[General] IEEE JRACS Seminar at Dynetics: NASA-GM Robonaut 2 - Friday October 19, 11:30am

[Leandro Barajas]

Dear Makers,

I thought this topic of this IEEE JRACS talk may be of interest for you
members.

Best,

Leandro
_______________________________________________________
Dear IEEE Society, Huntsville Section Members,

This is an announcement for an IEEE JRACS Chapter meeting and monthly
Technical Seminar.
If you are planning to attend please register using the link below.

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.

Meeting Agenda:

11:30am Networking & Registration
11:45pm Technical Presentation
12:30pm Q&A
12:45pm Adjourn

Best,

IEEE Joint Robotics & Automation - Controls Systems (JRACS) Society
IEEE Huntsville Section, Huntsville, AL
------------------------------

IEEE Joint Robotics & Automation - Controls Systems (JRACS) Chapter Seminar
NASA-GM Robonaut 2: The Advent of the Robotics & Automation Revolution By
Leandro G. Barajas Ph.D., PMP

Location:
Dynetics, Inc.
Solutions Complex, Main Conference Room
1004 Explorer Blvd<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>
.
Huntsville, AL 35806<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>

Date:
Friday October 19, 11:30am-12:45pm

Please RSVP by COB on 10/17/2012
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/14811
 <https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/14811>and
under "Menu Selection" provide your US Citizenship Status

Lunch will be provided

Abstract:

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.

>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.

Speaker Bio:

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.

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.

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.
To be added or removed from the IEEE Huntsville Section email list, just
send an email to L.G.Barajas at ieee.orgwith
ADD<L.G.Barajas at ieee.org?subject=ADD_JRACS>
 or REMOVE <L.G.Barajas at ieee.org?subject=REMOVE_JRACS> as the subject line.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.makerslocal.org/pipermail/general/attachments/20121014/01698bf1/attachment.html>