PR2 At KU Leuven
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 22 of June , 2010 at 3:14 am
Working around big and powerful robots can be scary and dangerous. Working with big and powerful robots can be more scary and more dangerous, and getting them to intelligently cooperate with you can be frustrating, which is nearly as bad. KU Leuven will be tackling these problems with their PR2.
Suppose you want a robot to assist you in carrying an object through a crowded environment. For this to work, the robot must know which item you want to pick up, how to pick it up and with what force, how to avoid both moving and non-moving obstacles, and where to set the object down. Furthermore, it must do all of these tasks while taking your movements into account.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven has already developed a number of tools that will enable developers to make this a reality with the PR2. Their iTaSC (instantaneous Task Specification using Constraints) and skills framework will enable developers to specify this complex task of carrying an object and avoiding obstacles, all while tracking the human co-operator’s movements.
More details and a video of KU Leuven’s project presentation are at the link below.
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