As autonomous systems become more prevalent in daily life, engineers face an enormous challenge. It’s not enough for these human-scale systems to complete tasks safely; they also need to abide by the social considerations we humans rely upon to guide and regulate our interactions.
Fresh from a 10-week summer software engineering internship with Medtronic in Boston, Lesly Rojas started her third year as an electrical and computer engineering student full of enthusiasm for medical technology research.
Oregon State University’s College of Engineering is the nation’s seventh-largest engineering college and a proven leader in research, with impacts that extend statewide, regionally, nationally, and globally. Research conducted here expands knowledge and creates use-inspired solutions in fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced manufacturing, clean water, materials science, sustainable energy, high-performance computing, resilient infrastructure, and health-related engineering.
Stefan Lee, assistant professor of computer science at Oregon State University, is making significant strides at the intersection of artificial intelligence and robotics.
Alan Fern and Sinisa Todorovic would like to teach computers and robots to have a little common sense.
Professor Julie A. Adams and her team of roboticists are hard at work developing a set of adaptive capabilities for human-robot teaming. In a recent interview, Adams explained her team’s focus on swarm robotics, where hundreds of robots are deployed simultaneously. The team’s goal is to enable a single human to deploy and control a robot swarm while maintaining a normal workload without being overburdened.
Cassie the bipedal robot recently earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the fastest two-legged robot on Earth, running the 100-meter dash in just under 25 seconds. The feat is especially impressive, considering Cassie pulled it off blind, without an onboard camera. Instead, Cassie first learned how to run through a series of “sim-to-real” training sessions.
Paris Myers’ time at Oregon State University took the shape of a collage with a bit of everything in the mix.
The rescuers search for survivors in the darkness of a vast labyrinth, deep below the surface. They squeeze through tight spaces, navigate blind turns, scramble over obstacles, and struggle to avoid innumerable traps laid for them. One wrong turn could spell disaster. Communication is limited. And time is running out.
