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Apr
25
2018

McCormick Robotics Speaker Series: Joshua Mehling (NASA)

When: Wednesday, April 25, 2018
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT

Where: Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center, ITW Classroom (1-350), 2133 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Contact: Allison Asher   (847) 467-5092

Group: Master of Science in Robotics (MSR)

Category: Academic

Description:

Title: 

NASA Robotics – Working with People and in Far-off Places

Abstract:

NASA has a long history of developing robots to expand the reach of human science and exploration. Looking to the future, robotics will play an even larger role in coming missions. Key technologies that provide human-like dexterity, safe interaction with astronauts, and the ability to remotely project human presence over great distances and in challenging environments will be critical to augmenting crew performance, maintaining exploration infrastructure, and ensuring long duration mission success. This talk will lay out NASA’s current vision for robotics and how maturing technology will be leveraged to take our next steps in space exploration. A variety of robots under development will be described, emphasizing both their intended space use and the terrestrial applications that could benefit from NASA robotics here on Earth.

Bio:

Dr. Joshua Mehling is the Technical Discipline Lead for Robotic Controls at NASA’s Johnson Space Center where he has served in the Robotic Systems Technology Branch since 2004. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University where his research focused on the design and impedance control of compliant actuators for human-centric robots. While at NASA, Dr. Mehling has held key leadership roles on the design teams responsible for both the Robonaut 2 and Valkyrie humanoid robots. His experience spans a variety of robotics domains (humanoids, rovers, human-robot collaboration, wearable robotics, remote telepresence, etc.) having deployed systems for both terrestrial and space applications. Additionally, he is a recent recipient of NASA’s Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal for his contributions to robot design across the agency.

 

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