Foundations of Robotics Seminar − Spring 2007

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Information on the speaker, when available, can be viewed by clicking on the speaker's name. The abstract, when available, can be viewed by clicking on the title of the seminar.

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Host (Appointments)
September 25	Finding Nemo: Translating reactive tasks to reactive controllers (Presentation Slides)
	Hadas Kress-Gazit	U-Penn Grasp Lab	David Conner
October 2

October 9	The Topology of Graph Configuration Spaces (Presentation Slides)
	David Handron	Carnegie Mellon University	David Handron
October 16	A Dynamic Single Actuator Vertical Climbing Robot
	Amir Degani	Carnegie Mellon University	Amir Degani
October 23	IROS 2007 Practice talks: Contact Amir to be added to the list of speakers
		Carnegie Mellon University	Amir Degani
October 30 - No CFR - IROS 2007.	No CFR - IROS 2007.

November 6	Optimal sampling in the space of paths
	Alonzo Kelly	Carnegie Mellon University	Alonzo Kelly
November 13	The Topology of Graph Configuration Spaces - Second talk
	David Handron	Carnegie Mellon University	David Handron
November 20- No CFR	No CFR

November 27	Algebraic Structure in Probabilistic Inference
	Jonathan Huang	Carnegie Mellon University	Jonathan Huang
December 4	No CFR

December 11	Numerically Stable Iterated Filters for Bearing-Only SLAM (Presentation Slides)
	Hyungpil Moon	Carnegie Mellon University	Hyungpil Moon

Seminars are held on Tuesdays in Smith Hall 100, unless otherwise noted on the calendar or abstract. Seminars begin at 4:00pm. Feel free to arrive early to get the first shot at the cookies and talk to your colleagues; please try not to leave during a seminar in deference to the speaker.

If you would like to arrange a meeting with a speaker, please contact the speaker if they are from CMU, or their host, listed on the calendar, if they are from outside of the University.

For technical issues and final scheduling commitments, as well as opinions or suggestions on speakers and seminar topics, please contact Amir Degani by email.