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SUMMARY:On motor intelligence for soft robots - Cosimo Della Santina\, Ass
 istant Professor at TU Delft\, The Netherland
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CONTACT:Fulvio Forni
DESCRIPTION:Leveraging the capabilities provided by their elastic deformab
 le bodies\, soft robots promise to have a disruptive impact on several fie
 lds of science\, industry\, and society. I will start my talk by discussin
 g continuum soft robots - i.e.\, systems inspired by vertebrate animals. I
 n the past decade\, substantial progress has been made in developing conti
 nuum soft robotic platforms\, but significantly less attention has been de
 voted to the control challenge. Today\, soft robotic systems still need a 
 low-level artificial brain that can make them execute precise motions and 
 eventually exploit the intelligence embedded in their complex mechanical s
 tructures. In this talk\, I will briefly introduce this grand challenge wi
 thin the soft robotic field and then introduce the model-based view of its
  solution. I will show how simplified models can be combined with nonlinea
 r control theory\, leading to precise and dynamic task execution. I will t
 hen zoom out and discuss Eigenmanifold stabilization as one way articulate
 d and continuum soft robots can outperform their rigid counterparts.\n\nTh
 e seminar will be held in LR5 \, Baker Building\, Department of Engineerin
 g\, and online (zoom): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87986687566?pwd=MGJScmMwd
 2lwT0tVMHNmWmxSa05XZz09
LOCATION:Department of Engineering / Online (Zoom)
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