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Featured Speakers
Kalind Carpenter, JPL- "Rapid prototyping techniques for extreme manipulators and mobility platforms"
Rapid prototyping techniques and technologies are constantly expanding. As materials and processes improve we can push the limits of our creations into new realms. These include bio inspired climbing and grasping solutions where evolution has shown us what is possible. This presentation will cover a number of projects where rapid prototyping led to better or faster final product. This ranges from Robosimian, ARRM (Asteroid Redirect and Return Mission), DROP (Durable Reconnaissance Observation Platform) and PUFFER (Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot) to potential solutions for ocean worlds.
Kalind is a Robotics Engineer in the Robotic Vehicles and Manipulators Group (347B). The lab he works in focuses on rapid technology development and end effectors specifically tailored to gripping and rough surface mobility.
Current work includes (Co-I) on PUFFER
Ocean Worlds Mobility Study.
Micro ground vehicles task designing wall climbing robots that utilize microspines, electrostatic and Gecko adhesive to climb vertical surfaces.
Previous work includes principal investigator on the variable radius wheel.
Lead engineer on the Cam Hand for Robosimian.
Lead engineer on the gripping sub assembly of the asteroid gripper for the asteroid return mission option B.
Mobility consultant and field engineer for Volcanobot.
His thesis research has led to a patent, upcoming journal article and continued research into palm sized climbing platforms.
Will Kalman - "Shooting Stars"
An introduction to the challenges, technology, techniques, and art of deep space and planetary astrophotography.
Will Kalman writes back-end business applications by trade. But at all other times, he enjoys every aspect of mechanical, electrical, and logical creation, engineering, and fabrication – and especially activities that combine them. When he’s not riding his unicycle down mountain trails, that is.
