AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Sunday, May 3, 2009 00:21:11

Program | Deadlines | Registration/Housing/Etc. | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Steven H Weintraub, AMS steve.weintraub@lehigh.edu

Saturday April 25, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Topological Robotics
Room 407, Salisbury Laboratories
Organizers:
Li Han, Clark University
Lee N. Rudolph, Clark University lrudolph@black.clarku.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  A look at polyhedral products.
  Alexander I. Suciu*, Northeastern University
  (1050-57-171)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Motion planning in tori and topological complexity of basis-conjugating automorphism groups.
  Daniel C. Cohen, Louisiana State University
  Goderdzi Pruidze*, University of Louisiana
  (1050-55-176)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Knot tying with single-piece fixtures.
  Matthew P. Bell*, Dartmouth College
  Devin J. Balkcom, Dartmouth College
  (1050-74-165)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Extremal configurations of revolute-jointed robot arms.
  Ciprian S. Borcea*, Rider University
  Ileana Streinu, Smith College
  (1050-53-77)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Simplex-Tree Based Kinematics of Foldable Objects as Multi-body Systems Involving Loops.
  Li Han*, Clark University
  Lee Rudolph, Clark University
  (1050-57-159)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Planning Regular Homotopies of Planar Loops with Revolute Joints.
  Lee Rudolph*, Clark University
  Li Han, Clark University
  (1050-57-160)

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