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Robotics Engineering Prof. Michael Gennert Robotics Engineering Program Director Fall 2016 Robotics Education Gap Robotics Research PhD @ Large Research Robotics University Engineering Industrial Robotics Technology AA, AS @ Making
Industrial Robotics Technology AA, AS @ Community College Robotics Research PhD @ Large Research University Robotics Engineering “Making useful robots, Making robots useful”
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Growth in importance of Robotics
K-12 interest in Robotics
Great fit for WPI
Leadership
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Electrical & Computer Engineering Computer Science David Cyganski Mike Ciaraldi Jim Duckworth Eugene Eberbach Jie Fu Mike Gennert Fred Looft Carlo Pinciroli Bill Michalson Craig Putnam Alex Wyglinski Chuck Rich Candy Sidner Mechanical Engineering Holly Ault Robotics Engineering (non-department) Toby Bergstrom Nick Bertozzi Chris Brown Ken Stafford Raghvendra Cowlagi Michael Demetriou Social Science & Policy Studies Greg Fischer Jeanine Skorinko Cosme Furlong Allen Hoffman Humanities & Arts Jane Li Scott Barton Cagdas Onal Robotics Resource Center (non-faculty) Physics Brad Miller Marko Popovic Colleen Shaver
– Goal: Educate engineers for 21st century – Grow robotics industry: Supply talent, Start companies
– Goal: Technical Leadership – Expand robotics industry: Systems thinking
– Goal: Research Leadership – Advance robotics: Knowledge, Capabilities
People Research Systems, Products
– Intro to Robotics – Unified Robotics I-IV
It’s never “Not my job!”
Undergraduate
RBE1001 Intro to Robotics RBE2001 Unified 1: Actuation RBE2002 Unified 2: Sensing RBE3001 Unified 3: Manipulation RBE3002 Unified 4: Navigation ME/RBE4322 Mechatronics ME/RBE4815 Industrial Automation
Graduate
RBE500 Foundations ME/RBE501 Dynamics RBE502 Robotic Control ME5204/RBE510 Multi-Robot Sys RBE520 Biomechanics & Robotics CS/RBE526 Human-Robot Interaction CS/RBE549 Computer Vision RBE550 Motion Planning ME5205/RBE580 Biomedical Robotics RBE594 Capstone Proj Experience RBE595 Special Topics
Intro Courses
CS, ECE, ME
Unified Robotics 1-4
Power, Sensing, Manipulation, Navigation
Advanced Courses
Other Courses
Senior Capstone Project
Foundations of Robotics Robot Dynamics Robot Control Advanced Courses Capstone Design: MS Thesis/Project/Practicum Additional Courses/Research/ PhD Dissertation
MS PhD
Systems Engineering
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RBE MS, PhD RBE BS
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growing Robotics industry. – Sales exceed $2 billion – Employ 2,500 in Massachusetts – 40% companies are startups or less than 6 years old – Average annual growth rate 47% – 90% of all hires are local hires – 70% plan to hire in next 1–2 years
“The epicenter of Robotics is in New England.”
Sensing & Manipulation Autonomy & Navigation Odometry & Mapping Soft Robotics Human-Robot Interaction Biomedical Robotics Manufacturing Assistive Robotics
2006 2016 Courses 1 20 Labs 1 10 Faculty 1 12 core + 19 assoc Students ~360 undergrad ~160 graduate ~400 alumni Degrees
minor, grad certificate Research
DARPA, AFRL, ONR, NIH, NSF, NASA, Industry
No Champion, No Project. No Exceptions.