The public is invited to interact with flying, underwater, social, assistive, humanoid, and reconfigurable robots! Everyone is invited to come and join us. Schools, individuals, and industry are welcome to this free event.
| RSVP to: | Robert Perkins at (213) 740-9226 or perkinsr@usc.edu |
| WHAT: |
On Tuesday, USC Viterbi School of Engineering will open its doors and welcome the public to see and interact with its collection of robot at the USC Robotics Open House. Reservations are required for groups larger than ten people. Reserve now. Organized by the USC Robotics and Autonomous Systems Center (RASC), the event will feature a host of different machines, including social and humanoid robots, underwater robots, flying robots, robotic arms, and reconfigurable “super robots,” both small and large. |
| WHEN: | Tuesday, April 7, 2015 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| WHERE: | 3710 McClintock Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781 Check-in: Ronald Tutor Hall (RTH) Courtyard |
| PARKING: | Print reporters are asked to park in Parking Structure 2. To obtain a parking pass, present your press credentials at the gate upon arrival. Enter PS2 on the east side of Figueroa Street to find the lot behind the Radisson hotel; walk across Figueroa and then to the opposite side of campus to the check-in. News vans may park directly in front of Tutor Hall on McClintock Avenue, though space is limited so RSVPs are requested. Enter at Gate 6 from Vermont Avenue.
An interactive map is available at: http://web-app.usc.edu/maps/#upc/ |
USC is the largest center of robotics research in Southern California and boasts the most state-of-the-art equipment for human-centered robotics in the nation. USC professors and students alike are internationally renowned for their robotics work focusing on societally relevant problems, including those in health and the environment.
Find out what kind of robot you are by taking this quiz and learn more about all the USC robots here!
About the USC Robotics and Autonomous Systems Center (RASC)
Robotics and Autonomous Systems Center (RASC) was established in fall 2002. It is an interdisciplinary organized research unit (ORU) in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering that focuses on the science and technology of effective, robust, and scalable robotic systems, with broad and far-reaching applications. RASC facilitates interdisciplinary interactions and collaboration through its robotics faculty and its large team of interdisciplinary affiliates and serves as a linch pin for strategic research areas at USC. http://rasc.usc.edu
About the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Engineering Studies began at the University of Southern California in 1905. Nearly a century later, the Viterbi School of Engineering received a naming gift in 2004 from alumnus Andrew J. Viterbi, inventor of the Viterbi algorithm now key to cell phone technology and numerous data applications. Consistently ranked among the top graduate programs in the world, the school enrolls more than 6,500 undergraduate and graduate students, taught by 180 tenured and tenure-track faculty, with 62 endowed chairs and professorships. http://viterbi.usc.edu
Contact
Robert Perkins - 213-740-9226 or perkinsr@usc.edu
