报告题目：From Biological Systems to Intelligent Robots: Opportunities & Challenges
（从生物系统到智能机器人：机遇与挑战）
报告时间：6月5日下午1:00-2:30
报告地点：机自大楼702B会议室
主讲人：Professor Huosheng Hu（School of Computer Science & Electronic Engineering University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom）
Brief CV: Huosheng Hu is a Professor in the School of Computer Science & ElectronicEngineering at the University of Essex, leading the robotics research. He received the PhDdegree in robotics from the University of Oxford in the U.K. His research interests includebehaviour-based robotics, human-robot interaction, service robots, embedded systems, datafusion, learning algorithms, mechatronics, and pervasive computing. He has published over 500papers in journals, books and conferences in these areas, and received a number of best paperawards. Prof. Hu is a Fellow of Institute of Engineering & Technology, a Fellow of Institute ofMeasurement & Control, a senior member of IEEE, a founding member of IEEE Robotics &Automation Society Technical committee on Networked Robots. He has been a Program Chairor a member of Advisory/Organising Committee for many international conferences such asIEEE IROS, ICRA, ICMA and ROBIO. He is currently Editor-in-Chief for International Journalof Automation and Computing, Editor-in-Chief for Robotics Journal, and Executive Editor forInternational Journal of Mechatronics & Automation
胡豁生：1987年留学英国，在牛津大学获得博士学位，并在牛津大学机器人研究组工作9年时间。现任英国埃塞克斯大学计算机与电子工程系教授，机器人学科带头人。已在国际期刊杂志和国际会议论文集上发表500多篇论文, H-Index 50，出版论著10本。研究方向包括智能机器人、嵌入式系统、多传感器信息融合、智能控制算法、分布式系统、机电一体化和网络下的机器人控制。现为英国工程技术协会和英国测量与控制协会Fellow，美国IEEE高级会员，多次列入世界名人录“Who’s Who”。现任国际自动化与计算机杂志主编，机器人杂志主编，国际机电一体化与自动化杂志的执行主编。
Abstract: Abstract: Inspired from nature, robotics researchers are currently working on a new field ofbiomimetics using bio-principles, bio-processes and bio-mechanisms in order to realise anevolutionary transformation from biological systems to intelligent robots. As a result, intelligentrobots are soon ready to serve us in our homes, hospitals, offices and everywhere. They areautonomous, interactive and intelligent, inspired from behaviour demonstrations of biologicalsystems. However, these robots face a number of engineering challenges. Firstly, they have todeal with uncertainty within the systems, such as sensor noise, actuator inaccuracy, andcomponents failure. Secondly, they have to handle a huge uncertainty in the real world, which isdynamically changing over time. Thirdly, they have to communicate with and navigate aroundhumans in order to provide services. In this talk, I will briefly overview the current state of artrobotics technologies, and present our research work toward the development of advancedtheory and technologies, based on inspiration from biological systems. More specifically, bio-mimetic system modelling, intelligent wheelchairs, service robots and swarm robotics arediscussed respectively, and some preliminary results are demonstrated via video.
