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Raff D'Andrea, 12 October 2010

2010-10-03T21:26:07Z

Floris: /* Schedule */

Raff D'Andrea from ETH will be visiting Caltech on 12 October 2010 (Tue). Please sign up for a time to meet with him below.

=== Schedule ===

Tuesday (12 Oct 2010):
<blockquote>
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|8:45a|Ufuk}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Open}}
{{agenda item|10:15a|Open}}
{{agenda item|11:00a|Floris}}
{{agenda item|12:00p|IST Lunch Bunch, Annenberg}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Open}}
{{agenda item|2:15p| Nader}}
{{agenda item|3:00p|Meeting with RMM students}}
{{agenda item|4:15p|Open}}
{{agenda end}}
</blockquote>

=== Talk Abstract ===

'''Some Applications of Distributed Estimation and Control'''

Raff D'Andrea, ETHZ

In this talk I will discuss several applications of
distributed estimation and control: Kiva Systems, a company
that uses hundreds of mobile robots to move inventory in
distribution facilities; the Balancing Cube, a structure that can
balance on any one of its edges or corners using six rotating
mechanisms on the cube's inner faces; the Distributed Flight Array,
a flying platform consisting of multiple autonomous single propeller vehicles
that are able to drive, dock with their peers, and fly in a coordinated fashion;
the Flying Machine Arena, a research-driven airspace where vehicles teach
themselves -- and each other -- how to fly.

Raffaello D'Andrea is Professor of Dynamic Systems and Control
at ETH Zurich and Technical Co-Founder of Kiva Systems, a
company that develops adaptive and self-configuring warehouse
automation systems using hundreds of networked, mobile robots.
Also a creator of dynamic sculpture, he has shown his work at
international venues including the Venice Biennale, the
Luminato Festival, Ars Electronica, and ideaCity; two of his
pieces are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery
of Canada.

Group Schedule, Fall 2010

2010-09-14T00:29:46Z

Floris: /* Group Meetings */

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This page contains information about various upcoming events that are of interest to the group.
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* [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/calendar.html Richard's calendar (travel)]
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* [[Group Schedule, Summer 2010]]
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== Group Meetings ==
Group meetings are at noon in 114 Steele. Visitors are welcome (but be prepared to get signed up to give a talk!).
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{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}
{{agenda item|1 Oct (Fri)|Sawyer}}
{{agenda item|8 Oct (Fri)|SoCal NLC*: Necmiye, Open}}
{{agenda item|11-15 Oct|No meeting}}
{{agenda item|19 Oct (Tue)|Andrea}}
{{agenda end}}
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{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}
{{agenda item|29 Oct (Fri)|Floris}}
{{agenda item|3 Nov (Wed)|Jongmin}}
{{agenda item|12 Nov (Fri)|Dom}}
{{agenda item|19 Nov (Fri)|Pete}}
{{agenda end}}
|
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}
{{agenda item|24 Nov (Wed)|Shuo}}
{{agenda item|1 Dec (Wed)|cisco}}
{{agenda item|7 Dec (Tue)|Dionysios}}
{{agenda end}}
|}

<nowiki>* The Southern California Controls Workshop (SoCal NLC) will take place on 8 Oct (Fri) in Santa Barbara. Caltech has two slots for speakers. This workshop is attended by PhD students and faculty from UC San Diego, UCLA, USC, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, Caltech and UC Santa Barbara.</nowiki>

== Mini-group meetings ==

Below are the ''tentative'' times for mini-group meetings. Updates to times are likely to accommodate scheduling conflicts. Changes from the original schedule are highlighted in blue.

