Principles of Robustness in Biological and Bio-inspired Systems is coming at 02/08/2019 - 10:00am
Rogers 226 Fri, 02/08/2019 - 10:00am Kaushik Jayaram Post-Doctoral Scholar, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University Abstract: Robots are touted to deliver tremendous benefits to society. However, many of them considered fragile for real world utilization because they break easily. Once damaged, they are often limited to pre-specified compensatory behavior and therefore, unable to recover adequately for sustained operation. In contrast, animals are remarkably robust i.e. they possess the ability for persistent behaviors despite disturbances. They thrive in complex natural environments by rapidly adapting to changing conditions, tolerating construction flaws and sensing uncertainties to avoid fatal damage. These observations have thus prompted the question central to my research: What are the fundamental principles of robustness that enable superior locomotion capabilities in biological organisms compared to their robotic counterparts? Discoveries from my research indicate that fault tolerant and fail-safe mechanisms, aware and adaptable structures, and a design methodology based on sufficiency rather than optimality, are critical to realizing robust locomotion in animals and bioinspired robots. Using an integrative approach that necessarily draws upon comparative experimental biology, engineering design and advanced manufacturing and physical and mathematical sciences, I lay out my research program that aims to (1) create a principles-based framework to identify, measure and model robustness in biological (and robotic) systems, and to (2) utilize robustness principles to design and fabricate robots capable of effective behavior in unstructured environments. Bio: Read more: http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/colloquium/principles-robustness-biological-... [1] [1] http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/colloquium/principles-robustness-biological-and-bio-inspired-systems
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