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*Disney Research, in Glendale, CA*, is seeking internship applications fromoutstanding mechanical engineers who would like to join our team inconducting research in walking robots for entertainment. The idealcandidate must be passionate about robotics and more importantly have hadexperience and played a central role in the mechanical design, prototyping,construction, and testing of a robotic system.Disney Research (www.disneyresearch.com) is a network of research labsoffering the best attributes of academia and industry. We encouragepublication and engagement with the global research community throughuniversity collaborations. We work actively with business units of The WaltDisney Company at all stages of research, from conception tocommercialization—where results may be enjoyed by an audience of millions.In some cases, labs are embedded within business units; in others, they areco-located with universities.The ideal candidate will meet most (if not all) of the following criteria:* Working towards a Master's degree in mechanical engineering, or closelyrelated field* 1-2 years hands on experience designing, machining, and integratinghardware designs* Proficient in SolidWorks (or equivalent)* Experience with design optimization (e.g., Finite element analysis)* Experience with electro-mechanical actuators, sensors* Experience working with machine shop contractors and vendors (preferred,but not required)To Apply: Send an email to rcory@disneyresearch.com (subject: 'MechanicalEngineer Internship') with the following:1) Cover letter and resume. Cover letter should detail your area ofspecialization and how it relates to this position.2) Examples of your work. Preferably provide a web link to your designs,pictures, videos, etc.
NanoRobotics Lab @ Carnegie Mellon University has openings for postdoctoral researchers in following areas:1) Bacteria Propelled Micro-Robotic Swarms: This interdisciplinary project, funded by the NSF Cyber Physical Systems program, aims to develop theoretical and experimental frameworks for design, manufacturing, and control of new bacteria-propelled swimming micro-robot swarms for understanding and controlling their stochastic dense network behaviors towards potential future medical applications. Requirement: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, Physics, or related fields with research background in micro-robotics, micro-fabrication, micro-fluidics, cell biology, stochastic systems, swarms, and biological imaging.2) Gecko-Inspired Micro/Nano-Fiber Adhesives: This project (http://nanolab.me.cmu.edu/projects/geckohair/) aims to design, analyze and manufacture gecko-inspired polymer micro/nano-fibrillar adhesives as new gripping materials for miniature climbing and medical robots and as new soft grippers for robotic manipulation systems. Requirement: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related fields with research background in micro/nano-fabrication, miniature mobile robot design and fabrication, bio-inspired micro/nano-materials, micro/nano-manipulation, micro/nano-mechanics, and adhesion and friction at the micro/nanoscale.To apply, please send your CV, a cover letter with your specific interest for the related position, and 2-3 reference names with their contact information to Prof. Metin Sitti (sitti@cmu.edu). The deadline for applications is April 15, 2012. Applications from women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged.Bests,-MetinMetin Sitti, PhDProfessor of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics InstituteNanoRobotics Lab, Carnegie Mellon UniversityAddress: 5000 Forbes Ave., 320 Scaife Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890Tel: 412-268-3632Fax: 412-268-3348E-Mail: sitti@cmu.eduLab: http://nanolab.me.cmu.eduMechE: http://www.cmu.edu/me/people/metin-sitti.htmlRI: http://www.ri.cmu.edu/people/sitti_metin.html
Starting Fall 2012:Master's Degree in Informatics with a Major in Intelligent Systems (IS)A master's in computer science, with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence(Robotics, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Optimization, EvolutionaryComputation, Probabilistic Reasoning ... )Taught by award-winning experts of the Swiss AI Lab IDSIAand the University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland.Instructions, deadlines and more:http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/aimaster.html
ROBOCONTROL 20125th Workshop on Applied Robotics and AutomationBauru – Sao Paulo - Brazilhttp://www.fc.unesp.br/robocontrolRobocontrol, currently in its fifth edition, consolidates an event devotedto Robotics and Automation. The event cover a wide range of topics in robotapplications, allowing a broader vision of Robotics and Automation, as wellas bringing together other fields that contribute to these areas. Therefore,the event’s purpose is to present a variety of tendencies and contributionsin themes related to Automation and Robotics. As such, Robocontrolincorporates a multidisciplinary character, which unifies the theoreticaland applied aspects of design, automation and control applied to industrial,agricultural and bio-inspired systems, collaborative and educationalapplications.Areas of InterestRobocontrol 2012 focuses on applications of Robotics in Education andAssistive and Rehabilitation Robotics. Notwithstanding, the event coversalso other relevant themes to robotics. Therefore, the areas of interest ofthis event are, but are not limited to:§ Assistive Robotics and Rehabilitation Robotics§ Educational Robotics§ Collaborative systems in Robotics§ Teleoperation, Tele-robotics, Network Robotics and Multi-robot Systems§ Robotics and Automation in Unstructured Environment§ Personal and Service Robotics: Legged, Wheeled, Aerial and UnderwaterMobile Robots§ Manufacturing Automation and System Architecture§ Biomechanics and Bio-inspired Robots§ Social Robotics§ Human-Robot Interfaces, Haptics§ Medical Robots and Systems§ Conception, Design, Modeling and Control of Mechatronic Systems§ Robotics and Automation: Industrial and Agricultural Applications§ Intelligent Transport Systems and Service Robots§ Virtual and Augmented Reality§ Computer and Robot Vision§ Sensor Design Integration, and Fusion§ Sensor Based RoboticPaper submissionFor paper submission access the JEMS system https://submissoes.sbc.org.bror Robocontrol website http://www.fc.unesp.br/robocontrol . Papers will beaccepted only if written in English, use the PDF file format, and use theevent template (available in MS Word and LaTeX formats).Important dates§ Complete article submission deadline: March 15th 2012 --> EXTENDED toMARCH 26th, 2012§ Acceptance of articles: April 25th 2012§ "Camera Ready" Article submission: MAY 02nd, 2012§ Event: June 14th and 15th 2012Additional InformationAccess the event’s website at: http://www.fc.unesp.br/robocontrolor contact the Organizing Committee through the emailrobocontrol@fc.unesp.br
