{"title":"To explore and to serve - Robotics between basic research and the actually useful","authors":"M. Zillich, M. Vincze","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301964","url":null,"abstract":"There is a wide gap between today's actually working vacuum cleaning robots and the robot butlers hailed by the popular press since the early 20th century. Robotics research it seems has still not managed to put right its perceived image in the eye of the general public and is too often still chasing cheap headlines rather than solid science. In this paper we will take a critical look at some aspects of current advanced robotics research and its presentation to the general public.","PeriodicalId":276019,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116446155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Haddadin, Sven Parusel, Rico Belder, A. Albu-Schäffer, G. Hirzinger
{"title":"Safe acting and manipulation in human environments: A key concept for robots in our society","authors":"S. Haddadin, Sven Parusel, Rico Belder, A. Albu-Schäffer, G. Hirzinger","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301962","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we review our work on safe acting and manipulation in human environments. In order for a robot to be able to safely interact with its environment it is primary to be able to react to unforeseen events in real-time on basically all levels of abstraction. Having this goal in mind, our contributions reach from fundamental understanding of human injury due to robot-human collisions as the underlying metric for “safe” behavior, various interaction control schemes that ground on the basic components impedance control and collision behavior, to real-time motion planning and behavior based control as an interface level for task planning. A significant amount of this work has found found its way into international standardization committees, products, and was applied in numerous real-world applications.","PeriodicalId":276019,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116548624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Tsuda, Youhei Kakiuchi, Shunichi Nozawa, Ryohei Ueda, K. Okada, M. Inaba
{"title":"Grasp, motion, view planning on dual-arm humanoid for manipulating in-hand object","authors":"A. Tsuda, Youhei Kakiuchi, Shunichi Nozawa, Ryohei Ueda, K. Okada, M. Inaba","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301957","url":null,"abstract":"It is certainly important to get 3D geometric shape models of unknown objects. We try throughout this paper to make humanoid robots construct such models themselves. To reach this objective, we propose a method consisting in observing objects from multiple view points with re-grasping in order to get non-occluded model. In this paper, we especially focus on the selection algorithm of the next grasp position from computed candidates. This problem is expressed through a graph search problem. The nodes represent grasp positions, and they are connected when robots can re-grasp from one grasp position to the other. Of cource when the shape of an object is unknown, it is difficult to solve this problem. This is why we propose a heuristic method to select next grasp position only using grasp position information, so to be able to adapt to objects which 3D shape information is updated online. We compare the result with this method with the optimal solution available when 3D shape information is given. Finally we show the validity of this heuristic method in real time observation by comparison between these two solutions from the standpoint of the acquired 3D shape percentage and the number of regrasping.","PeriodicalId":276019,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128105850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anybody, anywhere, anytime - Robotics with a social impact through a building block approach","authors":"H. Lund","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301970","url":null,"abstract":"In order to confront the challenge of creating robotics with a social impact, this paper speculates on how to allow anybody anywhere hands-on opportunity to make contextualized solutions. Inspired by embodied artificial intelligence and modular robotics, we present the building block approach as a way to achieve user-driven innovation of high tech solutions with a social impact. Modularity invites to physical manipulation and reconfiguration, and in the process of physical manipulation, the user starts understanding and developing the functionality. Through immediate action in the interaction, the user is not only learning about the abstract thinking that the system may represent, but at the same time, the user is able to try the system in new, innovative configurations. Hence, the system becomes a true engine for innovation allowing the user to creatively invent, build and test new developments as the exploration is happening. As instantiations of this building block approach and its social impact, we briefly review the development and use of modular robotic devices for education, health improvements, and business in Africa. We briefly outline the modular building blocks for education, modular interactive tiles for rehabilitation in Tanzania and for soccer tournaments in Africa, Asia and Europe.","PeriodicalId":276019,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114524224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A humanoid robot for table tennis playing","authors":"R. Xiong, Yong Liu, Hongbo Zheng","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301960","url":null,"abstract":"Humanoid robot has been one of the most active research topics in the field of robotics. Their human-like form and configuration gives it advantages in working in human-interactive environment. The bipedal walking capability makes them possible to step over and onto obstacles, providing accessibility and mobility in cluttered space. The multi-DOF design of arms and legs enables them assist or replace humans in their normal tasks, making human life easier and safer. Humanoid robots, with