Marco Hutter: Towards Autonomy for ANYmal [ICRA 2020 WS - Legged Robots]

Marco Hutter - Head of the Robotic Systems Lab, ETH Zürich [Chair: Krzysztof Walas; Moderator: Marko Bjelonic]


Title: Autonomy for ANYmal

Abstract: Recent advances in legged robots and their locomotion skills has led to systems that are skilled and mature enough for real-world deployment. In particular, quadrupedal robots have reached a level of mobility to navigate complex environments, which enables them to take over inspection or surveillance jobs in place like offshore industrial plants, in underground areas, or on construction sites. In this talk, I will present our research work with the quadruped ANYmal and explain some of the underlying technologies for locomotion control, environment perception, and mission autonomy. I will show how these robots can learn and plan complex maneuvers, how they can navigate through unknown environments, and how they are able to conduct surveillance, inspection, or exploration scenarios.

Bio: Marco is an assistant professor for robotic systems at ETH Zurich and co-founder of ANYbotics AG, a Zurich-based company developing legged robots for industrial applications. Marco’s research interests are in the development of novel machines and actuation concepts together with the underlying control, planning, and learning algorithms for locomotion and manipulation. Marco is part of the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics and NCCR Digital Fabrication and PI in various international projects (e.g. EU Thing) and challenges (e.g. DARPA SubT).


ICRA 2020 Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/leggedr...