Other Research Interest Groups and Projects
Hybrid systems are those that involve both discrete (integer, logical,
symbolic) and continuous components. The focus of the field is the
modeling and control of dynamic, reactive hybrid systems. An effective
treatment of these systems is needed for applications including
manufacturing, robotics, aerospace, avionics and many other areas. There
is a growing interest in hybrid systems among Artificial Intelligence and
robotics researchers who face problems involving the integration and
coordination of low level continuous sensors and effectors with high level
reasoning and goal oriented behavior. Our particular interests are legged
locomotion, manufacturing and the syntactic specification of dynamic
behaviors.
The field of hybrid systems attempts to span the gap between continuous
control and discrete symbolic manipulation. It can be challenging to the
new researcher. To some extent, one must develop a facility in two widely
different fields with different tools and techniques. Introducing these
tools and techniques and discussing ways to apply them to our particular
problems is a main goal of the new reading group.
For more information, please contact
Eric Klavins (klavins@umich.edu)
