Interested in learning more about Good Systems' call for research proposals? Have an idea but seeking a collaborator from another discipline?Â
Join us for an information and networking session! Â
Good Systems is offering two, standalone sessions to help UT Austin principal investigators prepare to apply for seed funding and meet potential collaborators. Participating PIs will be asked to submit a brief slide about their research interests. Â
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About the Call for Proposals:Â
Good Systems is seeking proposals for research projects that mobilize human-AI partnerships that address the needs and values of society. Good Systems will offer $50,000 in seed funding to up to six interdisciplinary teams of two or more principal investigators. To learn more and apply, view the Call for Proposals and submit your application on the online competition portal by October 27.Â
Luis Sentis is a Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also a General Dynamics Endowed Faculty Fellow, and a member of UT Austin's Good Systems. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He was a La Caixa Foundation Fellow while at Stanford. He holds a B.S. degree in Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Before Stanford, he worked in Silicon Valley as a Control Systems Engineer for clean room automation.
In Austin, he leads the Human Centered Robotics Laboratory, a laboratory focusing on control, task and motion planning, human factors, and experimentation with humanoid robots, mobile manipulation robots, exoskeletons and autonomous systems. He is also a founding member of the UT Robotics Portfolio Program and the UT Ethics of AI Portfolio Program. He was the UT Austin's Lead for DARPA's Robotics Challenge with NASA Johnson Space Center where he helped to design and test the Valkyrie humanoid robot. His research has been funded by ONR, NASA, NSF, ARL, AFC, DARPA and private companies.
He has been awarded the NASA Elite Team Award for his contributions to NASA’s Johnson Space Center Software Robotics and Simulation Division. He is also a founding member and innovation advisor for Apptronik Systems, a company focusing on human-centered robotic products.
