The last few years have witnessed some great strides in the field of autonomous mobile robotics. On Earth, autonomous ground vehicles have been driving through environments ranging from forests to suburban streets, while rovers on Mars have spent several years negotiating rock fields, craters and sand dunes. This talk will look at some of the key challenges of autonomous mobile robot navigation with a particular focus on the problem of perceiving and understanding the world. It will give an overview of key sensing technologies and algorithms such as stereo vision, laser ranging and visual localization, and will describe their application to wheeled and legged vehicles on Earth and Mars. Speaker: Dr. Andrew Howard Robotics Jet Propulsion Laboratory Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source: www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures_archive.php?year=2009&month=10 The von Kármán Lecture Series General Information The Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series, named after JPL's founder, and presented by JPL's Office of Communication and Education, brings the excitement of the space program's missions, instruments and other technologies to both JPL employees and the local community. Lectures take place twice per month, on consecutive Thursdays and Fridays. The Thursday lectures take place in JPL's Theodore von Kármán Auditorium and are streamed live via Ustream, and Friday lectures take place at Pasadena City College's Vosloh Forum. Both start at 7:00 PM. Admission and parking are free for all lectures, no reservations are required, and seating is limited. Support the Channel vie BOOK DEPOSITARY Shopping Book Depository: Millions of books with free delivery worldwide www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=Booklibrary FOLLOW THE CHANNEL ON TWITTER twitter.com/FREESPACELIVE Enjoy, Share, Like and Subscribe:)

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