The Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Computer Science and Engineering Seminar
Autonomous Shape-Shifting Sailing Robot Controls and Communications in a Modular Robot
Mr. Cesar HARADA Former MIT Researcher & Project Leader, CEO Protei & Scoutbots, Master Royal College of Arts London UK
Date : July 7, 2014 (Monday) Time : 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Venue : Room 121, 1/F, Ho Sin-hang Engineering Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.
Abstract: Imagine a wind-powered sailboat that is shaped like a train. Each single wagon has it's own Android device, control of shape and sail angle, it's own power supply and dedicated sensors. The machine can work as one large machine (train) or as a fleet of independent agents disseminated in the ocean (swarm) to carry data collection or ocean clean up equipment. It would perform missions such as oil spill detection, radioactivity sensing, plastic pollution mapping, coral reef imaging, fish counting and other experiments. What on board app and server side software would need to be developed? How would we generate maps and make decisions based on these different streams of data? How can we make the system resilient while solving complex computational problems in a distributed, unstable and hostile environment?
BIOGRAPHY: Cesar Harada (30) is a French-Japanese environmentalist, inventor and entrepreneur based in Hong Kong. CEO of Protei INC (USA) and Scoutbots (HK) Cesar has dedicated his life to explore and protect the ocean with open technologies. Protei is a shape-shifting sailing robot, a wind-powered maritime drone that is remotely controlled or automated that will collect ocean data or transport clean-up equipment. Cesar is a Former MIT project leader, TED Senior Fellow, GOOD 100, IBM Figure of Progress, Unreasonable at Sea Fellow, Shuttleworth Foundation and Ocean Exchange grantee. Cesar won the Ars Electronica Golden Nica [NEXT IDEA] with his Master graduation project from the Royal College of Arts, London. Cesar has been teaching Masters in Design and Environment at Goldsmiths University in London, Versailles architecture School in France and lectured around the world. Cesar believes that nature, human and technology can coexist in harmony.
Enquiries: Miss Evelyn Lee at tel. 3943 8444 For more information, please refer to <a href="http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/seminar" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/seminar</a> & <a href="http://www.scoubots.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.scoubots.com</a>