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GRASP Lab Seminar 2003-2004
January 30, 11:00 AM, Levine Hall 307, hosted by CJ Taylor.
Gaurav Sukhatme
University of Southern California
Networked Robotics: From Multi-Robot Systems to Wireless Sensor Networks
Abstract: The emergence of wireless technology has altered robotics. Examples include systems we (and others) have built to solve problems in distributed robotics (e.g. localization, coverage, navigation, task allocation) using a network of sensors. I will discuss the algorithms we have devised for some of these talks, and their characterization. I willargue that in return, robotics can potentially alter the way wireless sensor networks are deployed, maintained, repaired, and replenished, illustrating once again with experimental systems we have built in the lab.
Biography: Gaurav S. Sukhatme is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC) where he directs the Robotic Embedded Systems Laboratory. He received a B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from USC. His research interests are in distributed robotics and sensor-actuator networks. He is the author of approximately 100 papers in these areas. His research is supported by grants from NSF, DARPA, NASA, DOE, and Intel Corporation. He is a member of AAAI, IEEE, ACM and is a 2002 NSF CAREER awardee.
