Institute for Experiential Robotics News
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Apr 24, 2018
The Rise of Northeastern Robotics
MIE Assistant Professor Peter Whitney, ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh, and MIE Affiliated Faculty Robert Platt were hand-selected to attend Amazon’s MARS conference which brings together leaders in AI, automation, robotics, and space exploration.
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Mar 02, 2018
Research Using Drone Finds Super Colony of Penguins
Using an autonomous aerial drone system developed by ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have discovered a colony of more than 1,500,000 Adélie Penguins on the Danger Islands—more than the rest of the entire Antarctic Peninsula region combined.
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Feb 23, 2018
Working Alongside Robots
MIE Assistant Professor Peter Whitney is developing a mechanical system for robots which combines precision with the gentleness needed to work with humans. Source: News @ Northeastern It’s the Holy Grail in robotics: an android that can perform complex tasks beside humans in a real-world environment. The problem is that when robots are asked to […]
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Jan 10, 2018
Using Jetyak Robot to Study Zooplankton at Night
ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh is using his Jetyak robot, an autonomous vehicle to collect oceanographic data, to study the migration patterns of zooplankton in the Arctic at night.
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Jan 26, 2017
Establishing a New Institute to Advance Robotics in Manufacturing
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir has been tapped to help develop a new robotics institute for the Department of Defense. Professor Padir’s research interests include modeling and control of robot systems, human-in-the-loop robot control, and realization of medical cyber-physical systems.
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Nov 20, 2015
Humanoid Robots in Space
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir has been selected by NASA to work on the development of a humanoid robot that will go to Mars.