About Me

• Short Bio
• Education and Experience
• Non-academic Interests

Research

• Writing excellent proposals
• The CS Robotics Lab
• My available publications
• Survey of simulation packages allowing unilateral contacts.

Teaching

• Algorithmic Robotics (CSCI 6972/4972) [Spring 2019]
• Foundation of Computer Science (CSCI 2200) [Fall 2018]
• RoboticsII (CSCI/ECSE/MANE-4490/6490) [Spring 2018]
• Algorithmic Robotics (CSCI 6968/4971) [Fall 2017]
• Foundations of Computer Science (CSCI 2200) [Spring 2017]
• Arm-Type Robots [Summer 2012]. Lectures were recorded and are available on line.
• Programming for Engineers (CSCI-1190) [Fall 2009]
• CSCI-4963/6965 [Fall 2008]: Robotic Manipulation: Analysis and Algorithms
• CPSC-452: Introduction to Robotics (last taught at Texas A&M)

A few interesting (kinda) recent workshops

• Summer of Contact PhD School, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2019
• Computational Contact Mechanics: Advances and Frontiers in Modeling Contact, 2014
• Simulation Workshop at Robotics: Science and Systems, 2011

New England Manipulation Symposium

NEMS is a one-day, single-track workshop whose goal is to bring together researchers interested in advancing the dexterous manipulation skills of robots. Typical attendance is about 100 people distribted approximately as: 80 graduate students, 12 university faculty, and 8 technical staff from industry.

NEMS began when I contacted Prof. Rod Grupen (UMass, Amherst) and suggested that because we approached manipulation from very different perspectives, it might be fruitful to have a joint meeting of our groups at RPI. It is my hope that NEMS continues to bring together researchers with different philosophies and research approaches to problems underpinning robotic dexterous manipulation.

My goal for NEMS from the start was to keep it simple and cheap. Let's just get together and talk about manipulation! As far as I know, no one who has ever wanted to attend has been denied. Through 2019, there has never been a fee to attend and lunch has been provided by the host for everyone. I think attendees to date like it this way and have gotten a lot out of it.

If you have concerns about NEMS or suggestions for future meeting venues, please send me a message at trinkle@gmail.com. Thanks!

• 14th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2019.
• 13th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2018.
• 12th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2017.
• 11th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2015.
• 10th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2014.
• 9th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 2013.
• 8th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, iRobot, New Medford MA, 2012.
• 7th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, Yale University, New Haven CT, 2011.
• 6th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, University of Massachussetts, Amherst MA, 2010.
• 5th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA, 2009.
• 4th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, Brown University, Providence RI, 2008.
• 3rd Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, 2007.
• 2nd Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, University of Massachussetts, Amherst MA, 2006.
• 1st Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2005.

Contact

Email: trinkle@gmail.com
Phone (until July 31): 518-276-2510