PR2 At Georgia Tech
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 8 of June , 2010 at 2:23 am
There are big plans in store for those ten eleven PR2s that Willow Garage is donating to worthy institutions worldwide. It’s a good thing that someone over there is writing up exactly what each one is going to do, since if they didn’t, I’d feel like I had to. The first installment on this presumably ten eleven part series is on Georgia Tech’s proposal, “Assistive Mobile Manipulation for Older Adults at Home.”
Robots like the PR2 may be able to help older adults stay in their homes longer with a high quality of life. The Georgia Tech team aims to make progress towards this long-held dream.
Rather than try to guess what seniors want, the team will work with older adults to better understand their needs and how robots can help. The team will also write code to make the PR2 perform helpful tasks at home. By working closely with seniors throughout the research process, the team hopes to better meet real needs and accelerate progress. To make everything more realistic, the robot will spend some of its time in a real, two-story house on the Georgia Tech campus, called the Aware Home. This will enable older adults to work with the robot in a convincing environment, and will give the software developers a good place to test their code.
Lots more details, plus video of Georgia Tech’s presentation, at the link below.
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