Machines and Organisms

Machines and Organisms: Locomotion and Manipulation

A Seminar at Cornell University, 2005

Last updated Tuesday, May 3, 2005 19:32

Fall 2004 schedule here
A participant list is available here

Seminars are held Thursdays unless notified at Thurston 204, 2.45-3.45 pm.

If you have questions about location etc, feel free to contact Saurabh Mahapatra or Nicholas Estevez.

Seminar Schedule

Feb 3, 2005	Mason A. Peck (MAE, Cornell) The Hopping Gyroscopic Rover: Prospects and Challenges for Planetary Exploration
Feb 10, 2005	Rajit Manohar (ECE, Cornell) Activity-Driven Asynchronous Circuits and Systems
Feb 17, 2005	Karl J. Niklas (Plant Biology, Cornell) Plant Biomechanics and the Role of Optimization in Evolution
Feb 24, 2005 Cancelled	*Chandana Paul* (MAE, Cornell) Design and Control of Tensegrity Robots
Mar 3, 2005	Manoj Srinivasan (TAM, Cornell) Why (and when) do humans walk and run?
Mar 10, 2005	Gordon Berman (Physics , Cornell) Kinematics, Power, and Optimization in Hovering Insect Flight
Mar 17, 2005	Shimon Edelman (Psychology, Cornell) Structured cognition: from vision to language, with a brief detour via motor control
Mar 24, 2005	Spring break: No seminar this week
Mar 31, 2005	Stefan Schaal (Southern California) Discrete and Rhythmic Movement as Basic Building Blocks of Motor Control in Humans and Humanoids
Apr 7, 2005	Rodger Kram (Colorado) Force, Work and Leg Swing; De-constructing the Metabolic Cost of Walking and Running
Apr 14, 2005 12.00-2.00 pm(Tentative)	Harry Dankowicz (Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University) MAMBO - software tools for modeling and analysis of multibody mechanisms in education and research
Apr 14, 2005 2.45 pm	R. McNeill Alexander (Leeds) Elastic Mechanisms in Running and Jumping
Apr 21, 2005 Cancelled	*Jeannette Yen* ( Georgia Tech) Title TBA
Apr 21, 2005	Dan Riskin ( Cornell) The Evolution of Terrestrial Locomotion by Bats
Apr 28, 2005	Lena H. Ting (Geogia Tech) Muscle synergies and sensory feedback loops determining muscle activation patterns during postural control
May 5, 2005	Andy Biewener ( Harvard) Muscle dynamics during locomotion: from active power modulation and force economy to passive dynamics

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History of the Seminar

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