Intelligent Robotics Group Robotics research at Aberystwyth was established around 1980 and since that time the group has undertaken innovative research in collaboration with a variety of industrial and academic partners in the U.K. and overseas. Key Areas Innovative algorithms for dynamics and force control; autonomous operation for real world applications, including the food industry; mobile robotics, including space applications; skeletal kinematic modelling. Areas of Interest Our work ...

AdapTronics group The AdapTronics group performs research in the field of embodied artificial intelligence with focus on the integration of morphology, control, and material. To this end, the group develops robots and other intelligent artefacts. Projects (see menu on the left for a detailed descriptions): - HYDRA: Self-assembling artefacts (EU project) - Intelligent Artefacts: Intelligent building blocks (Danish National Research Council project) - Cluster of robotic industries and r ...

The Advanced Manufacturing & Mechatronics Centre The AMMC is a multidisciplinary centre which comprises of staff from the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and the School of Electronic Engineering. The AMMC is a Faculty Centre within the Faculty of Technology at Middlesex University. The facilities of the Centre are based at Bounds Green -London- and include the following equipped laboratories: Machine Tools Workshop. Metrology Laboratory. Robotics Laboratory. Con ...

Research at the Artificial Intelligence Lab The main goal of artificial intelligence is to work out the principles underlying intelligent behavior. These principles will enable us on the one hand to understand natural forms of intelligence (humans, animals), and on the other to design and build intelligent systems (computer programs, robots, other artifacts). We use a synthetic methodology that can be characterized as "understanding by building". It consists of three steps: (1) modeling spects ...

ARC Research Network in Robotics (RNR) The ARC Research Network in Robotics (RNR) brings together all the best robotics research groups in Australia with the aim of fostering and coordinating cooperative research, providing a major focus of national research strength and becoming an exciting exemplar for the application of advanced technology in Australian industries. The RRN draws together researchers from diverse fields including machine perception, sensing, control, artificial intelligence a ...

The Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) at The University of Sydney, is a Commonwealth Key Centre of Teaching and Research and a partner in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems. Field robotics is concerned with the application of advanced control, sensing and systems engineering principles to the development of autonomous machines operating in outdoor, variable and hostile environments in applications such as mining, agriculture, forestry, construction, cargo handling, and undersea. Field robotics research is particularly appropriate to the wide, brown land that is Australia.

Automation and Robotics Research Institute The Automation & Robotics Research Institute (ARRI), a part of the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), is the premier applied manufacturing assistance and automation research, education and technology transfer center in the Southwest. ARRI prides itself on its proven track record of performing world class research for customers as well as its ability to transfer technology to industry quickly and effectively. ARRI’s ...

Automation, Robotics, and Simulation Division (ARSD) NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058 The Automation, Robotics, and Simulation Division is responsible for activities necessary to conceive, develop, adapt, infuse, and sustain intelligent systems, robotics systems, and real-time simulation systems within the programs and tasks assigned to the Johnson Space Center. The division carries out a broad set of activities across its technical domain area, including technology and advan ...

Autonomous Systems Lab Prof. R. Siegwart (ASL1) Our research interest is in Mechatronics, namely in the design and control of systems operating in uncertain and highly dynamical environments. Our major goal is to find new ways to deal with uncertainties and to enable the design of highly interactive and adaptive systems. This is driven by the vision that machines are getting closer and closer to human beings, as it can be experienced for autonomous robots, and in some cases they will even mer ...

Robotics and Computer Vision Laboratory Beckman Institute, University of Illinois Groups Professor Seth Hutchinson's Research Group Professor David Kriegman's Research Group Professor Jean Ponce's Research Group Professor Narendra Ahuja's Research Group List of Members Demos Resources Equipment Links Related University of Illinois Links Robotics Links Computer Vision Links Equipment in the Robotics/Computer Vision Laboratory The Beckman Institute's Robotics and Computer Vision Laboratory has an extensive array of equipment for robotics and computer vision. A variety of image input, output, processing and other devices are connected as peripherals to a network of PC's runnig linux and Windows and SUN Sparcs running Solaris.

Research The Computer Engineering Group (AG Technische Informatik) currently pursues four main lines of research: biorobotics cognitive robotics sensorimotor control parallel computation All research directions are overlapping in their methods and application areas, which are: soft computing image processing and image understanding robotics cognitive sciences, neuroscience and computational neuroethology On the one hand, we are using methods of soft computing (neural networks ...

