This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance on Zoom.

ABSTRACT

Dr. Rizzi will provide an overview of the recently established Boston Dynamics AI Institute and its developing research efforts. This will include a discussion of the motivation for developing highly capable dynamic robots, a brief history of some of the robotics research and development work he participated in at Boston Dynamics, and an overview of the goals and projects being undertaken at the AI Institute. One key goal of the AI Institute is to shift the way we think about improving the capability of robot systems by simultaneously developing systems and algorithms that combine high performance mechanisms with highly capable control systems and cutting edge embodied AI systems.