Self-adaptation in Robotics

13:30 - 15:00 – Ilias Gerostathopoulos

In this lecture we will look at what self-adaptive systems are and why they exist. We will delve into two examples of self-adaptive robotics systems to get some intuition over the theory and the definitions. We will then look at the interplay between software architecture and self-adaptation. Finally, we will discuss an important recent paper on task plan and architecture self-adaptation for robotics, as an example of state of the art research in this field.

Bio. Ilias Gerostathopoulos is an Assistant Professor of computer science with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His research interests include software engineering, software architecture, and self-adaptive systems. He received the Ph.D. degree in computer science in 2015 from the Department of Distributed and Dependable Systems, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague. He was also as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Department of Informatics, Technical University of Munich.

Session materials:

• Slides: Self-Adaptation in Robotics