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Abstract
In a society progressively increasingly welcoming automation, robotics constitutes a very active field of research. This presentation will feature recent robotic-related activities taking place at KAUST, ranging from abstract and analytical to concrete and experimental. Such activities include using recent progress in artificial intelligence to create a baby robot that learns, a towed underwater vehicle to perform robotic coral restoration surveys, an automated zero-gravity atmospheric vehicle, and some of the analytical underpinnings of robot control and stability. Possible further research directions will be discussed.
Brief Biography
Eric Feron is Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Feron has been doing research and teaching at Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile, France, the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, the Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace-Supaéro, France, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and the Office National d’Etudes et Recherches Aérospatiales, France. Eric Feron’s interests are using fundamental concepts of control systems, optimization theory and computer science to address problems in aerospace and transportation engineering, including air transportation, aerial robotics, software and system certification, and human-machine interaction. He is also increasingly interested in robotic applications in the marine environment.
