Communications and Reconfigurability for Modular Robots and Spacecraft
Event details
Modular and dynamically reconfigurable hardware and software systems are a high priority for research and development in the fields of space and harsh environment robotics as they can significantly decrease development costs, facilitate multiple payloads, and enable indefinite lifetime extension for assets through remote and on-orbit servicing operations. However, dynamically reconfigurable systems have many fundamentally different design and implementation requirements from monolithic single-mission systems that are currently in use. Most critically, the communications between modular and reconfigurable components must be decentralized, robust to changes in physical organization, common to all components at the physical, electrical, and protocol levels, and able to accommodate new elements beyond the original mission specification.
About the speaker
Dr Mark Post
Dr Mark Post is a Senior Lecturer who has published over 61 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, and raised over £1M in funds as PI for research projects including two Horizon 2020 European projects on sensor fusion, and modular satellites. He leads the Space Robotics and Autonomous Systems laboratory at the University of York that has extensive experience in probabilistic robust autonomy for planetary and agricultural rovers, orbital and planetary vehicles, tensegrity robot and self-configuring autonomous modules capable of knowledge-based adaptation. Recent relevant work includes biomimetic underwater robots including the RoboFish inspection AUV prototype and other modular robots.
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