Bio:

Peter Pastor studied Computer Science at the University of Karlsruhe (TH). In 2005-2006 he was a Visiting Researcher at the Robotic Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he worked on a student research project within the trestle project which was developing the architectural framework necessary to coordinate robots to perform complex assembly tasks. He visited the CLMC Lab in Spring 2007 to work on his diploma thesis "Dynamic Movement Primitives for Imitation Learning of Grasping and Manipulation Tasks". After graduating from the University of Karlsruhe (TH) in 2008 he joined the CLMC Lab as a PhD student.

Research Interests:

Humanoid Robotics, Machine Learning, Motor Primitives.

Address:

Ronald Tutor Hall, RTH-417
3710 S. Mc.Clintock Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Mailing Address:

Peter Pastor
2215 Toberman Street, Unit E
Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA

Email:

Phone:

(213) 740 6717

Fax:

(213) 740 1510

Movies:

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Publications:

Hoffmann, H.;Pastor, P.;Park, D.-H.;Schaal, S. (2009). Biologically-inspired dynamical systems for movement generation: automatic real-time goal adaptation and obstacle avoidance, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2009).
[Keywords: movement primitives, dynamic systems, obstacle avoidance, generalization]
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Pastor, P.;Hoffmann, H.;Asfour, T.;Schaal, S. (2009). Learning and generalization of motor skills by learning from demonstration, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2009).
[Keywords: movement primitives, dynamic systems, obstacle avoidance, generalization, affordances]
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Freek Stulp, Erhan Oztop, Peter Pastor, Michael Beetz, Stefan Schaal (2009). Compact Models of Motor Primitive Variations for Predictable Reaching and Obstacle Avoidance, IEEE-RAS/RSJ International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2009).
[Keywords: movement primitives, dynamic systems, imitation]
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Kalakrishnan, M.; Buchli, J.; Pastor, P.; Schaal, S. (2009). Learning Locomotion over Rough Terrain using Terrain Templates, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems.
[Keywords: quadruped locomotion, learning from demonstration]
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Buchli, J.; Kalakrishnan, M.; Mistry, M.; Pastor, P.; Schaal, S. (2009). Compliant Quadruped Locomotion Over Rough Terrain, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems.
[Keywords: quadruped locomotion, inverse dynamics, force control]
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Dae-Hyung Park, Heiko Hoffmann, Peter Pastor, and Stefan Schaal (2008). Movement reproduction and obstacle avoidance with dynamic movement primitives and potential fields, IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2008..
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Heiko Hoffmann, Peter Pastor, and Stefan Schaal (2008). Dynamic movement primitives for movement generation motivated by convergent force fields in frog, Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM).
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Peter Pastor, Heiko Hoffmann, and Stefan Schaal (2008). Movement generation by learning from demonstration and generalization to new targets, Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM).
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