ICRA 2012 Tutorial

On May 14, 2012, Steve LaValle is offering an all-day tutorial on Motion Planning for Dynamic Environments at ICRA 2012. This is invited, with the topic suggested by the ICRA organizers. The registration limit of 150 was quickly reached; however, they are supposed to be getting a larger room so that many more people can attend as "walk-ins" (all regular attendees from ICRA can attend the tutorial without additional registration).

To Iran With Love

In February and March 2012, Steve LaValle gave seminars at all of the top 5 universites in Iran (Sharif, Amirkabir, U. Tehran, Isfahan U. of Technology, U. of Shiraz) and delivered a short course on sensing and filtering at Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran. He sincerely thanks all of the students and professors for their kind hospitality, excellent organization, and exciting cultural adventures. Some pictures.

Smart Weaselballs

Team Weaselballs won first place in the Fall 2011 Computer Science Department end-of-semester trivia championship defeating dozens of other teams on CS, math, and general trivia. Members: Lars Erickson, Jingjin Yu, Kristen Erickson, Luca Foschini, Max Katsev. Too see what else weaselballs can accomplish, go here.

Best Paper Award

Dmitry Yershov won the Best Student Paper Award at the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems for his paper Simplicial Dijkstra and A* Algorithms for Optimal Feedback Planning.

Siebel Scholar Fellowship

Katrina Gossman was chosen as a Siebel Scholar for 2011-2012.

Mazagine Articles on Motion Planning

In the March 2011 and June 2011 issues of the Robotics and Automation Society Magazine, I published an invited two-part tutorial on motion planning. Part I introduces and explains the basic methods and Part II gives an overview of current research challenges.