CASSIE: A Tougher, Lighter Bipedal Robot with Eyes: Bipedal robot programmed to walk unassisted over rough terrain, walk through fire, ride a Segway, and map the new Robotics building.
Host: Jessy Grizzle
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
Location: Bipedal Robotics Laboratory, 1210A GG Brown, Directions here |GPS coordinates for Google Maps: 42.293029, -83.712947 or 42°17'34.9"N 83°42'46.6"W
Ride in Connected Automated Car and See Mcity: See Mcity, a test facility for connected and automated cars, and demos of self-driving cars. The demos will include automatic path planning, dynamic interactions with road users, and preview motion control.
Host: Huei Peng
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
THIS TOUR IS LIMITED TO THREE TOURS WITH 9 PEOPLE PER TOUR AND PARTICIPANTS MUST PRE-REGISTER: Here
Manipulating Piles of Stuff: See a two-arm robot searching through a pile of objects to find a target one.
Host: Dmitry Berenson
Time: 3:30-5:00pm
Location: 2201 Bonisteel Blvd., Engineering Research Building 2, Room 1212, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Human Support Robot (HSR): See Toyota's Human Support Robot (HSR), a researcher platform for manipulation, simulation, perception, and autonomy to enable home robots. Host: Brent Griffin
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
Location: 2201 Bonisteel Blvd., Engineering Research Building 2, Room 1212, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
UM Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) facilities tour: See UMTRI's driving simulator, vehicle instrumentation high-bay, augmented reality lab, and 3-D scanner.
Time: 3:00-5:15pm
Location: UMTRI Lobby, 2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, Directions here | Phone: (734) 764-6504