Welcome to the Robotics and Sensing Laboratory Department of Electrical Engineering Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey research team projects publications lab tour Equipment in the Robotics and Sensing Laboratory: Our ( Nomad200) mobile robot is equipped with sonar ( Sensus 200) and infrared ( Sensus 300) sensors, a structured light vision system ( Sensus 500) and bumpers (Sensus 100). The robot is pro ...

Bio-Mimetic Control Research Center (BMC) of RIKEN The aim of research into bio-mimetic control is to mimic the highly sophisticated control functions of the living systems in order to create flexible, precise and reliable engineering systems. The Bio-Mimetic Control Research Center (BMC) of RIKEN was established in October 1993 as a two-term project for the purpose of carrying out research in this highly interdisciplinary endeavor. The second term of research, begun in October 2001, will furt ...

Welcome to the Intelligent Mechatronics (Robotics) Lab Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Boston University Research Areas Medical robotics Communicating Mobile robotics Contact sensing Structural dynamics Control of Fluids Friction modeling Network Control Systems Tactile display Control of Mechanical Systems People Faculty Graduate Students Undergradute Students Alumni Research Groups John Baillieul's research group Pierre Dupont's research gro ...

About This is the website of the Brown University Robotics Group, which, after several years of non-existence, has been resurrected by Professor Chad Jenkins. The Robotics Group is a research group within the Department of Computer Science at Brown University. This website is currently under construction, but you can still look at the old site (which is horribly out-of-date). Last Modified: Thu Sep 30 11:21:48 EDT 2004

Mechanical Engineering Department Introduction Traditionally, mechanical engineers have been responsible for designing,developing, manufacturing, and testing energy-conversion systems. Their efforts have resulted in the creation of combustion engines (used in automobiles, trucks, locomotives, airplanes, factories, and utility power plants) and other forms of energy conversion equipment, such as heat pumps, air conditioners, machine tools, and appliances. Mechanical engineers face challenges i ...

Deep Space Exploration Using Robotic Rovers About the Project Our mission "is to advance learning and knowledge by linking theory and practice" The purpose of this project is to integrate the Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) deep space exploration rover technology research into the undergraduate curriculum of the engineering, technology and computer science departments at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). Cal Poly Pomona students under supervision of fac ...

California Polytechnic State University Robotics Laboratory Robotics Laboratory Location: Bldg 13-124 The Robotics Lab is part of our robotics course and is used for teaching robotic operations and tasks, vision systems, and microprocessor control of devices and actuators. In this lab, students learn about robot capabilities and limitations, robot programming techniques, robotic assembly and communications, robot control, rapid prototyping, vision processing and analysis, and fuzzy logic co ...

The Manipulation Lab The goal of the Manipulation Lab is autonomous robotic manipulation in the presence of uncertainty. In order to accomplish this, we are addressing these key issues: What are the fundamental mechanics of manipulation? How should we model physical processes? How can a robot construct a plan to achieve specified goals? How can minimal sensor information be used to achieve tasks? The Manipulation Lab A519 Newell-Simon Hall The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Tel: (412) 268-3822

Lunar Rover Initiative The Lunar Rover Initative at Carnegie Mellon University is an ongoing project to create robots that can explore unknown territory and do science experiments at interesting locations. Current Work Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search The Lunar Ice Discovery Initiative Where we're going Patriot Hills, Antarctica Project History 1996 - 1997 Atacama Desert Trek, the Nomad robot traveresed 220km in the desert. Navigation results are available here. 1993 - 1996 Lunar Rover Demonstation, rover technologies tested in a variety of ways.

Carnegie Mellon University Biorobotics Lab Howie Choset’s Research Statement Professor Choset's education and research interests straddle the border between computational theory and mechatronic engineering implementation: rigorous mathematical results enable engineering advancements while the practical aspects of implementation drive theoretical derivation. Professor Choset’s research program centers on two foci: highly articulated system and coverage tasks. One such highly articulated system ...

The Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab at Case Western Reserve University is directed by Dr. Roger Quinn. We are dedicated to the advancement of the field of robotics using insights gained through the study of biological mechanisms. Data from biological organisms such as the Deathhead Cockroach and crickets are used to create robots that can flexibly traverse irregular terrain. The resulting robots are also serving as models for understanding the dynamics of biological systems. Shown below is ...

