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Dr. Andrea Gasparri, Multi-Robot Systems: A Control Perspective- Tutorial Part I
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 @ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Research Talk by Dr. Andrea Gasparri, Assistant Professor, Engineering Department, Roma Tre University, Italy
Title: Multi-Robot Systems: A Control Perspective
Abstract: Multi-Robot Systems represent an important research field with a wide variety of topics to be addressed. In recent years a great effort has been made by the research community towards the development of decentralized techniques to provide an adequate level of robustness and flexibility to these systems. This tutorial will provide first a general overview of this research area, focusing on the most important design aspects of a multi-robot system, e.g. control and communication architecture, and illustrating the most important research problems. Then, it will focus on the control aspects of the distributed cooperation problem. In that context, the consensus problem will be first reviewed as a starting point towards the investigation of more refined techniques to achieve spatial aggregation between the robotic units. Furthermore, the connectivity maintenance problem will be introduced, a taxonomy of the approaches available at the state of the art will be derived and some relevant techniques will be described more in detail. Finally, relevant applications in the context of multi-robot systems which rely on the distributed coordination techniques previously introduced will be highlighted.
Biography: Andrea Gasparri received the Graduate degree (cum laude) in computer science in 2004 and the Ph.D. degree in computer science and automation in 2008, both from the University of Rome Roma Tre, Rome, Italy. He is currently an Assistant Professor for the Engineering Department, University of Rome Roma Tre. His current research interests include mobile robotics, sensor networks, and, more generally, networked multi-agent systems.
Dr. Gasparri is a young expert with rapidly growing recognition in the emerging area of distributed networked robotics, a field at the intersection of control, robotics, and networking that is currently gaining in importance. Dr. Gasparri will be visiting USC from May 21 to June 30, 2013.
Organizer(s): Bhaskar Krishnamachari and Gaurav Sukhatme
Sponsored by the Ming Hsieh Institute
For more information: http://mhi.usc.edu/2013/05/01/dr-andrea-gasparri/
More Information: Flyer for talks.pdf
Location: 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Danielle Hamra
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Dr. Andrea Gasparri, Multi-Robot Systems: A Control Perspective II
Fri, Jun 07, 2013 @ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Research Talk by Dr. Andrea Gasparri, Assistant Professor, Engineering Department, Roma Tre University, Italy
Title: Multi-Robot Systems: A Control Perspective II
Abstract: Multi-Robot Systems represent an important research field with a wide variety of topics to be addressed. In recent years a great effort has been made by the research community towards the development of decentralized techniques to provide an adequate level of robustness and flexibility to these systems. This tutorial will provide first a general overview of this research area, focusing on the most important design aspects of a multi-robot system, e.g. control and communication architecture, and illustrating the most important research problems. Then, it will focus on the control aspects of the distributed cooperation problem. In that context, the consensus problem will be first reviewed as a starting point towards the investigation of more refined techniques to achieve spatial aggregation between the robotic units. Furthermore, the connectivity maintenance problem will be introduced, a taxonomy of the approaches available at the state of the art will be derived and some relevant techniques will be described more in detail. Finally, relevant applications in the context of multi-robot systems which rely on the distributed coordination techniques previously introduced will be highlighted.
Biography: Andrea Gasparri received the Graduate degree (cum laude) in computer science in 2004 and the Ph.D. degree in computer science and automation in 2008, both from the University of Rome Roma Tre, Rome, Italy. He is currently an Assistant Professor for the Engineering Department, University of Rome Roma Tre. His current research interests include mobile robotics, sensor networks, and, more generally, networked multi-agent systems.
Dr. Gasparri is a young expert with rapidly growing recognition in the emerging area of distributed networked robotics, a field at the intersection of control, robotics, and networking that is currently gaining in importance. Dr. Gasparri will be visiting USC from May 21 to June 30, 2013.
Organizer(s): Bhaskar Krishnamachari and Gaurav Sukhatme
Sponsored by the Ming Hsieh Institute
For more information: http://mhi.usc.edu/2013/05/01/dr-andrea-gasparri/More Information: Flyer for talks.pdf
Location: EEB 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Danielle Hamra
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Dr. Andrea Gasparri, Swarm Aggregation Algorithms for Multi-Robot Systems
Tue, Jun 11, 2013 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Research Talk by Dr. Andrea Gasparri, Assistant Professor, Engineering Department, Roma Tre University, Italy
Title: Swarm Aggregation Algorithms for Multi-Robot Systems
Abstract: In this work, a novel decentralized swarm aggregation algorithm for multi-robot systems is proposed. In this framework, the interaction among robots is limited to their visibility neighborhood, i.e., robots that are within the visibility range of each other. Furthermore, to better comply with the hardware/software limitations of mobile robotic platforms, robots actuators are assumed to be saturated. An enhanced version of the proposed control law is also discussed. Improvements mainly concerns two aspects: i) the actuator saturation can be asymmetric with respect to the forward and backward velocity to better comply with the hardware/software specifications, and ii) the obstacle avoidance algorithm can be more easily integrated within the local control law of each robot ensuring a safer navigation in an environment filled with obstacles. A theoretical characterization of the main properties of the proposed swarm aggregation algorithms is provided. Simulations have been carried out to validate the theoretical results. Furthermore, experiments have been performed with a team of low-cost mobile robots to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach in a real-world environment.
Biography: Andrea Gasparri received the Graduate degree (cum laude) in computer science in 2004 and the Ph.D. degree in computer science and automation in 2008, both from the University of Rome Roma Tre, Rome, Italy. He is currently an Assistant Professor for the Engineering Department, University of Rome Roma Tre. His current research interests include mobile robotics, sensor networks, and, more generally, networked multi-agent systems.
Dr. Gasparri is a young expert with rapidly growing recognition in the emerging area of distributed networked robotics, a field at the intersection of control, robotics, and networking that is currently gaining in importance. Dr. Gasparri will be visiting USC from May 21 to June 30, 2013.
Organizer(s): Bhaskar Krishnamachari and Gaurav Sukhatme
Sponsored by the Ming Hsieh Institute
For more information: http://mhi.usc.edu/2013/05/01/dr-andrea-gasparriMore Information: Flyer for talks.pdf
Location: EEB 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Danielle Hamra
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
EE Alumni Reception (San Jose)
Thu, Jun 13, 2013 @ 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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The Electrical Engineering Department is the Viterbi School’s largest, and one of the largest of its kind in the nation. The Ming Hsieh Institute (MHI) was established to complement and enhance the department’s academic and research programs and promote emerging fields within electrical engineering. Staying connected with electrical engineering alums is one of our main goals to continue enhancing innovation and excellence.
The reception is a casual networking event so attendees can re-connect with former classmates and meet local alums with the possibility for future collaboration. There will be good conversation about the latest alumni accomplishments as well as exciting activities and research happening in the department. Cocktail reception refreshments will be provided.
Tickets: $25 per person (tickets must be purchased by 6/10)
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View attendees: http://mhi.usc.edu/ee-alumni-reception-bay-area/Location: Fairmont San Jose
Audiences: EE Bay Area Alumni
Contact: Danielle Hamra
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
