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PhD Thesis Proposal - Isabel Rayas

PhD Candidate: Isabel Rayas

Title: Advancing robot autonomy for long-horizon tasks

Committee:
Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme (chair)
Prof. Stefanos Nikolaidis
Prof. Dave Caron
Prof. Heather Culbertson
Prof. S.K. Gupta

Abstract:
Autonomy is essential for unstructured, long-horizon robotic tasks. Three aspects that help enable autonomy include allowing high-level goal descriptions in the task specification; reducing human intervention required to complete the task; and actively using information gained so far or about the problem in order to make a decision at each step in the task. In this talk, I will discuss how we can use techniques in motion planning to plan efficient motions for long-horizon, sequential tasks, and to learn how to represent motion constraints from demonstrations. Additionally, I will describe recent work and propose several projects using techniques in informative path planning to allow one or more autonomous robots to explore an environment while gathering information useful to the scientists that deployed them.

Zoom info:
Time: Jun 1, 2022 01:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
https://usc.zoom.us/j/91309840836?pwd=WXpsYXVuak1VVHlYcnYyYk9mNmZKZz09

Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 406

WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/91309840836?pwd=WXpsYXVuak1VVHlYcnYyYk9mNmZKZz09

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Lizsl De Leon