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SUMMARY:Soft robotics: Fusing actuation with perception - Kaspar Althoefer
 \, Queen Mary University of London
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CONTACT:Alberto Padoan
DESCRIPTION:With the increasing demand for robots to operate in difficult-
 to-access places\, especially those that are considered hostile and extrem
 e from a human perspective\, comes the need to create robotic devices that
  go beyond the capabilities of the existing traditional rigid-component ro
 bots. In order to cope with such environmental requirements\, these new ro
 bots need to be capable of entering through narrow openings and then to re
 configure to tackle the tasks at hand\, aside from being appropriately pro
 tected to withstand the adversities of such an environment.\n\nWith the re
 sultant constraints on the robot's structure\, new concepts are needed. Fu
 sing function with structure will allow us to create a new generation of r
 obotic devices that can perceive the environment and meaningfully interact
  with it at the same time. This concept will densely integrate multiple fu
 nctionalities optimised for remote operations. The presentation explores a
 dvanced robotic structures that are densely integrated with a host of actu
 ation and perception capabilities to reach remote sites and in addition to
  interact with the environment in a purposeful way to achieve high-level t
 asks.\n
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\,  Seminar Room JDB
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