This will be a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance on Zoom. This week’s speaker will be virtual.

Seminar attendees are also invited to a group discussion with Michel Hidalgo on Thursday, April 11th from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM on this link.

ABSTRACT

How do you do robotics without robots? Ekumen has been profitably providing software consulting services to robotics companies for over a decade, 10000 miles from relevant technological hubs. While multi-causal, a non-negligible factor in the company’s success were the advancements in multi-body dynamics simulation. From prototyping through validation and testing, the robotics industry relies on these simulations to speed up and scale its development workflows. As a byproduct, this tendency has alleviated the need for locality with hardware assets. I will discuss present-day technology in multi-body dynamics simulation, some of our past experience with it in real-world applications, and what we have learned from practice along the way.