Research Seminar: “Robot Ecology: Constraint-Based Design for Long-Duration Autonomy”
March 7 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Event Details
Join us for an engaging Research Seminar featuring Professor Magnus Egerstedt, who will discuss robot ecology—a design framework for autonomous robots operating in complex environments over long durations. Learn how constraint-based approaches can enhance robotic decision-making, sustainability, and adaptability across various applications.
This seminar is hosted by Dr. Monica Daley, Director of the Center for Integrative Movement Sciences at UC Irvine as part of the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series.
Time: Friday, March 7, 2025 at 3-4 PM PST
Location: UC Irvine, NAT SCI 1 ROOM 1114 and Zoom
About the Speaker
Dr. Magnus Egerstedt is the Dean of Engineering and a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. Prior to joining UCI, Egerstedt was on the faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology, serving as the Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director for Georgia Tech’s Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines. He received the M.S. degree in Engineering Physics and the Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, the B.A. degree in Philosophy from Stockholm University, and was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Harvard University. Dr. Egerstedt conducts research in the areas of control theory and robotics, with particular focus on control and coordination of multi-robot systems. Magnus Egerstedt is a Fellow of IEEE and IFAC, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science, and has served as President of the IEEE Control Systems Society. He has received a number of teaching and research awards, including the Ragazzini Award, the O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award, and the Alumni of the Year Award from the Royal Institute of Technology.