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

Mon Oct 15 12:24:23 CDT 2012

I'm already signed up to go, if anyone else would like to join me there.

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:00 PM, <general-request at lists.makerslocal.org>wrote:

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>    1. IEEE JRACS Seminar at Dynetics: NASA-GM Robonaut 2 - Friday
>       October 19, 11:30am (Leandro Barajas)
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> From: Leandro Barajas <L.G.Barajas at ieee.org>
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> Dear Makers,
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> I thought this topic of this IEEE JRACS talk may be of interest for you
> members.
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> 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
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>
> 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<
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> Huntsville, AL 35806<
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>
> 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
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> 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., Bogot?, 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.
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