CMU Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Program

Get ready to explore robotics with RoboLaunch! 🌎 🚀 Our next speaker is Assistant Professor Karen Leung from the University of Washington. 💻 🤖 Professor Karen Leung is the Juris Vagners and Linda Christianson Endowed Faculty Fellow in Aeronautics & Astronautics. Prior to joining the University of Washington, she was a research scientist at the Autonomous Vehicle Research Group at NVIDIA, where she currently holds a partial appointment. Karen received a Ph.D. and M.S. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. Lying at the intersection of dynamics and control, robotics, and machine learning, her research focuses on building trustworthy autonomous systems that can operate seamlessly with, alongside, and around humans. 🤖 👤 📺 Tune in this Wednesday, 7/31/24, at 11:00 AM EDT, and join the conversation on our YouTube channel ⏩ Explore Robotics: Education, Research, & Careers. https://lnkd.in/er_5VNuv #RISS2024 #RoboLaunch2024 #stem #cmu #robotics

Get ready to explore robotics with RoboLaunch! 🌍 🚀 Our next speaker is Dr. Abhisesh Silwal, a Systems Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University's Field Robotics Center. 🤖 💻 Previously, Abhisesh completed his post-doctoral fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University and worked as a Senior Project Scientist in the Field Robotics Center. He received his Ph.D. from Washington State University and holds a Master’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering and an Undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering. Abhisesh's work is centered on systems research at the intersection of perception, navigation, manipulation and artificial intelligence. His research aims to combine the state of the art from all disciplines of robotics to provide robust robotic solutions to agricultural and field robotics problems. 📺 Tune in this Wednesday, 7/24/24, at 11:00 AM EDT, and join this conversation on our YouTube channel ⏩ Explore Robotics: Education, Research, & Careers. https://lnkd.in/e_2s7dkC

Get ready to explore robotics with RoboLaunch! 🌎 🚀 Our next speaker is Professor Artur Dubrawski! 💻 Artur Dubrawski is a Research Professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He received a Ph.D. in robotics and automation from the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, and a M.S. in aircraft engineering from Warsaw University of Technology. Spanning the fields of public health, food safety, nuclear safety, and equipment health, his research investigates new machine learning algorithms and data structures to enhance probabilistic modeling, predictive analysis, interactive data exploration, and data comprehension.   📺 Tune in this Wednesday, 7/17/24, at 11:00 AM EDT, and join this conversation on our YouTube channel ⏩ Explore Robotics: Education, Research, & Careers. 🎉 🤖 https://lnkd.in/epsgtukd #RISS2024 #RoboLaunch2024 #stem #cmu #robotics

Get ready to explore robotics with RoboLaunch! 🌎🚀 Our next speaker is Dr. Andreea Bobu, an incoming Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 🤖💻 Previously, Dr. Bobu served as a Research Scientist at the Boston Dynamics AI Institute. Prior to this, she obtained her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley with Professor Anca Dragan. She received her B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering at MIT. Dr. Bobu will be starting as an Assistant Professor at MIT in Fall 2024. Dr. Bobu's work is centered on algorithmic human-robot interaction, focusing on how robots and humans can efficiently develop shared task representations to achieve more seamless and reliable collaboration. 📺 Tune in this Wednesday 7/10/24, 11:00 AM EDT and join this conversation on our YouTube channel ⏩ Explore Robotics: Education, Research, & Careers. 🎬🤖 https://lnkd.in/ey86Tg5M #RISS2024 #RoboLaunch2024 #stem #cmu #mit #robotics

Get ready to explore robotics with RoboLaunch! 🚀🤖🌎 Our next speaker is Assistant Professor Sylvia Herbert from UC San Diego. 🎉 Prior to joining UCSD, she received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley, where she studied with Professor Claire Tomlin on safe and efficient control of autonomous systems. She earned her BS/MS at Drexel University in Mechanical Engineering, and is the recipient of the ONR Young Investigator Award, Hellman Fellowship, UCSD JSOE Early Career Faculty Award, UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Fellowship, NSF GRFP, UC Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, and the Berkeley EECS Demetri Angelakos Memorial Achievement Award for Altruism. As head of the Safe Autonomous Systems Lab, her research focuses on enhancing safety and efficiency in autonomous systems through new methods that integrate control theory, cognitive science, and reinforcement learning, validated by rigorous theory and physical testing on robotic platforms. 🧠🤖 Tune in this Wednesday 6/26/24, 11:00 AM EDT and join this conversation on our YouTube channel ⏩ Explore Robotics: Education, Research, & Careers. #RISS2024 #RoboLaunch2024 #stem #cmu #robotics