Welcome Welcome to the Center of Excellence in Design, Robotics, and Automation (CEDRA)’s homepage. CEDRA is the premier applied research, education and technology center in IRAN. It was established in September, 2001 to promote educational and research activities in the fields of Design, Robotics, and Automation. The Ministry of Sciences, Research, and Technology and the Sharif University of Technology are the prime sponsors of CEDRA. CEDRA bridges the gap between national industries and ...

The Center for Intelligent Systems Research (CISR) is an interdisciplinary research center comprised of faculty, students, and engineers from the Departments of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Idaho. It operates under the auspices of the Microelectronics Research and Communications Institute. The mission of CISR is to do research, teaching, and outreach in the development of intelligent autonomous systems. Because of the inherent generality of s ...

The Centre’s activities have their origin in 1987 when Salford University was chosen as the site of the United Kingdoms National Advanced Robotics Research Centre. Since then Robotics has formed a major strategic direction within Engineering in the University and Salford Researchers have been at the forefront of strategic national developments initiated by DTI, DEFRA and EPSRC and international developments within the E.U. The Centre currently hosts two government sponsored EPSRC networks in F ...

Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems (CRES) was established in fall 2002. It is an interdisciplinary organized research unit (ORU) in the USC School of Engineering that focuses on the science and technology of effective, robust, and scalable robotic systems, with broad and far-reaching applications. CRES facilitates interdisciplinary interactions and collaboration through its robotics faculty and its large team of interdisciplinary affiliates and serves as a linch pin for strategic research ...

Center for Underwater Robotic Technology (CURT) Contact: Junku Yuh Professor and Director (on-leave) or Song K. Choi Assistant Professor and Associate Director (on-leave) Autonomous Systems Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering University of Hawaii at Manoa 2540 Dole Street, Holmes #302 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA Tel: +1 (808) 956-3333, 7569, 7125 or 7167 Fax: +1 (808) 956-3333 or 2373 Email: aslmail@eng.hawaii.edu The Autonomous Systems La ...

Welcome to the Center of Excellence in Design, Robotics, and Automation (CEDRA)’s homepage. CEDRA is the premier applied research, education and technology center in IRAN. It was established in September, 2001 to promote educational and research activities in the fields of Design, Robotics, and Automation. The Ministry of Sciences, Research, and Technology and the Sharif University of Technology are the prime sponsors of CEDRA. CEDRA bridges the gap between national industries and the Sharif ...

Centibots: The 100 Robots Project THE CENTIBOTS PROJECT The Centibots are a team of 100 autonomous robots (97 ActivMedia Amigobot and 6 ActivMedia Pioneer 2 AT). The goal of the project is to demonstrate by December 2004, 100 robots mapping, tracking, guarding in a coherent fashion during a period of 24 hours. The members of this project are: SRI International Stanford University University of Washington ActivMedia The Centibots project, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Pro ...

Robotics HIGHLIGHT - Autonomous Multi-Robot Learning in Inherently Cooperative Tasks A particularly challenging domain for multi-robot learning concerns tightly coupled, inherently cooperative tasks. In these tasks, the utility of the action of one robot is dependent upon the current actions of its team members. Such inherently cooperative tasks cannot be decomposed into independent subtasks to be solved by a loosely coupled distributed robot team. Instead, the success of the task is measured ...

The department was established after reorganizing the two departments of Mechanical, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering so as to realize the advanced interdisciplinary education and research of the two fields. This sizeable department consists of three divisions: Mechanical Sciences, Mechanical and Electronics Systems, and Electronics and Photonic Systems. Each division has 7 laboratories. There are 55 faculty members, half of whom have a background in mechanical engineering and the rest ...

