Preparing for the Coming Machine Revolution

Departments: Electrical Engineering
Time: Monday, April 9, 2018 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Type: Seminar Series
Presenter: 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
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The 2018 Nyquist Lecture in Electrical Engineering

"Preparing for the Coming Machine Revolution"

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

In this talk, Raffaello will share the lessons he has learned creating autonomous systems, and highlight the skills necessary to create the next generation of autonomous machines and systems.

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 rede nes 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 ying 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
4:00 p.m.
Davies Auditorium
15 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT

This lectureship was made possible through a generous gift from J. Robert Mann, Jr., B.E. '51, Chairman of E-J Electric Installation Co., founded in 1899. He is the sponsor of the J. Robert Mann, Jr., Engineering Student Center and a recipient of the Yale Medal, Yale's highest award to honor outstanding individual service to the University.