Research Seminars @ Illinois

Abstract: This seminar challenges the term automation in the context of engineering experiments and vibrations, proposing new human-computer interfaces and human-in-the-loop control paradigms. Applications include using Augmented Reality (AR) systems enabling a standalone human interface for automatic defect detection and non-linear characterization of vibratory systems. Applications include industrial human-centered machine-enabled inspection. The new machine-aided inspection employs a nonstationary pixel unit conversion with an automated image conversion translating anomalies to engineering units in the eyes of the inspector. This seminar also describes intuitive robot programming adjusting the kinematic controller’s parameters and a different outer-loop controller as an alternative to the time-consuming adjustments of holograms with application for construction, manufacturing, and field inspections. The practical application and validation of the model is examined through experiments involving human upper limb movement in interaction with robots. This automated control enabled by an immersive AR interface opens a bi-lateral communication line between humans and robots for collaboration and bi-directional teaming. Ongoing practical applications include the use of neuromorphic, low-latency system identification for non-linear systems ID, and human-robot construction teaming with the help of AR.

Bio: Fernando Moreu, PE is the Robert J. Stamm Professor of Advanced Design and Construction Practices, Dean’s Excellence Lecturer and Associate Professor at the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) at the University of New Mexico (UNM).