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1. IEEE JRACS Seminar at Dynetics: NASA-GM Robonaut 2 - Friday<br>
October 19, 11:30am (Leandro Barajas)<br>
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Subject: [General] IEEE JRACS Seminar at Dynetics: NASA-GM Robonaut 2<br>
- Friday October 19, 11:30am<br>
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Dear Makers,<br>
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I thought this topic of this IEEE JRACS talk may be of interest for you<br>
members.<br>
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Best,<br>
<br>
Leandro<br>
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Dear IEEE Society, Huntsville Section Members,<br>
<br>
This is an announcement for an IEEE JRACS Chapter meeting and monthly<br>
Technical Seminar.<br>
If you are planning to attend please register using the link below.<br>
<br>
This is an open event, so please feel free to forward this information to<br>
your colleagues or anyone that could be interested in the topic.<br>
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Meeting Agenda:<br>
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11:30am Networking & Registration<br>
11:45pm Technical Presentation<br>
12:30pm Q&A<br>
12:45pm Adjourn<br>
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Best,<br>
<br>
IEEE Joint Robotics & Automation - Controls Systems (JRACS) Society<br>
IEEE Huntsville Section, Huntsville, AL<br>
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IEEE Joint Robotics & Automation - Controls Systems (JRACS) Chapter Seminar<br>
NASA-GM Robonaut 2: The Advent of the Robotics & Automation Revolution By<br>
Leandro G. Barajas Ph.D., PMP<br>
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Location:<br>
Dynetics, Inc.<br>
Solutions Complex, Main Conference Room<br>
1004 Explorer Blvd<<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1004+Explorer+Boulevard,+Huntsville,+AL+35806&hl=en&sll=34.836989,-86.72428&sspn=0.006041,0.013561&t=h&hnear=1004+Explorer+Blvd+NW,+Huntsville,+Alabama+35806&z=15" target="_blank">https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1004+Explorer+Boulevard,+Huntsville,+AL+35806&hl=en&sll=34.836989,-86.72428&sspn=0.006041,0.013561&t=h&hnear=1004+Explorer+Blvd+NW,+Huntsville,+Alabama+35806&z=15</a>><br>
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Date:<br>
Friday October 19, 11:30am-12:45pm<br>
<br>
Please RSVP by COB on 10/17/2012<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">https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/14811</a>>and<br>
under "Menu Selection" provide your US Citizenship Status<br>
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Lunch will be provided<br>
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Abstract:<br>
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Reaching the technological revolution of the Neolithic took modern humans<br>
over 200,000 years. Another 12,000 years later, in the 18th and 19th<br>
centuries, the Industrial Revolution brought unprecedented advances in<br>
agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, science and technology.<br>
In the last century alone we have gone through the Atomic, Jet, and Space<br>
Ages, and we are now in the midst of the Information Age. The next major<br>
technological milestone still to come, ?The Robotics & Automation<br>
Revolution?, will not take millennia, centuries or even decades, it will be<br>
upon us in only a few years. This Cybernetic Singularity will not just be a<br>
tipping point but a process where humanity will continuously augment its<br>
physical, mental, emotional and social capabilities via effective<br>
machine-brain interfaces to a level that they become fully embodied and<br>
therefore indistinguishable from its own.<br>
<br>
>From the large scale manufacturing point of view, the main areas of<br>
immediate technological development that will enable this transformation<br>
include the mastering of high level & intuitive human-robot interfaces,<br>
flexible & robust perception, highly flexible & dexterous<br>
robots/automation/end-effectors, safe integration & harmony with humans,<br>
and distributed robotic intelligence that can learn from social<br>
interaction. By changing paradigms from robots programmed offline, to<br>
tele-operated robots, to learning robots, to thinking robots and eventually<br>
to autonomous robots, we aim to enhance and complement the role of humans<br>
on the production line by reducing or eliminating worker time spent on<br>
routine, non-critical, dangerous, or repetitive functions as well as by<br>
compensating for human physical, environmental, and cognitive limitations.<br>
Exemplifying this approach, General Motors and NASA partnered to develop<br>
Robonaut 2 (R2), the first humanoid robot in space. R2 took flight aboard<br>
the STS-133 Shuttle Discovery and became a permanent resident of the<br>
International Space Station.<br>
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Speaker Bio:<br>
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Dr. Leandro G. Barajas is a Senior Engineer and Project Manager at the<br>
Unmanned Systems and Aerodynamics Department, at Dynetics, Inc. Previously,<br>
he was a Staff Researcher at the Advanced Robotics Group, Manufacturing<br>
Systems Research Laboratory at General Motors Global R&D Center in Warren,<br>
MI, USA. He received the Honor Degree in Electronics Engineering as<br>
Valedictorian from the Universidad Distrital F.J.C., Bogot?, Colombia, in<br>
1998. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer<br>
Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech),<br>
Atlanta, GA in 2000 and 2003, respectively.<br>
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Dr. Barajas has worked on the areas of unmanned systems, robotics &<br>
automation and intelligent perception where he was responsible for<br>
designing and leading the global development of an integrated<br>
cross-platform framework for automotive assembly robot control. This<br>
framework encompasses robot vision, robot & automation control, high-level<br>
intelligent & flexible perception, human-robot interaction & learning, and<br>
highly flexible & dexterous robots/end-effectors. He has authored over 60<br>
technical publications and 50 invention disclosures that in turn have been<br>
translated into over 30 patents & patent applications.<br>
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Dr. Barajas has been distinguished with over 40 corporate, academic and<br>
professional awards including: 4 ?Boss? Kettering Awards (GM's top<br>
technical honor), 3 McCuen Awards (GM R&D?s top honor), Chairman Honors<br>
Award (GM?s top corporate honor), GM R&D ?Spark Plug? Award, Elected IEEE<br>
Senior Member, SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, IEEE<br>
Robotics & Automation Early Career Award, Federal Laboratory Consortium<br>
(FLC) Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, the NASA JSC?s<br>
Exceptional Software Award and the NASA Exceptional Space Act Award for the<br>
development of Robonaut 2.<br>
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