Simultaneous Perception and Manipulation
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Simultaneous Perception and Manipulation
Wed, 17/07/2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
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Speaker:
Claudio Zito
Affiliation:
School of MACS, Dubai Campus
Synopsis:
Early efforts in AI were very effective on tasks typically associated with high intelligence, such as playing chess or medical diagnoses. However, daily manipulation tasks that we, as humans, perform with almost no thinking are still a challenge for robots. Let me take you on a journey of my own, through snapshots of my projects and achievements, working to identify a different type of intelligence needed for these challenging tasks.
Meeting ID: 340 882 530 72
Passcode: 8KRskS
Biography:
Claudio Zito is an assistant professor at the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at the global campus of Heriot-Watt University in Dubai (UAE). His expertise is in intelligent robotics addressing learning and planning problems in control and manipulation tasks. He obtained his BCs in Math and Computer Science from the University of Siena (IT), his MPhil in Information Technology and Applied ML from the University of Pisa (IT), and his PhD in AI and Robotics from the University of Birmingham (UK). During his career, he contributed to two EU FP7 projects (GeRT, PaCMaN) and several UK EPSRC projects, including a collaboration with the UK National Nuclear Centre. More recently, he led the development of a robotic research lab at the Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi (UAE). He received two best paper awards from the University of Birmingham (UK) and the Technology Innovation Institute (UAE), and selected finalist for the best paper award at ICORR 2019. He is a Vulcanus in Japan programme alumni and, since 2021, a member of the UAE Artificial Intelligence Expert Group.
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