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Happening at RI

Examining Engagement and Motivation in a Conversational Robotic Exercise Coach for Older Adults

Event Category:
PhD Speaking Qualifier

Speaker:
Rayna Hata

Event Time:
Friday, December 12th - 11:00 AM

Examining Engagement and Motivation in a Conversational Robotic Exercise Coach for Older Adults

Event Category:
MSR Thesis Defense

Speaker:
Rayna Hata

Event Time:
Friday, December 12th - 11:00 AM

Modeling what Matters: Emergent Abstraction In Reinforcement Learning

Event Category:
PhD Thesis Defense

Speaker:
Benjamin (Ben) Freed

Event Time:
Friday, December 12th - 3:00 PM

Helping Robots Think on Their Feet

The Breakdown The BFM-Zero system lets humanoid robots switch seamlessly between many skills. It relies on unsupervised reinforcement learning, allowing robots to explore, generalize and self-improve. The system moves robotics closer to general-purpose humanoids that can adapt safely...

The Perfect Shot

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new kind of lens that can bring an entire scene into sharp focus at once — no matter how far away or close different parts of the scene are.

Robots on the Runway

Robots took to the runway — strutting, spinning and dancing — in a fashion show that brought art and engineering together to rethink how humans and machines might coexist. Draped in metallic fabric and sculptural garments, the robots appeared alongside human partners in a rare performance that b...