Robots that work together

Robots that work together

Robots that work together

event Tuesday, September 28, 2021 schedule 5.00pm - 5.50pm BST
Booking closed
Booking closed
event Tuesday, September 28, 2021 schedule 5.00pm - 5.50pm BST
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Open to: 
Alumni and guests
Theme: 
Science and technology

What happens when robots work together to achieve complex tasks, and how do we program our robots to work together efficiently? 

In this talk, Dr Prorok will explore how new algorithms for coordination can help us solve some of the most pressing problems in transport and logistics

Robots that work together

Speakers

Dr Amanda Prorok (Fellow of Pembroke)

Amanda Prorok

Dr Amanda Prorok is an Assistant Professor (University Lecturer) in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, at Cambridge University, and a Fellow of Pembroke College.

She has been honoured by numerous research awards, including an ERC Starting Grant, an Amazon Research Award, the EPSRC New Investigator Award, the Isaac Newton Trust Early Career Award, and several Best Paper awards. Her PhD thesis was awarded the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) prize for the best thesis at EPFL in Computer Science. She serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (R-AL) and Associate Editor for Autonomous Robots (AURO). Prior to joining Cambridge, Amanda was a postdoctoral researcher at the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, where she worked with Prof. Vijay Kumar. She completed her PhD at EPFL, Switzerland, with Prof. Alcherio Martinoli.

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