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Discover the exciting advancements in robotics, from autonomous sailboats and cars to personal robots. Explore how these technologies can assist with household tasks, support aging populations, and help individuals with disabilities. Learn about the research communities behind these innovative systems and the potential for AI and autonomous systems in the future.
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Beyond the World Wide Web We like to be part of something cool! Willow Garage’s Bet: Robotics Autonomous Sailboats Autonomous Cars Personal Robots
Willow Garage: Personal Robots • Around the House: doing the dishes, tidying up, laundry, cleaning • Aging Populations: carrying heavy things, remembering where things are, retrieving items, preparing food, cleaning • Assisting People with Disabilities: telemanipulation, feeding, doing chores, monitoring health and activity • Operations: Starbucks, pick and pack, stocking grocery stores, tracking inventory, retrieving items, searchable physical file system
AI Autonomous Systems? Controls? Mobile Robotics? Humanoid Robotics? What Research Communities Will Own this Future?
The Opportunity Too Hard to Tele-operate → Task Execution Is our future “Shakey”? Vecna Bear
We Must Become Dynamic Continuous dynamics: Actuation limits: • They aren’t so bad: • Kinda like an STN • Just another Constraint Program • Something John Hooker handles, • … and he’s pretty relaxed. • Can just shove off to CPLEX and that’s just ILOG. • ….
The Payoff Quick Win Publications: • Hybrid Discrete/Continuous Dispatchable Execution • Hybrid Blackbox • Hybrid Monitoring & Diagnosis • Hybrid HSP • Hybrid FF • Hybrid CSP/LP Solvers • Hybrid Action Learning • Hybrid - X… Fame Promotions $$$ Interested? Email Williams@Mit.edu