杏吧传媒 数学大讲坛第三期

第二十一讲——英国约克大学刘鹏程教授学术报告


题目:Bio-inspired Robotic Control Methodologies

时间:2023年5月4日(周四)上午09:00——10:00

地点:理学实验楼312

报告人:刘鹏程 副教授

摘要:Robotics and AI are identified as key growth areas across the world. The robots of today are no longer confined to structured environments, nor are they completely isolated from humans. Biological systems (humans/animals) naturally exhibit energy-efficient, robust, and adaptive behaviours in complex and contact-rich environments, whilst the existing robotic systems are still suffering from insufficient capabilities of sensory-motor and learning. Humans can perform a range of tasks with planning and excellence, but these are very difficult for robots. Motion learning and learning are the analysis of and planning for objects moving through space. It is a part of research problems across disciplines and requires specialised treatments. Motion planning algorithms move robots safely through complicated environments, validate both the assembly and operation of multipart systems, and solve a variety of other tasks. Real-time robot motion planning has become an active yet challenging research area recently, particularly with the issues of modelling of environmental interactions, recognition and grasping of deformable objects and optimization in contact-rich scenarios. In this presentation, I will start with the needs and challenges of autonomous motion learning in contact-rich and uncertain scenarios, and then explore plausible solutions to approach these problems with some interesting applications in agriculture and manufacturing.

报告人简介:

刘鹏程博士,英国约克大学(精英大学罗素联盟成员)计算机杏吧传媒 副教授,博士生导师,终身教职,约克大学自主学习系统实验室主任,英国实时系统国家重点实验室主要成员,约克大学智能机器人中心YorRobots、安全自治系统研究所Institute for Safe Autonomy主要成员。在最新发布的REF英国大学科研实力排名当中,约克大学位于全英第10位。根据国际计算机学界广泛使用的依据顶会排名的csranking,约克大学在嵌入式和实时系统方向欧洲第一,世界前三。在世界大学排名中,约克大学位列2023泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名第139位,2023QS世界大学排名162位。

刘博士长期从事机器人智能控制、仿生机器人、机器人学习及优化等领域的研究,取得了优异的研究成果,是智能控制与机器人领域的国际知名专家。刘博士连续入选Web of Science评定的2019年和2020年单一年份“全球前1%顶尖同行评议科学家(交叉学科和工程学科)榜单”。近年来,先后主持、参与英国工程与自然科学研究理事会(EPSRC),英国研究理事会英国创新基金(Innovate UK),英国文化委员会(British Council),欧盟委员会地平线2020玛丽居里计划(EU Horizon 2020 MSCA program),欧盟委员会伊拉斯谟基金(ERASMUS MUNDUS),英国高等教育创新基金(HEIF),欧盟委员会玛丽居里计划(EU FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES)等科研项目近20余项,累计纵向科研经费超过2600万元人民币。在机器人控制、人工智能领域一流学术期刊和国际会议上共发表80余篇论文,主编多部学术著作,研究成果得到国内外同行的一致好评。刘博士目前兼任机器人领域顶级会议ICRA编委会副主编,国际知名期刊Frontiers in Robotics & AI, PeerJ Computer Science副主编,兼任IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,IEEE Transactions on Robotics,Neural Networks,Neural Computing and Applications等30多个国际期刊和ICRA,IROS等9个国际会议审稿专家。