S. Shankar Sastry
S. Shankar Sastry is the Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is also a professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, bioengineering, and mechanical engineering. He served as Dean of Berkeley's College of Engineering from 2007 to 2018 and is currently the Faculty Director of the FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality and the Technology Competitiveness and Industrial Policy Center. He is best known for his research in robotics, nonlinear and adaptive control, hybrid systems, AI, and embedded autonomous software, with applications ranging from robotic vehicles to robotic surgery and biological motor control. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
“This allows the robot to react to human smashes in just 0.42 seconds”
Source→“In table tennis setting, where rewards are sparse and delayed, end-to-end RL often struggles with exploration and suffers from low sample efficiency”
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