Sangbae Kim, professor in mechanical engineering from MIT visited Berkeley today and gave a great inspiring talk on dynamic locomotion. The original title of the talk was "Toward Highly Dynamic Locomotion: Actuation, structure and control of the MIT cheetah robot".
An early model of the cheetah robot. Image (c) biomimetics …
read moreToday we went off for another short 'warm-up' hike before the big hiking seasons starts. We drove to Richmond, CA where we walked along the shoreline, explored some old railroad tracks, discovered some brick houses (and factories), enjoyed the view over almost the complete bay area, and strolled through Richmond's …
read morePOPL (Principles Of Programming Languages) is one of these great conferences that have been around forever and sound very interesting to any systems person. The definition of POPL according to the SIGPLAN homepage is …
On our first hike of the new year we set off for the Golden Gate bridge, Point Bonita lighthouse and beyond. We got up relatively late as we only planned a very light hike as the first hike of 2013. The weather was actually perfect and we set off with …
read moreFor a change this post is not about a hike but about a canoe trip that we did on the Russian river. We got up early in the morning to arrive at Burke's Canoe Trips around 11am. After a short safety message and shelving over 60$ per canoe (one canoe …
read moreMuir Woods National Monument is a very special park as you see many redwood groves with huge trees. The park features two short loops down in the valley that pass along a couple of different redwood groves. These loops are like highways, almost paved, and well looked-after.
read moreToday was a sunny late September lazy Sunday and we just wanted to get out to enjoy the sun and relax a little. We packed our bag with swimsuits, enough water, some carrots, sweets, and sun lotion and set off for Lake Anza in Tilden Regional Park. As a side …
read moreDeciding to do a PhD is a huge commitment as you are just dedicating a couple of years of your life to a single cause. When I decided to do a PhD in 2006 I was not completely sure what would expect me. I just finished my master of …