Join the MIT Industrial Liaison Program for a four-part webinar series on Manufacturing 4.0, presenting the latest research and technology in advanced manufacturing at MIT. Each session includes a talk and Q&A with expert faculty in the field, startup presentations from founders affecting industry, and panel discussions.
In this webinar you’ll learn about professor Rodriguez’ research on autonomous robotic manipulation, dexterous manipulation and grasping, robot automation and end-effector design.
Using machine-learning and sensory hardware, Dr. Alberto Rodriguez and members of MIT's MCube lab, have developed a robot that is learning how to play the game Jenga®. This technology could be used in robots for manufacturing assembly lines.
You’ll also learn how, by using a novel dataset that captures how pushed objects move, he is training robots to “learn” pushing dynamics that are fundamental to many complex object-manipulation tasks.
He will also present how to significantly speed up the planning process required for a robot to adjust its grasp on an object by pushing that object against a stationary surface.