We are excited to host Dave Cappelleri from Purdue University in person for this week's Robotics Seminar! Prof. Cappelleri will give a talk "Microrobotics to Agricultural Robots: Robots at Different Length-Scales Interacting with the Environment". Please Join us this Friday, March 14, at 1 pm CT in CSL Studio Room 1232 to learn about robots small and not-so-small! Please contact Justin Yim — jkyim@illinois.edu if you would be interested in scheduling a meeting with Prof. Cappelleri! Please see the abstract and biography below:
Abstract: The Multi-Scale Robotics & Automation Lab (MSRAL) at Purdue University performs cutting-edge research on robotic and automation systems at various length scales: macro-scale (cm to m), meso-scale (~100's of um to a few mm's), and micro-scale (10's of um to 100's of um). All the developed systems are designed to interact with the environment in unique ways. In this talk, I will discuss some recent MSRAL microrobotics projects on different types of families of wireless mobile microrobots driven by external magnetic fields that we have developed over the years and some recent work in agricultural robotics and mobile manipulation.
Biography: David J. Cappelleri is the Assistant Vice President for Research Innovation in the Office of Research, B.F.S. Schaefer Scholar & Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy) at Purdue University. Prof. Cappelleri founded the Multi-Scale Robotics & Automation Lab (MSRAL) that performs cutting-edge research on robotic and automation systems at various length scales. His research interests include mobile microrobotics for biomedical and manufacturing applications, surgical robotics, automated manipulation and assembly, and unmanned aerial and ground robot design for agricultural applications. Prof. Cappelleri is the Purdue site director for the NSF Engineering Research Center on the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture (IoT4Ag). Prof. Cappelleri has received various awards, such as the NSF CAREER Award, Harvey N. Davis Distinguished Assistant Professor Teaching Award, the Association for Lab Automation Young Scientist Award, and is Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He received a Batchelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Villanova University, a MS in Mechanical Engineering degree from The Pennsylvania State University, and a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania.
You can also join us virtually over Zoom
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84149708803?pwd=R3JqMnk3VU0wWUZRbGtMd3o1YjZwdz09&from=addon
Meeting ID: 841 4970 8803
Password: 444347
Looking forward to seeing you on Friday!