Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics Seminar: Kapil Katyal

Description

Kapil Katyal, a principal researcher and robotics program manager in the Research and Exploratory Development Department at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), will give a talk titled "Robot Manipulation and Navigation Research at JHU/APL" for the Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics.

Find the link for the online seminar on the event webpage.

Abstract:

This talk will describe the robotics and AI activities and projects within JHU/APL's Research and Exploratory Development Department. I will present motivating challenge problems faced by various defense, military and medical sponsors across a number of government agencies. Further, I will highlight several research projects we are currently executing in the areas of robot manipulation, navigation and human robot interaction. Specifically, the projects will highlight areas including underwater manipulation, learned policies for off-road and complex terrain navigation, human robot interaction, heterogenous robot teaming, and fixed wing aerial navigation. Finally, I will present areas of future research and exploration and possible intersections with LCSR.

Bio:

Kapil Katyal is a principal researcher and robotics program manager in the Research and Exploratory Development Department at JHU/APL. He completed his PhD at Johns Hopkins, advised by Greg Hager, on prediction and perception capabilities for robot navigation. He has worked at JHU/APL since 2007 on several projects spanning robot manipulation, brain machine interfaces, vision algorithms for retinal prosthetics, and robot navigation in complex terrains. He holds five patents and has coauthored over 30 publications in areas of robotics and artificial intelligence.