Join us for a seminar on Sustainable Robotics with Visiting BrIAS Fellow, Prof. Andrea Roli. This Seminar will be livestreamed on our Youtube channel @BrIAStalks
Title: A cybernetic perspective of adaptive robots
Abstract
Since the early studies in cybernetics, the behavior of organisms is subject to deep investigations. The goal of this endeavour is both understanding and building: models and general principles are sought for describing organisms and their ability to produce adaptive behavior; these models are the basis for control mechanisms in artificial systems, such as robots. Major achievements have been attained in AI and robotics in the last decades. I believe that the original cybernetic perspective has still potential to inspire and guide future research in robotics. In this talk I will outline cybernetic principles that provide the context for illustrating recent results in online adaptation in robots and discuss open problems.
Andrea Roli is researcher and adjunct professor at Università di Bologna (Campus of Cesena). His main research interests and activities are in complex systems and artificial intelligence, with main focus on the relation between complex systems and cognitive processes. His current research activities are mainly devoted to bio-inspired robotics, emergent phenomena in complex systems, and information theory techniques for the analysis of complex systems dynamics. He is also interested in emergent phenomena in music, and in artificial creativity.
The BrIAS seminar hall is situated in the AB building on the Usquare site. The best way to access it is via the back by going down the stairs either on Ave de la Couronne (entrance 1) or down the stairs on Juliette Weytsman street (entrance 3). Enter through the glass doors of the Foyer where the BrIAS seminar hall is situated.
Arriving via public transport: Station Etterbeek (SNBC train stop) is just opposite the site with the following stops: Bus 95, Trams 25 and 7.