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.
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.
Humans are visual beings and therefore optical elements—lenses, mirrors, gratings, optical fibers, etc.—have been playing a pivotal role in almost all aspects of the human society. Conventional optics are however bulky, complicated, and sensitive even to tiny misalignment. Micro-optics promise to overcome these limitations by leveraging standard high-volume microfabrication technologies to realize chip-scale, rugged and low-cost counterparts of conventional optics while delivering comparable or even superior performance. In this talk, Prof. Hu will discuss several new micro-optics innovations we have pioneered in recent years with direct applications to optical spectroscopy, chemical analysis, biomedical imaging, 3-D depth sensing, and AR/VR.
Principal Investigator Asegun Henry
Principal Investigator Matej Pec