Event

Special Robotics Seminar: Dr. Remus Boca, "Industrial Robotic Perception"

Friday, June 16, 2017
11:00 a.m.
1146 AV Williams Bldg
Ania Picard
301 405 4358
appicard@umd.edu

Special Robotics Seminar

Industrial Robotic Perception, Trends and Perspective

Dr. Remus Boca
Senior Principal Scientist
Mechatronics and Sensors
ABB Corporate Research Center 

Host

Yiannis Aloimonos

Abstract 
There is a seismic industrial shift in progress which industrial robotics cannot escape. Industrial robots are repetitive, robust, accurate and built for structure environments. These robots need to be adapted to solve present and future challenges such as unstructured environments, friendly interaction and autonomy. Robotic perception is one of the key technologies to address these challenges. My talk will present the robotic perception research I have been involved in the last couple of years at ABB Corporate Research.

Biography
Remus Boca is Senior Principal Scientist with ABB Corporate Research Center in Bloomfield, CT. Remus grew up in Bucharest, Romania and received his PhD from University Politehnica of Bucharest in 2001. He joined Braintech, Vancouver, BC in 2002 as senior researcher and ABB Corporate Research in 2010. Remus’ research interests are in robotics, computer vision and artificial intelligence. He is currently the technical coordinator for Robotic Perception and Cognition with ABB Corporate Research.