Preparing for the Coming Machine Revolution

Time: Monday, April 9, 2018 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Type: Seminar Series
Presenter: Prof. Raffaello D'Andrea, Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control; ETH Zurich
Room/Office:
Location:
Davies Auditorium
15 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
United States

The 2018 Nyquist Lecture - Department of Electrical Engineering

Professor Raffaello D'Andrea
Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control
ETH Zurich

"Preparing for the Coming Machine Revolution"

Bio: Spanning academics, business and the arts, Raffaello D'Andrea's career is built on his ability to bridge theory and practice. At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, his research redefines the capabilities of autonomous systems.

D'Andrea is co-founder of Kiva Systems (acquired by Amazon in 2012, and now operating as Amazon Robotics), a robotics and logistics company that develops and deploys intelligent automated warehouse systems, with over 100,000 autonomous mobile robots deployed in Amazon warehouses alone. He was the faculty advisor and system architect of the Cornell Robot Soccer Team, four-time world champions at the international RoboCup competition. With his startup, Verity Studios, he recently created the flying machine design and choreography for Cirque du Soleil's Paramour on Broadway, Zhang Yimou's 2047 Apologue, Metallica's WorldWired tour, and the Knicks opening act at Madison Square Garden in New York.

In addition, he is a new media artist with exhibitions at various international venues, including the Venice Biennale, the FRAC Centre and the National Gallery of Canada. Other creations and projects include the Flying Machine Arena, the Distributed Flight Array, the Balancing Cube, Cubli, Flight Assembled Architecture, the Blind Juggler, the Robotic Chair and RoboEarth.

His TED talks, viewed more than 13 million times, have inspired a generation to pursue engineering, robotics, and computer science.

Monday, April 9, 2018
Davies Auditorium
15 Prospect Street
4:00 PM
Hosted by: A. Stephen Morse