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<p>Wgm: /* Schedule */</p> <hr /> <div>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.<br /> <br /> === Schedule ===<br /> <br /> Tuesday (12 Oct 2010):<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;<br /> {{agenda begin}}<br /> {{agenda item|8:45a|Hold: John Doyle}}<br /> {{agenda item|9:30a|Hold: John Doyle}}<br /> {{agenda item|10:15a|Hold: John Doyle}}<br /> {{agenda item|11:00a|Floris}}<br /> {{agenda item|12:00p|IST Lunch Bunch, Annenberg}}<br /> {{agenda item|1:30p|Ufuk}}<br /> {{agenda item|2:15p|Nader}}<br /> {{agenda item|3:00p|Meeting with RMM students}}<br /> {{agenda item|4:15p|Hold: Ben Recht}}<br /> {{agenda end}}<br /> &lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> === Talk Abstract ===<br /> <br /> '''Some Applications of Distributed Estimation and Control'''<br /> <br /> Raff D'Andrea, ETHZ<br /> <br /> In this talk I will discuss several applications of<br /> distributed estimation and control: Kiva Systems, a company<br /> that uses hundreds of mobile robots to move inventory in<br /> distribution facilities; the Balancing Cube, a structure that can <br /> balance on any one of its edges or corners using six rotating <br /> mechanisms on the cube's inner faces; the Distributed Flight Array, <br /> a flying platform consisting of multiple autonomous single propeller vehicles<br /> that are able to drive, dock with their peers, and fly in a coordinated fashion; <br /> the Flying Machine Arena, a research-driven airspace where vehicles teach <br /> themselves -- and each other -- how to fly.<br /> <br /> Raffaello D'Andrea is Professor of Dynamic Systems and Control<br /> at ETH Zurich and Technical Co-Founder of Kiva Systems, a<br /> company that develops adaptive and self-configuring warehouse<br /> automation systems using hundreds of networked, mobile robots.<br /> Also a creator of dynamic sculpture, he has shown his work at<br /> international venues including the Venice Biennale, the<br /> Luminato Festival, Ars Electronica, and ideaCity; two of his<br /> pieces are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery<br /> of Canada.</div>

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