机器人进化与发展 Robotics - Robot Revolution.ppt

Robot Revolution Intro to Robotics ROBOLUTION In the last few decades, robot research and development has peeled off in a number of different directions. The goal, however, is the same: “To create autonomous artificial life forms that can perform useful work” BUT, the paths to getting to this point are a diverse as the eccentric cast of characters forging them. So let’s look at: The evolutionary paths to the future The Heroes of this Robolution Path # 1 : Humanoid Robots We have always been fascinated by robots crafted in our own image. This path is a challenge due to the walking technology that is needed. Overall, the goal is to create an autonomous walking robot that can perform tasks such as care for the elderly Hero #1: Masato Hirose Masato is the chief engineer for Honda’s Humanoid Project and the inventor of ASIMO. ASIMO is the most technical humanoid to date. The idea behind humanoid robotics is the “bottom up” technique where you focus on the getting the legs/balance to work first then build on top of that. Hero #2: Hirochika Inoue “The Old man of Japanese Robotics” Hirochika is the director of the Japanese Humanoid Initiative. He specializes in robotic vision and learning by seeing. He believes that the “Humanoid” path is the way to go because environments are already designed for human manipulation. Inoue calls this idea “softness”, the ability for robots to fit in without big changes to the environment Path #2: Robotic Presence The idea behind ROBOT presence is to have a robot in a place where YOU cannot be. An example of this would be iRobot-LE From iRobot Corporation comes the first multi-purpose domestic robot that can be controlled through a web browser from anywhere in the world. This revolutionary product, called the iRobot-LE, gives its owners on-demand remote eyes and ears into their homes. With this roving telepresence capability, owners can drive around their home making sure it is secure, say goodnight to kids when away on business, check