Robotic exploration of subterranean worlds | AI FOR GOOD WEBINARS

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Published on January 20, 2022 12:00:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SetI0APxR3g

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Our world is host to a multitude of subterranean environments of essential importance. Underground mines offer valuable resources serving the needs of our modern societies. Urban subterranean infrastructure such as the subway system of metropolitan areas offer critical services. Cave networks are of paramount scientific interest and represent unique ecosystems. Rarely discussed and often partially understood, subterranean environments are simultaneously extremely valuable but also potentially hazardous for human workers, explorers, or search and rescue personnel.

Responding to this challenge, in this session we investigate the potential of autonomous robotic exploration and search in underground settings. Motivated by the organization of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge we discuss the current state of the art, the remaining scientific challenges, and assess the applications and limitations of such technologies. Accordingly, we strive to identify the most impactful application domains such that autonomous subterranean robots serve the needs for enhanced safety during underground operations, rapid search-and-rescue in gruelling subterranean conditions, and versatile scientific tools to explore the partially understood depths of our planet or even the lava tubes of other planets.

🎙 Speakers:
Kostas Alexis, Full Professor of Robotics at the Department of Engineering Cybernetics
Norwegian University of Science and Technology ‪@NTNUUniversity‬

Navinda Kottege, Group Leader of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group,‪@AutonomousSystemsLab‬

Ali Agha, Group Leader at NASA JPL’s Autonomous and Robotics Systems Division
Caltech’s Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST)

Timothy Chung, Program Manager, DARPA

Sean Humbert, Denver Business Challenge Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado

🎙 Moderator:
Lj Rich, Inventor, BBC "Click" Presenter, BBC News


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