Venerdì 22 marzo
Aula Pacinotti
ore 11.30
MARK CUTKOSKY
Stanford University
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
GRASPING OBJECTS AND SURFACES WITH COMPLIANT HANDS AND FEET
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ABSTRACT
Robot hands for grasping irregular objects and robot feet for climbing surfaces share common requirements for conforming to surfaces and distributing loads.
These requirements motivate the use of multi-material, compliant and under-actuated mechanisms.
Using the recent DARPA ARM-H hands and Stickybot feet as examples, we will explore common themes -- as well as some important differences -- that govern their design, construction and operation..
MARK CUTSKOSKY
http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/~cutkosky/
Mark R. Cutkosky is the Fletcher Jones II Professor in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.
He joined Stanford in 1985, after working in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and as a design engineer at ALCOA, in Pittsburgh, PA.
He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1985.
Cutkosky's research activities include robotic manipulation and tactile sensing and the design and fabrication of biologically inspired robots.
He has graduated over 40 Ph.D. students and published extensively in these areas.
He consults with companies on robotics and human/computer interaction devices and holds several patents on related technologies.
His work has been featured in Discover Magazine, The New York Times, National Geographic, Time Magazine and other publications and has appeared on the NOVA, CBS Evening News, Next @CNN and other popular media.
Cutkosky’s awards include a Fulbright Faculty Chair (Italy 2002), Fletcher Jones and Charles M. Pigott Chairs at Stanford University and an NSF Presidential Young Investigator award.
He is a member of ASME and Sigma Xi and an IEEE fellow.
Cutkosky’s laboratory can be found at bdml.stanford.edu
He joined Stanford in 1985, after working in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and as a design engineer at ALCOA, in Pittsburgh, PA.
He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1985.
Cutkosky's research activities include robotic manipulation and tactile sensing and the design and fabrication of biologically inspired robots.
He has graduated over 40 Ph.D. students and published extensively in these areas.
He consults with companies on robotics and human/computer interaction devices and holds several patents on related technologies.
His work has been featured in Discover Magazine, The New York Times, National Geographic, Time Magazine and other publications and has appeared on the NOVA, CBS Evening News, Next @CNN and other popular media.
Cutkosky’s awards include a Fulbright Faculty Chair (Italy 2002), Fletcher Jones and Charles M. Pigott Chairs at Stanford University and an NSF Presidential Young Investigator award.
He is a member of ASME and Sigma Xi and an IEEE fellow.
Cutkosky’s laboratory can be found at bdml.stanford.edu