Episode 1: (Bio)Mechanics

May 20 1:30-5:30 PM EDT

 

Dr. Luis Sentis

Luis Sentis is the General Dynamics Endowed Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and co-founder of Apptronik Systems. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and was a La Caixa Foundation Fellow. He leads the Human-Centered Robotics Laboratory, a computational and experimental facility focusing on control, embodiment, and intelligence of humanoid robots as well as strength augmentation exoskeletons. He publishes and teaches in areas related to real-time decision and control of human-centered robots, hardware design of high-performance humanoid robots, and safety capabilities for mobile robots.