The 5th International Symposium on Resilient Control Systems (ISRCS)will be held August 14-16, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.Papers are being solicited for a special session on CO-ROBOTICS ANDTELE-PRESENCE in the context of resilient control systems. Thedeadline for submissions is April 2, 2012.Abstract:Because humans are inherently capable of tremendous levels ofresilience, system resilience can be greatly enhanced by the inclusionof a human in the loop. This may include humans sharing the operatingspace with the robot (Co-Robotics), or humans involved in the controland operation of a remote robotic system (Tele-Presence). Examples inco-robotics and tele-presence include resilience to unstructuredand/or dynamic operating environments, resilience to communicationlatency or disruption, task variation, dynamic task assignment, etc.This session solicits papers addressing these topics.Topics:Topics for this session include, but are not limited to:* Human detection and tracking algorithms; Shared workspaces;Human-robot cooperative operation; Novel human/robot interactionmethods;* Tele-presence systems; Resilient tele-presence systems; Hybridtele-presence/autonomous systems; Tele-presence augmentation viacomputer intelligence, Multi-modal tele-presence interfaceWebsites:For details on the ISRCS symposium, please visithttps://secureweb.inl.gov/isrcs2012/Default.aspxFor details on the special session on co-robotics and tele-presence,please visit https://secureweb.inl.gov/isrcs2012/docs/Robotics_SS_I-4.pdfDates:Apr 2, 2012 -- Paper submission deadlineJun 4, 2012 -- Notification of acceptance------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Corrie Nichol (chair) and Mark Colton (co-chair)ISRCS Special Session on Co-Robotics and Tele-Presence
The IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Mobile Manipulation(http://mobilemanipulation.org/) is putting together the next issue ofour newsletter and we would like to hear from you.Do you have a new video of your robot on youtube?Have you recently launched a project website and would like to publicize it?Have you released code relevant to mobile manipulation?Are you looking for students/faculty/staff for a mobile manipulation position?Are you organizing a workshop or session at a conference relevant tomobile manipulation?Would you like to announce something to the community?If so, please send me your link/announcement by March 23rd and I willinclude it in the newsletter. Thank you!---Dmitry BerensonPostdoctoral Research AssociateEECS DepartmentCollege of EngineeringUniversity of California at Berkeleyhttp://automation.berkeley.edu/~berenson/
1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INTELLIGENT MULTIMODAL INTERFACES APPLIED INSKILLS TRANSFER, HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION (IMIASH 2012)to be held in conjunction with The 8th International Conference on IntelligentEnvironments - IE 12 (www.intenv.org)Guanajuato, Mexico. June 26-29, 2012Workshop website : http://nadir.uc3m.es/imiash2012/The first International Workshop on Intelligent Multimodal Interfaces appliedin skills transfer and healthcare and rehabilitation, co-located with the 8thInternational Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 12) aims to bringtogether researches, developers and practitioners involved in the research areaof machine learning, bio-signals processing, electronics, robotics,mechatronics, virtual & augmented reality, medicine and rehabilitation.Nowadays, multimodal interfaces have changed and revolutionized the way thatpeople communicate, interact and learn. Undoubtedly, we are living in an agewhere these technological improvements have increased the human potential atlevels that have not been seen before. Day by day, thanks to the science andtechnology, we are able to see how the fiction is converted into reality andhow the multimodal interfaces are naturally integrated in the current life.This strong integration between humans and technology represents an incredibleopportunity to investigate the human behavior through this interaction andanalyze all the potentialities and advantages when the multimodal interfacesare used in the field of skills transfer, healthcare and rehabilitation.IMIASH 2012 has two main tracks:Track I: Multimodal Interfaces applied in Skills TransferThe use of new technologies has dramatically transformed the conventionalmethodologies in which humans learn. This track is focused in the humanbehavior of learning process in which motor skills activities are transmittedfrom intelligent multimodal interfaces to human beings. The research is focusedto investigate how these learning processes could be applied using intelligentmultimodal systems and virtual environments to transfer knowledge associated tohuman motor skills. Skills transfer is a trend in the scientific andtechnological development fields, which focuses on developing systems that canhelp the users (human beings) to learn different kinds of tasks. These systemsare designed to deal with the acquisition, interpretation, storing and transferof human skills by means of multimodal interfaces, Robotics, Haptics andVirtual Environments (VE) technologies. It also adopts cognitive sciences andinteraction design methodologies in order to obtain a digital representation ofthe skills and to develop techniques for its capturing and rendering.Track II: Multimodal Interfaces applied in healthcare and rehabilitationNowadays the multimodal interfaces in healthcare have been changing andimproving the quality of life of the people, principally of handicap people.Therefore, this track is focused in the design of multimodal systems thatimproves and accelerates the rehabilitation process of the patients through theuse of robotic and electronic devices capable to help the users to carry outdifferent routines in an accurate way.Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:Brain Computer InterfacesHapticsRoboticsRehabilitationSkills TransferMultimodal PlatformsArtificial IntelligenceVirtual RealityAugmented RealityComputer VisionData MiningMachine Learning ApplicationsImportant Dates!! Extended deadline !!Paper Submission deadline: March 30, 2012Notification of acceptance: April 16, 2012Camera-ready of accepted papers: April 30, 2012Workshops Proceedings will be published by IOS Press and indexed by ThomsonReuters (formerly ISI)Attached You can find the Call for Participation
