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June 8, 2009

DTC faculty Nikos Papanikolopoulos featured in StarTribune article about Scout Robots

picture of DTC faculty Nikos Papanikolopoulos with the Scout robot

The June 2, 2009 StarTribune featured the Scout robots developed by Nikos Papanikolopoulos at the University of Minnesota. Papanikolopoulos began research to develop the scout robot in the late 90s with the backing of several government agency grants.

The Scout is used by the military and police teams on reconnaissance missions. The Scout enters dangerous environments before officers and troops, it then transmits images of its surroundings. One of the special features of the Scout is its unique ability to remain undamaged when thrown. The Scout is now developed and sold by ReconRobotics.

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"Large Deviations Of Max-Weight Scheduling Policies," Vijay Subramanian, Hamilton Institute National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Nov. 23, 3:00 p.m., 405 Walter Library
Ruzena Bajcsy, University of California, Berkeley, Title t.b.a, Monday, Dec. 7, 4:30 p.m., 402 Walter Library

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Funding Opportunities

CISE Cross Cutting Programs: Data-Intensive Computing, Network Science & Eng, Trustworthy Computing, NSF 09-558 (NSF $3,000,000), due: November 28, 2009
The National Map: Imagery and Elevation Maps under ARRA, 10HQPA0014 (NSF $500,000), due: December 1, 2009
Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURIs), ONR-BAA-10-002 (ONR $75,000,000), due: December 11, 2009
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