MIT Robotics Seminar: Nick Roy (MIT)

Abstract: How we design and deploy autonomous robots such as self-driving cars is evolving rapidly. Many technical challenges arise as the size of the fleet scales up, and especially ensuring robustness and safety. I will describe some of the design decisions in developing a self-driving robotaxi system at scale, some of the candidate solutions, and open questions for the future. 

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Nicholas Roy is the Autonomy Architecture lead at Zoox. He and his team address technical challenges that cut across the autonomy verticals, leading the design and deployment of cross-functional capabilities in the Zoox autonomy system. He is also the Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics and a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on decision-making under uncertainty, mobile robot autonomy and human-robot interaction.

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