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Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things and Ming Hsieh Institute for Electrical Engineering Joint Seminar Series on Cyber-Physical Systems

Speaker: Jiong Jin, Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Talk Title: Wireless Networked Robotics

Abstract: With the advancement of communications and microelectronics, it is now technologically feasible and economically viable to develop mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) with sensing and communication capabilities. Meanwhile, in the robotics community, multiple robots with embedded communications functionality have also been studied, leading to the development of multi-robot systems (MRSs). Although extensive research has been conducted separately in the respective WANETs and MRSs domain, little work has been carried out into the combination of these two technologies. The emerging research field of wireless networked robotics is thus introduced by providing complementary support to each technology. It brings together communications, control, mobility and cooperation to allow physical control of robots, and also enables mission objectives and task division to be performed in a closed loop operation with communications and networking. In this talk, wireless networked robotics that is capable of addressing more complex and time-critical tasks will be introduced. In particular, wireless robotic networks and cloud networked robotics will be presented in details, with applications in both smart city and Internet of things domains.

Biography: Dr. Jiong Jin is currently a lecturer (to be senior lecturer from 1 Jan 2017) in the School of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. He received the B.E. degree with First Class Honours in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2006, and Ph.D. degree from The University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2011. Prior to joining Swinburne, he was a Research Fellow in Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne from 2011 to 2013. His research interests include network design and optimization, nonlinear systems and sliding mode control, networked robotics, wireless sensor networks and Internet of things, cyber-physical systems and applications in smart grids and smart cities.

Host: Bhaskar Krishnamachari

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Estela Lopez