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X-WR-CALNAME:Seminar @ Cornell Tech: Farrell Helbling 
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DESCRIPTION:"Taking off: The design of the First Autonomous\, Insect-scale 
 Flying Robots"\n\nCountless science fiction works have set our expectation
 s for small\, mobile\, autonomous robots for use in a broad range of appli
 cations. The ability to move through highly dynamic and complex environmen
 ts can expand capabilities in search and rescue operations and safety insp
 ection tasks. These robots can also form a diverse collective to provide m
 ore flexibility than a multifunctional robot. Advances in multi-scale manu
 facturing and the proliferation of small electronic devices have paved the
  way to realizing this vision with centimeter-scale robots. However\, ther
 e remain significant challenges in making these highly-articulated mechani
 cal devices fully autonomous due to the severe mass and power constraints.
  My research takes a holistic approach to navigating the inherent tradeoff
 s in each component in terms of their size\, mass\, power\, and computatio
 n requirements. In this talk I will present strategies for creating an aut
 onomous vehicle\, the Harvard RoboBee – an insect-scale flapping-wing ro
 bot with unprecedented mass\, power\, and computation constraints. I will 
 present my work on the analysis of control and power requirements for this
  vehicle\, as well as results on the integration of onboard sensors. I als
 o will discuss recent results that culminate nearly two decades of effort 
 to create a power autonomous insect-scale vehicle. Lastly\, I will outline
  how this design strategy can be readily applied to other micro and bioins
 pired autonomous robots.\n\n \n\nBio:\n\nFarrell Helbling is a post-doctor
 al fellow at Harvard University\, where she focuses on the systems-level d
 esign of the Harvard RoboBee\, an insect-scale flapping-wing robot\, and H
 AMR\, a bio-inspired crawling robot. Her research looks at the integration
  of the control system\, sensors\, and power electronics within the strict
  weight and power constraints of these vehicles. Her work on the first aut
 onomous flight of a centimeter-scale vehicle was recently featured on the 
 cover of Nature. She is a 2018 Rising Star in EECS\, the recipient of a NS
 F Graduate Research Fellowship\, and co-author on the IROS 2015 Best Stude
 nt Paper for an insect-scale\, hybrid aerial-aquatic vehicle. Her work on 
 the RoboBee project can be seen at the Boston Museum of Science\, World Ec
 onomic Forum\, London Science Museum\, and the Smithsonian\, as well as in
  the popular press (The New York Times\, PBS NewsHour\, Science Friday\, a
 nd the BBC). She is interested in the codesign of mechanical and electrica
 l systems for mass-\, power-\, and computation-constrained robots.
LOCATION:Cornell Tech\, Bloomberg Center\, Room 497
SUMMARY:Seminar @ Cornell Tech: Farrell Helbling 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.cornell.edu/event/seminar_cornell_tech_farrell
 _helbling
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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