The LISC often takes time for fun activities and outings such as kayaking, rock climbing, and many other fun and physically challenging activities. You can find the LISC activities page here.
Silvia Ferrari Named to Endowed Professorship
Silvia Ferrari, Professor with indefinite tenure, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, was elected the first John Brancaccio Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, effective November 1, 2018.
LISC Pizza and Autonomy Social!!
LISC will host a pizza and autonomy social next Thursday 4pm (Sept. 6th) at 529 Upson Hall! Come and join us for fun discussions, autonomy demos, and happy hour over pizza!
Cornell-Bologna Center for Vehicle Intelligence
Cornell and the University of Bologna establish the Center for Vehicle intelligence, which aims to integrate world-class research into some of the world’s most powerful and elegant vehicles, such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Ducati. Read the full Cornell Chronicle article here.
LISC Research Story by Cornell Research
“Autonomous Vehicles for Air, Land, and Sea”: A new story from Cornell Research detailing several current projects in the LISC. read the full story here.
Float Like a Robot, Think Like a Bee
An article on our work on neuromorphic control of the RoboBee, in collaboration with Rob Wood’s group at Harvard, has appeared on TechBriefs. The article can be found here: https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/1198-tb/news/news/28211-float-like-a-robot-think-like-a-bee
Our Neuromorphic Research was Featured by NAE Frontiers of Engineering!
Our work on neuromorphic control of the RoboBee, in collaboration with Rob Wood’s group at Harvard, has been featured on the news site of the National Academy of Engineers’ Frontiers of Engineering. The article can be found on their news site here: https://www.naefrontiers.org/Media/News.aspx and is titled “Brain-mimicking Neuromorphic Computer Chips for RoboBee.”
New Media Coverage of RoboBee Collaboration
Our work on biologically-inspired control of the RoboBee, in collaboration with the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, has been featured by the Cornell Chronicle and The Register. The articles describe our work to create control architectures that are both adaptive and energy-efficient using neuromorphic systems. Click below to see the original articles:
Cornell Chronicle:
http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/12/engineers-program-tiny-robots-move-think-insects
The Register:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/15/pest_control_eggheads_giving_robot_insects_an_ai_mind/
Il Futuro degli Studi in Ingegneria – A talk by Prof. Ferrari and colleagues
Professor Ferrari, along with several colleagues, discusses the future of engineering. Watch the video here.
New article published in IEEE Trans. on Robotics!
This paper develops a new indirect method for distributed optimal control (DOC) that is applicable to optimal planning for very-large-scale robotic (VLSR) systems in complex environments. Read the full article here.