Dear Makers,<div><br></div><div>I thought this topic of this IEEE JRACS talk may be of interest for you members.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Leandro</div><div>_______________________________________________________</div>
<div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">Dear IEEE Society, Huntsville Section Members,</span><br>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">This is an announcement for an IEEE JRACS Chapter meeting and monthly Technical Seminar.<br>
If you are planning to attend please register using the link below.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">This is an open event, so please feel free to forward this information to your colleagues or anyone that could be interested in the topic.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">Meeting Agenda:</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">11:30am Networking & Registration<br>11:45pm Technical Presentation<br>12:30pm Q&A<br>
12:45pm Adjourn</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">Best,</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">IEEE Joint Robotics & Automation - Controls Systems (JRACS) Society<br>IEEE Huntsville Section, Huntsville, AL</p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">IEEE Joint Robotics & Automation - Controls Systems (JRACS) Chapter Seminar</span></p>
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<h2 style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif"><span style="COLOR:rgb(0,0,255)">The Advent of the Robotics & Automation Revolution</span></h2>
<h3 style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif">By Leandro G. Barajas Ph.D., PMP</h3>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">Location:<br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Dynetics, Inc.<br></span>Solutions Complex, Main Conference Room<br>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">Date:<br>Friday October 19, 11:30am-12:45pm</p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px"><font color="#ff0000">Please RSVP by COB on 10/17/2012</font><br><a href="https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/14811" target="_blank">https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/14811</a><br>
<a href="https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/14811" target="_blank"></a>and under "Menu Selection" provide your US Citizenship Status</p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">Lunch will be provided</p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM:0px;BORDER-LEFT:0px;DISPLAY:block;MARGIN-LEFT:auto;BORDER-TOP:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:auto;BORDER-RIGHT:0px" alt="" src="http://leandrobarajas.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/R2-Leandro-600x600.png" width="360" height="360"></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Abstract:</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">Reaching the technological revolution of the Neolithic took modern humans over 200,000 years. Another 12,000 years later, in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Industrial Revolution brought unprecedented advances in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, science and technology. In the last century alone we have gone through the Atomic, Jet, and Space Ages, and we are now in the midst of the Information Age. The next major technological milestone still to come, “The Robotics & Automation Revolution”, will not take millennia, centuries or even decades, it will be upon us in only a few years. This Cybernetic Singularity will not just be a tipping point but a process where humanity will continuously augment its physical, mental, emotional and social capabilities via effective machine-brain interfaces to a level that they become fully embodied and therefore indistinguishable from its own.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">From the large scale manufacturing point of view, the main areas of immediate technological development that will enable this transformation include the mastering of high level & intuitive human-robot interfaces, flexible & robust perception, highly flexible & dexterous robots/automation/end-effectors, safe integration & harmony with humans, and distributed robotic intelligence that can learn from social interaction. By changing paradigms from robots programmed offline, to tele-operated robots, to learning robots, to thinking robots and eventually to autonomous robots, we aim to enhance and complement the role of humans on the production line by reducing or eliminating worker time spent on routine, non-critical, dangerous, or repetitive functions as well as by compensating for human physical, environmental, and cognitive limitations. Exemplifying this approach, General Motors and NASA partnered to develop Robonaut 2 (R2), the first humanoid robot in space. R2 took flight aboard the STS-133 Shuttle Discovery and became a permanent resident of the International Space Station.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Speaker Bio:</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">Dr. Leandro G. Barajas is a Senior Engineer and Project Manager at the Unmanned Systems and Aerodynamics Department, at Dynetics, Inc. Previously, he was a Staff Researcher at the Advanced Robotics Group, Manufacturing Systems Research Laboratory at General Motors Global R&D Center in Warren, MI, USA. He received the Honor Degree in Electronics Engineering as Valedictorian from the Universidad Distrital F.J.C., Bogotá, Colombia, in 1998. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, GA in 2000 and 2003, respectively.</p>
</div></div><p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">Dr. Barajas has worked on the areas of unmanned systems, robotics & automation and intelligent perception where he was responsible for designing and leading the global development of an integrated cross-platform framework for automotive assembly robot control. This framework encompasses robot vision, robot & automation control, high-level intelligent & flexible perception, human-robot interaction & learning, and highly flexible & dexterous robots/end-effectors. He has authored over 60 technical publications and 50 invention disclosures that in turn have been translated into over 30 patents & patent applications.</p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:13px">Dr. Barajas has been distinguished with over 40 corporate, academic and professional awards including: 4 “Boss” Kettering Awards (GM's top technical honor), 3 McCuen Awards (GM R&D’s top honor), Chairman Honors Award (GM’s top corporate honor), GM R&D “Spark Plug” Award, Elected IEEE Senior Member, SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, IEEE Robotics & Automation Early Career Award, Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, the NASA JSC’s Exceptional Software Award and the NASA Exceptional Space Act Award for the development of Robonaut 2.</p>
<h6 style="LINE-HEIGHT:19px;FONT-FAMILY:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;FONT-SIZE:0.75em"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:normal"><span style="COLOR:rgb(153,153,153)">To be added or removed from the IEEE Huntsville Section email list, just send an email to <a href="mailto:L.G.Barajas@ieee.org" target="_blank">L.G.Barajas@ieee.org</a>with <a href="mailto:L.G.Barajas@ieee.org?subject=ADD_JRACS" target="_blank">ADD</a> or <a href="mailto:L.G.Barajas@ieee.org?subject=REMOVE_JRACS" target="_blank">REMOVE</a> as the subject line.</span></span></h6>
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