Vijay Kumar, the Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, gave the 33rd Annual Alexander Graham Christie Lecture at noon on Wednesday, April 13th.
The title of his lecture was “Flying Robots: Beyond UAVs.” In his talk, Kumar described recent work in developing small, autonomous robots, and the design and algorithmic challenges involved. He also will discuss applications to search and rescue, first response, and precision farming. To view the hourlong lecture in its entirety, click here.
The annual lecture is sponsored by the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the JHU Student Section and the Baltimore Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.