Get ready to explore robotics with RoboLaunch. 🚀🤖 Our first speaker is Professor Zeynep Temel! 🎉 Zeynep Temel is an assistant professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. She previously received her PhD from Sabanci University, where she worked on the design, characterization, visualization, and navigation of Swimming Micro Robots. 🌊 As head of the Zoom Lab at CMU, she focuses on developing robots equipped with flexible mechanisms to effectively navigate complex environments, while stimulating interest in science and engineering through her courses in innovative, bio-inspired robotic systems. 🦗🌱🤖 Tune in this Wednesday, 6/26/24, at 10:00 AM EDT, and join this conversation on our YouTube channel ⏩ Explore Robotics: Education, Research, & Careers. #RISS2024 #RoboLaunch2024 #cmu #stem #robotics #innovation #microrobotics

The RoboLaunch initiative offers a series of talks and conversations with diverse pioneers in robotics and AI, allowing you to explore research and education in these fields. RoboLaunch invites students and aspiring roboticists worldwide 🌍 to learn about cutting-edge research and innovations in robotics and AI being conducted at world-leading institutions through accessible talks, providing insights on how students can get started in robotics and AI research. 🤖👩💻🚀 Join us this summer as we welcome remarkable roboticists such as: - Professor Zeynep Temel (June 26th) - Professor Sylvia Herbert (June 26th) - Dr. Andreea Bobu (July 10th) - Professor Artur Dubrawski (July 17th) - Dr. Abhisesh Silwal (July 24th) - Professor Karen Leung (July 31st) Tune into these fantastic conversations on our YouTube Channel ⏩ Explore Robotics: Education, Research, & Careers. #RISS2024 #RoboLaunch2024 #CMU #innovation #robotics #stem

Get ready to explore robotics with RoboLaunch. Our next speaker is Professor Yonatan Bisk! Yonatan Bisk is an assistant professor of computer science in Carnegie Mellon's Language Technologies Institute. Previously, he received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign working on unsupervised Bayesian models of syntax, before spending time at USC's ISI (working on grounding), the University of Washington (for commonsense research), and Microsoft Research (for vision+language). Tune in on Tuesday 01/09/23, 12:00 PM ET, and join the conversation on our Youtube Channel ➡️ Explore Robotics: Education, Research, & Careers https://lnkd.in/gyMZxkhw #RISS2023 #CMUSummer #RoboLaunch2023 #innovation #robotics #socialrobotics

We are excited to launch this new live series where you will have a chance to talk to our former scholars worldwide! 🌍🌎🌏 Are you an undergraduate student interested in robotics and research but don't know where to start? 🤖 This is the perfect opportunity to hear from the experiences and tips our scholars have to share for pursuing research internationally. This time around, we have scholars from Mexico, Brazil, Poland and Thailand joining us throughout the next two weeks. Join us on Instagram (@cmu_riss) in the language you feel most comfortable with 😉 #roboticseducation #roboticsengineering #researcher #stem #undergradresearch

Get ready to explore robotics with RoboLaunch. Our next speaker is Dr. Alex Foessel! He worked for John Deere 18 years in roles like director of technology innovation, director of customer support, and lead architect of automation and autonomy. In 2020, Alex founded Balanced Engineering, a consulting, training and engineering services company focused on architecture, product safety, and commercialization of highly automated off-road equipment, with customers in agriculture, construction, marine in the Americas and Europe. Alex and his family continue to raise Angus cattle in Chilean Patagonia. Alex obtained his PhD in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. https://lnkd.in/gCw_5rN2 Tune in on Wednesday 12/13/23, 12:00 PM ET, and join the conversation on our Youtube Channel ➡️ Explore Robotics: Education, Research, & Careers #RISS2023 #CMUSummer #RoboLaunch2023 #innovation #robotics #socialrobotics