Dynamics and Robot Clustering
  
  • Robot clustering and task allocation are commonly encountered problems in distributed robotics. This talk reveals a class of dissensus algorithms that can generate quick decisions for clustering for robot swarms. Viewed under the general theoretical framework of opinion dynamics, our algorithms represent a unique approach that leverages nonlinearity and geometry in the decision space. The proposed approach includes a generalization of the well-known Kuramoto models into high dimension space and arbitrary clustering. The stability of the clustering status is rigorously analyzed and verified by experimental effort on mobile and flying robot platforms.
    

This registration form is for the seminars on held by CARTIN on 30th August 2024, Friday, 9.00am to 2.10pm, at SS4-B2-31, LT27.

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Registration form for CARTIN Workshop:-https://forms.office.com/r/57qGHdzXqT?origin=lprLink