Research Projects (2001-2003) (1) Robust view-based visual tracking system (2) Human-robot interface system: PARTNER (3) Sensor Planning using Bayesian Networks (4) Hand-over Action betweem human and robot Address 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112 Japan Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Faculty of Sience and Engineering, Chuo University Phone: +81-3-3817-1935, Fax:+81-3-3817-1943

CLAWAR Welcome to the CLAWAR web site. The CLAWAR Network has been funded by the European Union as one of the first industry-led "thematic networks" investigating state-of-the-art technologies in Europe. The purpose of CLAWAR is to investigate and report upon all aspects of technology and systems relating to mobile robotics. To view the information and photographs from this years CLAWAR conference please go to - CLAWAR 2002 - For the picture from the Climbing and walking competition, click here CLAWAR Competition Details of the up and coming CLAWAR 2003 conference can be found here Overview of CLAWAR Publications and Conferences The CLAWAR Newsletter CLAWAR Conference Proceedings

COGNITIVE ROBOTICS at GMD Welcome to the Cognitive Robotics group headed by Thomas Christaller. Please find the main topics of our group below and all related information on the navigation bar on the left. Enjoy! ... and don't hesitate to contact us (contact adresses are attached in most places). The main topics discussed and investigated are organized following the points: Situatedness in physical environments Embodiment Cooperation in multi-robot systems Tools For a discussion of the research and application context of these topics please refer to the introduction and research motivation.

The Cognitive Robotics Group University of Toronto The Cognitive Robotics Group is concerned with endowing robotic or software agents with higher level cognitive functions that involve reasoning, for example, about goals, perception, actions, the mental states of other agents, collaborative task execution, etc. To do this, it is necessary to describe, in a language suitable for automated reasoning, enough of the properties of the robot, its abilities, and its environment, to permit it to make h ...

Welcome to the CARDI web page! Mission The Center's mission is to pursue advanced engineering and computer science research in signal processing, control systems, robotics, sensing, sensor/actuator development, machine learning and intelligence. Applications are to problems of concern at CSM, including the environment, energy, natural resources, materials, transportation, structures, geotechnical, information, communications, networking, medicine, and data mining. Problems that require a multi ...

Columbia University Robotics Laboratory Contact: Prof. Peter K. Allen (allen@cs.columbia.edu) Current Research Projects Computational Tools for Modeling, Visualizing and Analyzing Historic and Archaeological Sites (NSF ITR Project) Building Geometic and Photometric Correct 3-D Models AVENUE: Autonomous Vehicle for Exploration and Navigation in Urban Environments GRASPIT! A Versatile 3-D Grasping and Simulation Tool Protein Crystal Micro-manipulation In-Vivo Surgical Imaging System Visual Servoing: A Partitioned Visual Feedback System Integration of Vision, Force and Tactile Sensing for Grasping

What We Do The Autonomy and Robotics Area (ARA) provides research and engineering applicable to various computer science applications and to new technology developments that enables a new era of autonomous spacecraft and autonomous robotic exploration with intelligent, self-monitoring, and recoverable systems. The ARA key goals are as follows: - Create mission autonomy infusions that significantly advance the state of the art - Re-define robotic field science - Define and develop next gen ...

Computational Vision and Robotics Laboratory About CVRL The Computational Vision and Robotics Laboratory was established in 1985. The groups' activities emphasize research and development in the areas of computer vision and autonomous mobile robots with "intelligent" behaviour. More specifically, the research efforts are directed towards visual perception of static and dynamic characteristics of the 3-D world (depth, shape, color, motion), object tracking, robot navigation and behaviour model ...

Research Activities Human Computer Interaction Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks Biometrics and Forensic Laboratory Mobile Robotics Building Models from Video and Photographs George Mason University Department of Computer Science MSN 4A5 Science and Technology II 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22032 Phone: (703) 993-1530, Fax: (703)-993-1710

Computer Vision and Robotics Research Group University of Alberta RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Dexterous Manipulation Project Vision Based World Modeling for Mobile Robot Exploration Collective Robotic Intelligence Project (CRIP) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH LABORATORY The Computer ...

Cornell Robotics and Vision Laboratory Welcome to the Web niche of the Cornell Robotics and Vision Laboratory. This information is currently under development; please don your hard hat. Questions and comments should be directed to mdw@cs.cornell.edu. Thanks. About the CSRVL The Cornell Computer Science Robotics and Vision Laboratory is located at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. We have three main areas of research: Computer vision (Prof. Daniel Huttenlocher) Multimedia applications of ...

Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team About the Team We do cutting-edge research in underwater unmanned systems. Our vehicle has received serious attention from various corporate representatives because of its performance and flexibility. We also consistently rank among the top 3 teams at the AUVSI Underwater Vehicle competition. Our goal is to develop a robust, modular hardware platform, implement a wide range of sensors that can be selectively used, and provide an easy-to use ...

