On September 22, 2022, Ryan Eustice of Toyota Research Institute talked to Robotics students as a speaker in the Undergraduate Robotics Pathways & Careers Speaker Series, which aims to answer the question: “What can I do with a robotics degree?”

00:00:00 Jessy Grizzle, introduction
00:01:35 Ryan Eustice, presentation

Abstract:
I will cover my career journey in the field of mobile robotics. I started off in the area of simultaneous localization and planning (SLAM) for my PhD work as applied in the area of marine robotics. This then grew into working with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for automated ship hull inspection as well as marine science. I then moved into perception, planning, and prediction for automated driving and have spent over 15 years working in the area.

Along my journey, my personal philosophy toward my career has been: First – Follow serendipity, Second – Luck favors the prepared, and Finally – Be comfortable with being uncomfortable. This talk will cover my career journey and insights into how that philosophy has led me through it.

Bio:
Dr. Ryan Eustice is a Professor at the University of Michigan (UM) and the Senior Vice President of Human-Centered AI, Human Interactive Driving, and Tech Adoption at the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). Dr. Eustice received a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Ocean Engineering in 2005 and was a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Johns Hopkins University. He joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 2006 in the Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering. He also holds an appointment as a core Robotics faculty member in the newly formed Robotics Department and remains the Director of the Perceptual Robotics Laboratory (PeRL) at UM. Dr. Eustice is perhaps best known for his work in advancing large-scale simultaneous localization and mapping, including visual mapping of the RMS Titanic. He has published over 160 technical papers, is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award and ONR Young Investigator Award, has been an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, and IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, and is widely cited in the mobile robotics literature. He was a core member of Team IVS in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge (one of 11 finalist teams). He worked collaboratively with Ford Motor Company for over a decade in self-driving vehicle research as a PI at the University of Michigan before going on leave in 2016 to launch TRI and lead the Automated Driving Division prior to taking on his current role at TRI since May 2022.

More:
Robotics Pathways & Careers Series: [ Ссылка ]
Michigan Robotics: [ Ссылка ]

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