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==== Biocircuits ====
* 13-17 Sep: BE bootcamp
* 21 Sep (Tue) @ 3 pm: DNA 2.0
* 5 Oct (Tue) @ 4 pm
* 18 Oct (Mon) @ 4 pm
* 2 Nov (Tue) @ 4 pm
* 9 Nov (Tue) @ 4 pm
* 23 Nov (Tue) @ 4 pm
* 30 Nov (Tue) @ 4 pm
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==== Robotics ====
* 15 Sep (Wed) @ 4:30 pm
* 22 Sep (Wed) @ 5:00 pm
* 6 Oct (Wed) @ 4 pm
* 18 Oct (Tue) @ 4 pm
* 3 Nov (Wed) @ 4 pm
* 10 Nov (Wed) @ 4 pm
* 24 Nov (Wed) @ 1:30 pm
* 1 Dec (Wed) @ 4 pm
|
==== NCS ====
* 16 Sep (Thu) @ 5:00 pm
* 23 Sep (Thu) @ 4:00 pm
* 7 Oct (Thu) @ 4 pm
* 27 Oct (Thu) @ 4 pm
* 4 Nov (Thu) @ 4 pm
* 11 Nov (Thu) @ 4 pm
* 18 Nov (Thu) @ 4 pm
* 2 Dec (Thu) @ 4 pm
|}

== Events and talks ==
* 22 Sep - 26 Nov: Keith Glover will be visiting Caltech
* 6 Oct (Wed): Mung Chiang (Princeton) will visit and give an IST lunch bunch talk (noon) and and EE/CS seminar (4 pm?)
* 8 Oct (Fri): Southern California Control Workshop (SoCal NLC) in Santa Barbara
* 11 Oct (Mon): Jerry Loeb (USC) will give a talk titled "What Does the Brain Control?" and be around for discussions in the afternoon
* 12 Oct (Tue): [[Raff D'Andrea, 12 October 2010|Raff D'Andrea]] will visit and give an IST lunch bunch talk (noon)

Apr 2010 meetings

2010-04-27T07:11:38Z

Floris: /* 28 Apr (Wed) */

The list below has times that I am available to meet on 28-30 Apr.
* One-on-one meetings: Please pick a time that works and fill in your name. If none of the times work, send me e-mail (or find someone else who has a slot that does work and see if you can switch).

<br>
<table width=100% border=1>
<tr valign=top><td width=30%>
==== 28 Apr (Wed) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Open - 45m}}
{{agenda item|10:15a|Vanessa - 45m}}
{{agenda item|11:00a|Pete - 60m}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Dionysios - 60m}}
{{agenda item|2:30p|Hold - 30m}}
{{agenda item|3:00p|CDS tea}}
{{agenda item|3:30p|Floris - 60m}}
{{agenda item|4:30p|Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item|5:30p|Open - 60m}}
{{agenda end}}

</td><td width=30%>

==== 29 Apr (Thu) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Busy - 45m}}
{{agenda item|10:15a|Henry - 45m}}
{{agenda item|11:00a|Javad & Somayeh - 60m}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Busy - 90m}}
{{agenda item|3:00p|Fei/Richard - 30m}}
{{agenda item|3:30p|Albert - 30m}}
{{agenda item|4:00p|Shuo - 60m}}
{{agenda item|5:00p|iGEM - 60m}}
{{agenda item|6:00p|Nok - 60m}}
{{agenda end}}
</td><td width=30%>

==== 30 Apr (Fri) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Sawyer - 45m}}
{{agenda item|10:15a|Mumu - 45m}}
{{agenda item|11:00a|Asghar - 30m}}
{{agenda item|11:30a|Exam - 60m}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Emzo - 60m}}
{{agenda item|2:30p|Elisa - 60m}}
{{agenda item|3:30p|Andrea - 60m}}
{{agenda item|4:30p|cisco - 60m}}
{{agenda item|5:30p|Ufuk - 60m}}
{{agenda end}}
</td></tr>
</table>

Mar 2010 meetings

2010-03-29T20:14:03Z

Floris: /* 31 Mar (Wed) */

The list below has times that I am available to meet on 31 Mar - 2 Apr.
* One-on-one meetings: Please pick a time that works and fill in your name. If none of the times work, send me e-mail (or find someone else who has a slot that does work and see if you can switch).