their human-like outlook, also bring better interactive experience and are expect to play a part in people's daily life and help the elderly and the children.","PeriodicalId":276019,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121574656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching motion planning concepts to undergraduate students","authors":"Mark Moll, I. Sucan, J. Bordeaux, L. Kavraki","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301976","url":null,"abstract":"Motion planning is a central problem in robotics. Although it is an engaging topic for undergraduate students, it is difficult to teach, and as a result, the material is often only covered at an abstract level. Deep learning could be achieved by having students implement and test different algorithms. However, there is usually no time within a single class to have students completely implement several motion planning algorithms as they require the development of many lower-level data structures. We present an ongoing project to develop a teaching module for robotic motion planning centered around an integrated software environment. The module can be taught early in the undergraduate curriculum, after students have taken an introductory programming class.","PeriodicalId":276019,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129136818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching assistant robot, ROBOSEM, in English class and practical issues for its diffusion","authors":"S. Park, J. Han, Bokhyun Kang, K. Shin","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301971","url":null,"abstract":"Various studies on robot assisted learning have proven them to be effective tools for language education because robots are remarkably successful in eliminating the affective filter. This study demonstrates ROBOSEM with class content for sustaining long-term interaction with students in English classes of elementary schools as a teaching assistant, not a teacher. We close with some practical considerations for the continuous process of improving technology and its diffusion throughout society, such as in elementary schools, through interviews with developers and observations from field trials.","PeriodicalId":276019,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124847238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haseru Chen, Youhei Kakiuchi, Manabu Saito, K. Okada, M. Inaba
{"title":"View-based multi-touch gesture interface for furniture manipulation robots","authors":"Haseru Chen, Youhei Kakiuchi, Manabu Saito, K. Okada, M. Inaba","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301979","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a user interface for manipulating structured furniture and electric equipments based on view-based multi-touch gesture interface and demonstrational mechanism for action candidates. The contribution of this papers is summarized as follows: 1) we define multi-touch gesture for push, pull and rotate manipulation of the robot. 2) We propose demonstrational feedback mechanism of daily environment manipulation. 3) In order to obtain a 3D point that corresponds to the user-touched point on the interface, we show a method to estimate 3D points from screen points of the robot's view images. A prototype system has been implemented using iPad browser and we have evaluated the prototype system on our office and kitchen within environment and showed some preliminary results on usability assessment.","PeriodicalId":276019,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114335831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Bohren, Kelleher Guerin, Tian Xia, Gregory Hager, P. Kazanzides, L. Whitcomb
{"title":"Toward practical semi-autonomous teleoperation: Do what i intend, not what i do","authors":"J. Bohren, Kelleher Guerin, Tian Xia, Gregory Hager, P. Kazanzides, L. Whitcomb","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301974","url":null,"abstract":"The discussed research trajectory could begin improving the capabilities and robustness of teleoperation immediately. Initial work related to the RRM project described in Section I-A is beginning to incorporate explicit task models that can be used to bootstrap more sophisticated approaches like those used in the Language of Surgery project. The inclusion of task and skill modeling into robotic automation, and in general the movement to more seamless human-robotic task collaboration, will have long term effects in both the technical aspects of robotics, as well as industrial and societal acceptance of robotics. One of the significant limitations to the continuing adoption of robotics has been a lack of trust. This lack of trust often manifests itself in a technical form; for instance, engineers in industry will often double check by hand the calculations or task execution plans generated by an autonomous system before allowing an action to be performed. This gives us greater confidence that the robot is performing as we would, given the situation.","PeriodicalId":276019,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114358410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The iCub project: An open source platform for research in embodied cognition","authors":"G. Metta, L. Natale, F. Nori, G. Sandini","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2011.6301975","url":null,"abstract":"This short paper describes the iCub robot, an endeavor supported mainly by the European Commission to develop a common platform for researchers interested in the study of artificial embodied cognitive systems. The iCub is a humanoid robot of the approximate size of a three years old child, equipped with sensors ranging from cameras, microphones, inertial, force and tactile and distributed fully under the GPL license. It is adopted by about 20 laboratories worldwide and a variety of research is carried out often in collaboration. A support middleware favors sharing of software modules and complex behaviors.","PeriodicalId":276019,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116673414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}