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Robotics Initiative Seminar Series

Join us for our seminar series as we cover robotics work with applications in medicine, manufacturing, materials discovery and more, highlighting the breadth and depth of robotics research at NC State.

Upcoming Events

Friday, September 11

11:10 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Engineering Building I, Room 1011

Dr. Michael Dickey
Michael Dickey

Liquid Metals for Soft Robotics presented by Michael Dickey, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor, University Faculty Scholar and Associate Department Head, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

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Derek Kamper

Use of Robotics to Promote Neurorehabilitation presented by Derek Kamper, Associate Director of the Closed-Loop Engineering for Advanced Rehabilitation (CLEAR) Core and Professor, Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.

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Friday, September 18

11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Engineering Building III, Room 2124

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Max Cohen

Control Theory for Safe Autonomous Systems presented by Assistant Professor Max Cohen, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Jie Yin
Jie Yin

Physically Intelligent Soft Robots presented by Professor Jie Yin, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

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Friday, September 25

11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Engineering Building I, Room 1011

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Kevin Han

Next-Generation Construction Robotics: Field Operations, Monitoring, and Research Opportunities presented by Edward I. Weisiger Distinguished Professor Kevin Han, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering.

Martin Seifrid
Martin Seifrid

From Laboratory Automation to Autonomous Materials Discovery presented by Assistant Professor Martin Seifrid, Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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Friday, October 9

11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Engineering Building I, Room 1011

Edgar Lobaton
Edgar Lobaton

Cyborg Mussels: Sensor-Instrumented Bivalves and Their Digital Twins for Environmental Monitoring presented by Edgar Lobaton, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the Director of Applied AI for the College of Engineering.

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Aram Amassian

Robotics for Materials Discovery: From Automated Experiments to Scientific Insight presented by Aram Amassian, Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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Friday, October 23

11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Engineering Building I, Room 1011

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John-Paul Ore

Robust and Lightweight Formal Methods for Mobile Robot System Development presented by John-Paul Ore, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science.

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Kitae Kim

Field Robotics for Sustainable and Precision Agriculture presented by Kitae Kim, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) at North Carolina State University, and the Principal Investigator of Field Automation, Robotics, & Machinery (FARM) Lab.

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Friday, November 6

11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Engineering Building I, Room 1011

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Peng Gao

Resilient Collaborative Autonomy presented by Peng Gao, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science.

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Renran Tian

From Automated Vehicles to Humanoids in Artificial Social Intelligence presented by Renran Tian, Assistant Professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

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Friday, November 20

11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Engineering Building I, Room 1011

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Jaemin Lee

Hybrid Intelligence for Humanoids and Heterogeneous Robots toward Behavioral Autonomy in the Real World presented by Jaemin Lee, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

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Sevgi Gurbuz

Presentation by Sevgi Gurbuz, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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Friday, December 4

11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Engineering Building I, Room 1021

Michael Daniele
Michael Daniele

Organic and Biological Materials for Robotics and Human–Machine Interfaces presented by Michael Daniele, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.

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Xiaomeng Fang

Textile-based Soft Robotics presented by Xiaomeng Fang, Associate Professor in the Department of Textile Engineering.

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