<br>
<table width=100% border=1>
<tr valign=top><td width=30%>
==== 31 Mar (Wed) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Ophelia - 45m}}
{{agenda item|10:15a| Dionysios - 45m}}
{{agenda item|11:00a| Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p| Floris - 60m}}
{{agenda item|2:30p|Busy - 60m}}
{{agenda item|3:30p|Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item|4:30p|Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item|5:30p|Elisa - 60m}}
{{agenda end}}

</td><td width=30%>

==== 1 Apr (Thu) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Sawyer - 45m}}
{{agenda item|10:15a| Vanessa - 45m}}
{{agenda item|11:00a| Javad & Somayeh - 60m}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p| Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item|2:30p|Andrea - 60m}}
{{agenda item|3:30p|Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item|4:30p|Mumu}}
{{agenda item|5:30p|Nok}}
{{agenda end}}
</td><td width=30%>

==== 2 Apr (Fri) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Open - 45m}}
{{agenda item|10:15a| Open - 45m}}
{{agenda item|11:00a| Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p| Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item|2:30p|Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item|3:30p|Emzo and Joe - 60m}}
{{agenda item|4:30p|Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item|5:30p|Open - 60m}}
{{agenda end}}
</td></tr>
</table>

Feb 2010 schedule

2010-02-18T21:02:00Z

Floris: /* Session M1 */

Sign up below for a time to talk at the Feb 2010 "conference". '''All talks are 20 minutes long''' (shorter is OK).
<br>
<table width=100% border=1>
<tr valign=top><td width=30%>
==== Session A1 ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Open}}
{{agenda item|10:00a|Open}}
{{agenda item|10:30a|Open}}
{{agenda item|11:00a|Vanessa}}
{{agenda item|11:30a|Javad & Somayeh}}
{{agenda item|12:00p|Lunch break}}
{{agenda end}}

</td><td width=30%>

==== Session M1 ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|1:00p|Paloma/Andrea}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Pete}}
{{agenda item|2:00p|Floris}}
{{agenda item|2:30p|Open}}
{{agenda item|3:00p|Open}}
{{agenda item|3:30p|Afternoon break}}
{{agenda end}}
</td><td width=30%>

==== Session P1 ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|4:30p|Dionysios}}
{{agenda item|5:00p|Open}}
{{agenda item|5:30p|Open}}
{{agenda item|6:00p|Open}}
{{agenda item|6:30p|Open}}
{{agenda item|7:00p|End of conference}}
{{agenda end}}

</td></tr>
</table>

Jan 2010 meetings

2010-01-07T21:47:00Z

Floris: /* 14 Jan (Thu) */

The list below has times that I am available to meet on 12-14 Jan.
* One-on-one meetings: Please pick a time that works and fill in your name. If none of the times work, send me e-mail (or find someone else who has a slot that does work and see if you can switch).

<br>
<table width=100% border=1>
<tr valign=top><td width=30%>
==== 12 Jan (Tue) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|4:00p|Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item|5:00p|Dom - 30m}}
{{agenda item|5:30p|Shuo - 60m}}
{{agenda item|6:30p|Andrea - 60m}}
{{agenda end}}

</td><td width=30%>

==== 13 Jan (Wed) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Dionysios - 45m}}
{{agenda item|10:15a| Mumu - 45m}}
{{agenda item|11:00a| Vanessa - 60m}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Open - 30m}}
{{agenda item|2:00p|Exam}}
{{agenda item|3:30p|Open - 60m}}
{{agenda item|4:30p|cisco - 60m}}
{{agenda item|5:30p|Ufuk - 60m}}
{{agenda end}}
</td><td width=30%>

==== 14 Jan (Thu) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:00a|Exam}}
{{agenda item|10:30a|Nok - 45m}}
{{agenda item|11:15a|Javad & Somayeh - 45m}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Nader - 30m}}
{{agenda item|2:00p|Pete - 60m}}
{{agenda item|3:00p|Ophelia - 60m}}
{{agenda item|4:00p|Floris - 30m}}
{{agenda item|4:30p|Exam}}
{{agenda item|6:30p|Open - 60m}}
{{agenda end}}
</td></tr>
</table>

Nov 2009 meetings

2009-11-16T02:07:36Z

Floris: /* 23 Nov (Mon) */

The list below has times that I am available to meet on 23-25 Nov.
* Project meetings: please feel in your name if you ''cannot'' attend a project meeting at the listed time
* One-on-one meetings: Please pick a time that works and fill in your name. If none of the times work, send me e-mail (or find someone else who has a slot that does work and see if you can switch).

