SoCS Seminar Series: Task Planning for Long-Term Autonomy in Mobile Service Robots

The Lincoln School of Computer Science and the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems are excited to host Prof Nick Hawes (University of Oxford, Oxford Robotics Institute) in their research seminar series: Task Planning for Long-Term Autonomy in Mobile Service Robots Place and Time Place: DCB1102 Date/Time: 13/7/2018 10am Add to my Calendar: Google Calendar iCal Calendar…

Research Seminar: Robot Learning with an Unknown Reward Function

We are pleased to announce an exciting seminar by Robert Pinsler (Cambridge University).  He will visit us on Wednesday, 11/4/2018 and give a talk at 2pm in INB3102. Robot Learning with an Unknown Reward Function While reinforcement learning has led to promising results in robotics, defining an informative reward function often remains challenging. In this talk, I…

Robotics Research Seminar 24/5/17: “Making Robust SLAM Solvers for Autonomous Mobile Robots”

We invite everybody to attend the robotics research seminar, organised by L-CAS, on Wednesday 24/5/2017: Dr Giorgio Grisetti, DIAG, University of Rome “Sapienza”: Making Robust SLAM Solvers for Autonomous Mobile Robots WHERE: AAD1W11, Lecture Theatre (Art, Architecture and Design Building), Brayford Pool Campus WHEN: Wednesday 24th May 2017, 3:00 – 4:00 pm ABSTRACT: In robotics, simultaneous…

Research Seminar 11/7/16: Experiences from Introducing a Robot into a Geriatric Long Term Care Environment

Research Seminar 11/7/16: Experiences from Introducing a Robot into a Geriatric Long Term Care Environment

SoCS Research Seminar Caregiver 4.0 – Experiences from Introducing a Robot into a Geriatric Long Term Care Environment   Time: Monday, 11/7/16, 2pm Place: MC0020 Abstract In my talk, I would like to give an overview of our scientific work that we conduct within the STRANDS-project, where the School of Computer Science of the University…

SoCS Research Seminar 12/2/16 2pm MB1020: From Autonomous Robots to Autonomous Cars

Frederic Siepmann, a development specialist at BMW R&D will present in our School of Computer Science research seminar series on 12/02/16 at 2pm. His talk will take place in seminar room MB1020 (1st floor Minerva Building). Frederic will share his journey from being an academic working on autonomous robots to eventually become a developer in car autonomy and…