defenses

Title: A Control Theoretic Perspective on Learning in Robotics

Rowland O'Flaherty
Robotics Ph.D. Candidate
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Date: December 7, 2015 (Monday)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: TSRB 530

Title: Navigation Behavior Design and Representations For a People Aware Mobile Robot System

Akansel Cosgun
Robotics Ph.D. Candidate
School of Interactive Computing
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology

Date: November 20, 2015 (Friday)
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: MiRC 102A

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Title: Developing Robot Behaviors that Impact Human-Robot Trust in Emergency Evacuations

Student:
Paul Robinette
Robotics Ph.D. Candidate
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Date: Wednesday November 4, 2015
Time:  1:00-3:00PM EST.

Place: TSRB 509

Title: Semantic Mapping for Service Robots: Building and Using Maps for Mobile Manipulators in Semi-Structured Environments

Date: Friday, March 13th, 2015
Time: 11:00am -1:00pm EST
Location: Marcus Nanotechnology Bldg., Room 1117-1118

Title: Timing Multimodal Turn-Taking in Human-Robot Cooperative Activity

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Marcus Nanotechnology Bldg., Room 1117-1118

Committee:
Dr. Andrea L. Thomaz (Advisor), School of Interactive Computing
Dr. Ronald C. Arkin, School of Interactive Computing
Dr. Henrik I. Christensen, School of Interactive Computing
Dr. Karen M. Feigh, School of Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Candace L. Sidner, Department of Computer Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Abstract:

Title: Autonomous Environment Manipulation to Facilitate Task Completion

Date: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm EST
Location: College of Computing Building, Room 345

Title: Time-Optimal Sampling-Based Motion Planning for Manipulators with
Acceleration Limits

Date: Monday, March 9, 2015
Time: 11:15 am - 1:15 pm
Location: College of Computing Building, Room 345

10:00 AM-12:00 PM on September 29, 2014
Location: Marcus Nanotechnology Building 1117-1118

Title:  A Linguistic Method for Robot Verification, Programming, and Control

Neil T. Dantam
Ph.D. Candidate
Robotics / Interactive Computing
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology