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SUMMARY:Talk of Prof. David Remy
DESCRIPTION:Prof. David Remy\nInstitute for Nonlinear Mechanics\nUniversity of Stuttgart, Germany  \nTuesday 2018-11-20 16:00\nIST-Seminar-Room 2.255 - Pfaffenwaldring 9 - Campus Stuttgart-Vaihingen  \nAbstract  \nIn my research, I seek to systematically exploit mechanical dynamics to make future robots\nfaster, more efficient, and more agile then today’s kinematically controlled systems. Drawing\ninspiration from biology and biomechanics, I design and control robots whose motion emerges in\ngreat part passively from the interaction of inertia, gravity, and elastic oscillations. Energy is\nstored and returned periodically in springs and other dynamic elements, and continuous motion is\nmerely initiated and shaped through the active actuator inputs. In this context, I am particularly\ninterested in questions of gait selection. Should a legged robot use different gaits at different\ndesired speeds? If so, what constitutes these gaits, what causes their existence, and how do they\nrelate to gaits observed in biology?\nI study these questions in conceptual models, in hardware implementations, and through\nbiomechanical experiments. In the long term, my research will allow the development of systems that\nreach and even exceed the agility of humans and animals. It will enable us to build autonomous\nrobots that can run as fast as a cheetah and as enduring as a husky, while mastering the same\nterrain as a mountain goat. And it will provide us with novel designs for prosthetics, orthotics,\nand active exoskeletons that help restoring the locomotion skills of the disabled and can be used\nas training and rehabilitation devices for the injured.  \n  \n  \n   \n  \nBiographical Information  \nDavid Remy is a Full Professor at the Institute for Nonlinear Mechanics at the University of\nStuttgart in Germany. He received his Ph.D. in 2011 from ETH Zurich (Prof. Roland Siegwart), and\nholds a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a Diploma in\nEngineering Cybernetics from the University of Stuttgart. Prior to his appointment in Stuttgart,\nDr. Remy was an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a member of the\nGerman National Academic Foundation and a recipient of the NSF CAREER award. His research interests\ninclude the design, simulation, and control of legged robots, exoskeletons, and other nonlinear\nsystems. Drawing inspiration from biology and biomechanics, he is particularly interested in the\neffects and exploitation of natural dynamic motions, the role of different gaits, and the\npossibility of force/torque controllable systems; both in conceptual models and in hardware\nrealizations.  \n  \n\n  
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