Seminars & Colloquiums
COLLOQUIUM
AirArm – An Anthropofunctional Robot Arm with Inherent Flexibility
| Speaker(s) | Professor Dipl.-Ing. (univ.) Axel Thallemer | |
| Date & Time | 6 September, 2016 @ 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | |
| Venue | NUS Faculty of Engineering Lecture Theatre 7A (LT7A) |
Inspired by nature, AirArm is a function-driven robot capable of carrying out humanoid motions. Unlike other nature-inspired research that focuses on mimicking the mere structure and form of the human arm, AirArm is designed with the arm’s natural motion in mind. This industrial, pneumatic 4-axis kinematics with inherent flexibility has been researched, designed, developed, fabricated, […]
COLLOQUIUM
The New Robotics Age: The Interactivity Challenge
| Speaker(s) | Oussama Khatib | |
| Date & Time | 14 June, 2016 @ 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | |
| Venue | NUS Faculty of Engineering Lecture Theatre 7A (LT7A) |
The generations of robots now being developed will increasingly touch people and their lives. They will explore, work, and interact with humans in their homes, workplaces, in new production systems, and in challenging field domains. The emerging robots will provide increased operational support in mining, underwater, and hostile and dangerous environment. While full anatomy for […]
COLLOQUIUM
Service Robots Are Here
| Speaker(s) | Steve Cousins, Founder of Savioke, Former President & CEO of Willow Garage | |
| Date & Time | 28 March, 2016 @ 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | |
| Venue | NUS School of Computing, Executive Classroom (COM2-04-02) |
After 20 years of predictions that robots will work among us soon, the predictions are finally starting to come true. Investment in robotics is up, enabling start-ups to explore a range of use cases. Decreasing component costs will make it easier to make real business cases for the technology. Mobile robots are beginning to transform […]
SEMINAR
Service Robots Are Here
| Speaker(s) | Steve Cousins, Founder of Savioke | |
| Date & Time | 28 March, 2016 @ 1:00 pm | |
| Venue | COM2-04-02, Executive Classroom |
After 20 years of predictions that robots will work among us soon, the predictions are finally starting to come true. Investment in robotics is up, enabling start-ups to explore a range of use cases. Decreasing component costs will make it easier to make real business cases for the technology. Mobile robots are beginning to transform […]
COLLOQUIUM
Bio-inspired Wire-Driven Fishlike Underwater Robot
| Speaker(s) | Ruxu Du, Ph.D., F-SME, F-ASME | |
| Date & Time | 2 March, 2016 @ 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | |
| Venue | NUS Faculty of Engineering Lecture Theatre 7 (LT7) |
Fish-like underwater robot, or simply robot fish, is a topic that has attracted much interest in the recent decade. Fish swimming is a wonder of nature: elegant, fast, agile, and highly efficient. Compared to conventional screw propelled ships, fish is several times more efficient, which motivates scientists and engineers to design and built robot fish […]