Dexterity for Humanoids, Webinar Panel
When:
Thursday, May 8, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: Online
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Amy Nedoss
Group: Center for Robotics and Biosystems (CRB)
Sponsor: Co-sponsored by HAND ERC and Center for Robotics and Biosystems.
Category: Academic, Lectures & Meetings
Description:
Humanoids make up one of the fastest growing subfields of robotics, and dexterity is perhaps the greatest challenge in making humanoids practically useful. In this webinar panel, researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation HAND Engineering Research Center will discuss dexterity with thought leaders from three prominent humanoid companies: Sanctuary AI, Boston Dynamics, and Apptronik.
Host: Kevin Lynch, Northwestern University
Moderator: Brenna Argall, Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Panelists:
Jeremy Fishel, Sanctuary AI
Alberto Rodriguez, Boston Dynamics
Luis Sentis, Apptronik and University of Texas, Austin
HAND is the U.S. National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center on Human Augmentation via Dexterity