<br>
<table width=100% border=1>
<tr valign=top><td width=30%>
==== 23 Nov (Mon) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Open (30 min slot)}}
{{agenda item|10:00a|Exam}}
{{agenda item|12:00p|Project meeting #1:
* Enter your name if you can't attend a project meeting at this time
* Andrea (hay clase de español, pero puedo llegar si es necesario)
* Bring your own lunch
* Dionysios
* Shuo
}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Open (30 min slot)}}
{{agenda item|2:00p|Exam}}
{{agenda item|4:00p|Floris}}
{{agenda item|5:00p|Nok}}
{{agenda end}}

</td><td width=30%>

==== 24 Nov (Tue) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Ophelia}}
{{agenda item|10:30a| Javad & Somayeh}}
{{agenda item|11:30a| Dionysios}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Project meeting #2
* Enter your name if you can't attend a project meeting at this time
* Ufuk
* Javad
* Somayeh
}}
{{agenda item|3:00p|Open}}
{{agenda item|4:00p|Open}}
{{agenda item|5:00p|Ufuk}}
{{agenda end}}
</td><td width=30%>

==== 25 Nov (Wed) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Open}}
{{agenda item|10:30a|Project meeting #3
* Enter your name if you can't attend a project meeting at this time
* Floris
}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Open}}
{{agenda item|2:30p|Open}}
{{agenda item|3:30p|Shuo}}
{{agenda item|4:30p|Andrea}}
{{agenda end}}
</td></tr>
</table>

Nov 2009 meetings

2009-11-16T02:07:05Z

Floris: /* 25 Nov (Wed) */

The list below has times that I am available to meet on 23-25 Nov.
* Project meetings: please feel in your name if you ''cannot'' attend a project meeting at the listed time
* One-on-one meetings: Please pick a time that works and fill in your name. If none of the times work, send me e-mail (or find someone else who has a slot that does work and see if you can switch).

<br>
<table width=100% border=1>
<tr valign=top><td width=30%>
==== 23 Nov (Mon) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Open (30 min slot)}}
{{agenda item|10:00a|Exam}}
{{agenda item|12:00p|Project meeting #1:
* Enter your name if you can't attend a project meeting at this time
* Andrea (hay clase de español, pero puedo llegar si es necesario)
* Bring your own lunch
* Dionysios
* Shuo
}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Open (30 min slot)}}
{{agenda item|2:00p|Exam}}
{{agenda item|4:00p|Open}}
{{agenda item|5:00p|Nok}}
{{agenda end}}

</td><td width=30%>

==== 24 Nov (Tue) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Ophelia}}
{{agenda item|10:30a| Javad & Somayeh}}
{{agenda item|11:30a| Dionysios}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Project meeting #2
* Enter your name if you can't attend a project meeting at this time
* Ufuk
* Javad
* Somayeh
}}
{{agenda item|3:00p|Open}}
{{agenda item|4:00p|Open}}
{{agenda item|5:00p|Ufuk}}
{{agenda end}}
</td><td width=30%>

==== 25 Nov (Wed) ====
{{agenda begin}}
{{agenda item|9:30a|Open}}
{{agenda item|10:30a|Project meeting #3
* Enter your name if you can't attend a project meeting at this time
* Floris
}}
{{agenda item||}}
{{agenda item|1:30p|Open}}
{{agenda item|2:30p|Open}}
{{agenda item|3:30p|Shuo}}
{{agenda item|4:30p|Andrea}}
{{agenda end}}
</td></tr>
</table>