ORE Seminar: Autonomous Robots Traversing Extreme Environments

October 18, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Mānoa Campus, Bilger Hall 150

Exploring extreme terrain is pertinent for extraplanetary surface exploration and search and rescue missions here on Earth. These high-risk operations are best carried out by autonomous robots, minimizing harm to humans. In this talk, I will describe the difficulties associated with robots traversing extreme terrain and proposed an autonomy architecture. The robot follows an encoded procedure of objective synthesis, path planning, adaptive dynamics modeling, and control policy generation. I will expand upon each of the procedural steps in the robot’s autonomous exploration algorithm and tell this robot’s story in the context of a lunar surface mission seeking ice. I will then extend these methodologies to ocean robot exploration. Dr. Frances (Frankie) Zhu Assistant Researcher, HSGC Associate Director Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology University of Hawai‘i at ԴDz Location Information **This seminar will be held both in person (Bilger Hall 150) and over Zoom** https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/95081858686 Meeting ID: 950 8185 8686 Passcode: OREseminar


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Ocean and Resources Engineering, Mānoa Campus

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