Lecture series: Design in Extreme Robotics
February - March 2023
Nowadays, robots are not only working in production factories, but are also progressively leaving structured environments in order work in extreme conditions. Indeed, there are robots doing surgery inside human bodies, handling nuclear materials, surviving in hostile environments for weeks and months, physically interacting with disabled people, running on complex grounds, etc.In this Lecture Series, the Institute of Mechanics, Materials, and Civil Engineering at UCLouvain will host some experts in this field for delivering seminars particularly highlighting the design challenges of such extreme robots. They will cover topics as diverse as morphological optimization, material selection, embodied intelligence, soft vs. rigid actuation, kinematic redundancy, dimensioning, etc.
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More information can be obtained via Prof. Renaud Ronsse.
 Alexander Badri-Spröwitz, KU Leuven |
When: February 1st, 15:00 Where: Louvain-la-Neuve, building Maxwell, room "Shannon" (floor +1) Title: Designing scalable and efficient legged machines for everyday use - Inspirations taken from the mechanical and neurocontrol leg-joint coupling in animals - Slides |
 Simon Watson, The University of Manchester |
When: February 14, 16:15 Where: Louvain-la-Neuve, building Maxwell, room "Shannon" (floor +1) Title: Designing Robots for Nuclear, Offshore and Subterranean Mine Environments - Slides |
 Gennaro Notomista, University of Waterloo |
When: February 28, 14:00 Where: ONLINE (MS Teams) Title: Design of robotic swarms for long-term environmental monitoring - Slides |
 Julie Legrand, Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
When: March 6, 11:00 Where: Louvain-la-Neuve, building Maxwell, room "Shannon" (floor +1) Title: Design of dexterous surgical instruments to perform constrained workspace surgery - Slides |
 Antonia Tzemanaki, University of Bristol |
When: March 10, 10:30 Where: ONLINE (MS Teams) – a group watching is organized in room a.078 (Stevin) Title: Design of dexterous tools with the end-user in mind for healthcare and beyond - Slides |