Stanford MURI kick-off meeting

Thursday, Sept. 10, 1998

Biomimetic Robots for Robust Operation 
in Unstructured Environments
Location: Durand 450 (follow hyperlink for map and location of Parking Structure #2)

Agenda:

9:00-9:30 Introductions, Project Overview, Explanation of the day's activities (Cutkosky)

9:30-10:00 I. Mobility (*Full, Howe, Kazerooni)

10:10-10:15 solicit questions, suggestions, discussion 10:15-10:45 II. Manipulation (*Kazerooni, Howe, Shadmehr)
10:45-11:00 Short break
11:00-11:15 solicit questions, suggestions, discussion
11:15-11:45 III. Learning, adaptation, impedance modulation (*Shadmehr, Howe, Kazerooni) 11:45-12:00 solicit questions, suggestions, discussion 12:00-12:30 Lunch brought in - general discussion and planning

12:45-1:15 Split into 2 groups for parallel tours, demonstrations in
1:15-1:45 DML, RPL and MSSL in Bldg. 530 (Kenny, Cutkosky & students)

2:00-2:30 IV. Fabrication and integration experiments (*Cutkosky, Kenny, Howe)

2:30-2:45 solicit questions, suggestions, discussion 2:45-3:15 V. Sensing (*Kenny, Howe, Cutkosky, Full) 3:15-3:30 solicit questions, suggestions, discussion 3:30-3:45 Short break

3:45-4:15 VI. Actuation & control (*Full, Cutkosky, Kenny, Howe, Shadmehr, Kazerooni)

4:15-4:30 solicit questions, suggestions, discussion 4:30 -- General plans, milestones, feedback, suggestions

(* denotes session leader)