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Video Friday: Punch-Out

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MIT CSAIL researchers’ “Graphs of Convex Sets (GCS) Trajectory Optimization” algorithm presents a scalable, collision-free motion planning system for these robotic navigational needs. [ Deep Robotics ] This CMU RI Seminar is by Robert Ambrose from Texas A&M, on “Robots at the Johnson Space Center and Future Plans.”

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Video Friday: Perseverance Autonomy

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Tokyo Tech ] MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat patients experiencing a stroke or aneurysm. MIT ] For LOVOT, a new robot accessory that you never knew you (or anyone) needed. MIT ] For LOVOT, a new robot accessory that you never knew you (or anyone) needed.

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Former IEEE Chief Financial Officer Richard Schwartz Dies at 77

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Joel Moses MIT professor emeritus Life Fellow, 80; died 29 May Moses taught electrical engineering and computer science at MIT for 50 years. He probably was best known for developing Macsyma , MIT Project MAC’s symbolic manipulator. in computer science in 1967 from MIT. Moses earned a Ph.D.

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Video Friday: Googly Eye

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MIT ] Half a century since the concept of a cyborg was introduced, digital cyborgs, enabled by the spread of wearable robotics, are the focus of much research in recent times. Mobot ] This Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute (CMU RI) seminar is presented by JPL’s Vandi Verma, on “Mars Robots and Robotics at NASA JPL.”

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Video Friday: Dusty at Work

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Researchers at MIT have created a robotic system that can do just that. MIT ] CSIRO Data61 had, I'm pretty sure, the most massive robots in the entire SubT competition. I don't know whether it's intentional or not, but it's go so much personality somehow. And this is how you solve doors with a massive robot.

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Video Friday: Swarm Control

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MIT CSAIL ] Thanks, Rachel! Lex Fridman ] In this week’s CMU RI Seminar, Nidhi Kalra from The RAND Corporation answers the question, “What (else) can you do with a robotics degree?” [ CMU RI ]. Paper at IROS next week! [ This summer, we held a contest seeking ideas robots inspired by nature, that could help the world.

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Video Friday: Beyond the Limit

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MIT CSAIL ] This UPenn GRASP SFI Seminar is by E Farrell Helbling at Cornell, on Autonomy for Insect Scale Robots. Eldiwiny hosts the IEEE RAS Soft Robotics Podcast where researchers from both Academia and Industry discuss recent developments in the Soft Robotics research field. SMART ITN ] 3 labs. Meet CSAIL’s machine friends. [

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