Machines and Organisms: Locomotion and Manipulation

A Seminar at Cornell University, Fall 2009 Schedule

Spring 2009 schedule here
Fall 2008 schedule here
Spring 2008 schedule here
Fall 2007 schedule here
Spring 2007 schedule here
Fall 2006 schedule here
Spring 2006 schedule here.
Fall 2005 schedule here.
A participant list is available here

Seminars will be held Wednesdays 12:15-1:30 pm in Thurston 204. Check the schedule below for changes.

If you have questions about location etc, feel free to contact me: Acmae El Yacoubi.


Seminar Schedule

Sep. 09, 2009
who + affiliation
abstract
Sep. 14, 2009

Special day: monday - 1:25-2:15p

Sam Walcott (JHU, Mechanical Engineering)
Application of Load-dependent Chemical Reactions: Biological Friction and Cell Mechanosensation
Sep. 23, 2009
Carmel Majidi (Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials)
Bio-inspired Grasping and Locomotion on Rough Surfaces
Sep. 30, 2009
Anoop Singh Grewal (Cornell, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Falling Chains
Oct. 7, 2009
Thomas Seeley (Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell)
The Collective Intelligence of Honeybee Swarms: Analysis of a Biological Thinking Machine
Oct. 14, 2009
Madhu Venkadesan (SEAS, Harvard)
How to Throw, Accurately
Oct. 21, 2009
Hadas Kress-Gazit (Cornell, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
High-Level Tasks to Low Level Robot Control
Oct. 28, 2009
Juan Cristobal Zagal (Cornell, Mechanical & Aerospace Enginering)
Self-Reflective Machines
Nov. 02, 2009

Special day: Monday - 12:30-1:30p

Aravi Samuel (Harvard, Physics)
How Worms Eat
Nov. 11, 2009
Song Chang (Cornell, Applied Engineering Physics)
Insect Flight Simulator
Nov. 18, 2009
who + affiliation
abstract
Nov. 25, 2009
who + affiliation
abstract
Dec. 02, 2009
who + affiliation
abstract
Dec. 09, 2009
Evan Drumwright
The Task Matrix Framework for Robot Independent Humanoid Programming

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History of the Seminar

  • Organized by Acmae El Yacoubi in 2009-.
  • Organized by Leif Ristroph in 2007-2008.
  • Organized by Megan Thompson, Gordon Berman, and Leif Ristroph in 2006-2007.
  • Organized by Gordon Berman and Kevin Keenan in 2005-2006.
  • Organized by Saurabh Mahapatra and Nicholas Estevez in 2005.
  • Organized by Dan Riskin and Veronica Santos in 2003-2004
  • Organized by Madhusudhan Venkadesan and Manoj Srinivasan in 2002-2003
  • Organized by Francisco Valero- Cuevas in 2001-2002.
  • Organized by Andy Ruina in 2000-2001

Related Links
Read more about our seminar at this IGERT site