Category: Robotics
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Prof. Cynthia Matuszek on how robots could help bridge the elder-care gap
Robots can also lend a hand of sorts. Photographee.eu/Shutterstock.com How robots could help bridge the elder-care gap Cynthia Matuszek, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Despite innovations that make it easier for seniors to keep living on their own rather than moving into special facilities, most elderly people eventually need a hand with chores and…
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talk: Sarit Kraus on Computer Agents that Interact Proficiently with People, Noon Fri 8/4
Computer Agents that Interact Proficiently with People Prof. Sarit Kraus Deptartment of Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, 52900 Israel 12:00-1:00pm Friday, 4 August 2017, ITE ITE 217B, UMBC Automated agents that interact proficiently with people can be useful in supporting, training or replacing people in complex tasks. The inclusion of people presents novel problems…
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UMBC PhD candidate Kavita Krishnaswamy gets Google & Microsoft awards for robotics research
UMBC Ph.D. candidate Kavita Krishnaswamy receives Google and Microsoft awards for robotics research Kavita Krishnaswamy ’07, computer science and mathematics, Ph.D. ’18, computer science, has been named both a 2017 Microsoft Fellow and recipient of the Google Lime Scholarship. These prestigious honors recognize emerging scholars in computing who are dedicated to increasing diversity…
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UMBC’s Prof. Cynthia Matuszek receives NSF award for robot language acquisition
Professor Cynthia Matuszek has received a research award from the National Science Foundation to improve human-robot interactions by enabling them to understand the world from natural language in order to take instructions and learn about their environment naturally and intuitively. The two-year award, Joint Models of Language and Context for Robotic Language Acquisition, will support…
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Are you interested in assistive robotics research?
Participants are sought to take a short, online survey on attitudes toward robotic aids and how they may improve the quality of life for those with physical disabilities.
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Prof. Marie desJardins comments on the risks of autonomous weapon systems
The real challenge will come when we start to put more autonomy into drones and assault robots.
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talk: Human mental models and robots: Grasping and tele-presence, 11am 5/9
Prof. Cindy Grimm (Oregon State) talks on Human mental models and robots: Grasping and tele-presence, 11:00-12:00 Monday 9 May 2016, ITE 325b, UMBC
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talk: Learning models of language, action and perception for human-robot collaboration
Prof. Stefanie Tellex (Brown) will talk on Learning models of language, action and perception for human-robot collaboration at 4:00pm on Monday, 7 March at UMBC
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HackUMBC 24 -hour student hackathon, 5-6 March 2016 at UMBC
HackUMBC is a 24 hour student hackathon that will take place on Saturday and Sunday, March 5-6, 2016 at UMBC.
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New spring course: Principles of Human-Robot Interaction
CSEE professor Cynthia Matuszek to teach a new course on Principles of Human-Robot Interaction Tue/Thr 4-5:15 starting 2016-01-26 at UMBC