CORO COllective RObotics Research Group California Institute of Technology Welcome to the COllective RObotics Research Group web site. CORO in Italian means "chorus". Similarly to a human chorus, we aim to obtain a well-tuned group of individuals "singing" together. However, we wish to improve the collective performance in a self-organized way, i.e. without including the supervision of a "chorus director", and this, of course, increases the difficulty of our mission. CORO was created in Dec ...

Cybernet Systems Corporation is an American Research and Development company that develops technology and commercializes products that combine software intelligence, network connectivity, robotics, and man-machine interaction. For over 14 years Cybernet has made significant contributions to the health, productivity, and security of America and the world. Our goal is to develop leading edge information-driven technology and incubate innovative products for the commercial and defense industries.

IDSIA (Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale) is a non-profit oriented research institute for artificial intelligence, affiliated with both the University of Lugano and SUPSI. We focus on machine learning (artificial neural networks, reinforcement learning), optimal universal artificial intelligence and optimal rational agents, operations research, complexity theory, and robotics. IDSIA is situated near Lugano, a lakeside city in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, a reg ...

Military Engineering - Military Robotics Robotics encompasses a broad array of technologies and although significant international efforts have been ongoing for years, finding satisfactory ways to use the enabling technologies of robotics in Military roles has been elusive. Military Robotics is the systems application of those enabling technologies in the unstructured, outdoor environment that is typical of Military operations. Robots are typically used when a task is dangerous, tedious or di ...

A multidisciplinary team from NorthEastern University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Massachusetts General Hospital and the Shriners Hospital for Children, (Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals), and University of Connecticut has been assembled to study the development of protein-based nano-motors and nano-robots. Our team in composed of experts in many different disciplines and fields that include: a) Robotics, Design and Mechanical Engineering; b) Chemical and Biochemical ...

Welcome to the Space Systems Laboratory's dexterous robotics projects. For the last 25 years, the University of Maryland Space Systems Laboratory (SSL) has been developing and testing robotic systems capable of performing complex end-to-end on-orbit spacecraft servicing tasks in a neutrally buoyant environment, as well performing integrated testing of humans and robots working cooperatively in the simulated space work site. This work has included the development of seven integrated telerobotic ...

About the Department of Robotics The long-term goal of our robotics activities has always been based on the idea of relieving man from inhuman and dangerous tasks. While in the early years of robotics in our institute the main focus of interest has been restricted to designing robot sensors (and sensor-based man-machine interfaces) and closing smart sensory feedback loops, in the last years the acitivities have widened up considerably. Presently the general goal is the design of a new generatio ...

Intelligent Time-Critical Systems Laboratory Professor Lloyd Greenwald Computer Science Department Drexel University The Intelligent Time-Critical Systems Laboratory is headed by Dr. Lloyd Greenwald, an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, who works in the lab with a mix of graduate and undergraduate students. Research interests include robotics, networking, machine learning, and time-critical reasoning. Other interests include teaching these topics in the undergradu ...

At Duke Robotics, we are not just interested in the controls of robots, but the control of multiple robots that can work together. We hope to exploit the synergetic opportunities available in many mechanical tasks. For example, two robots separately could not put a nut and a bolt assembly together on their own. But if they work with each other, they can easily accomplish this task. Also, if an object is too heavy for one robot to lift, two can do the job and the support would even be more stable ...

The work carried out in the lab is directed towards furthering knowledge in the general area of dynamical systems theory and applying it to the design and operation of autonomous marine and aerial robots. Theoretical areas of research include navigation, guidance, and control (NGC), mission control, and cooperative control of distributed autonomous vehicles. Strong cooperation links are being steadily forged with marine research institutes worldwide as marine science and oceanography become inc ...

Space Robotics Research at ETL Toward Dexterous EV Robot Studies of basic technologies on space robots have been conducted at the Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL), MITI since 1983. The research emphasizes on developing key technologies of dexterous robots which perform extravehicular tasks instead of astronauts. The research is categorized into four areas: space adaptive mechatronics; telerobotics; skill and autonomy; and motion control of free flying robots in 0-gravity. We have been develop ...

Overview of the Institute of Robotics The Institute of Robotics emerged from the Institute of Mechanics in January 1990. It is a member of the interdisciplinary Mechatronics Group of the ETH. Within the scopes of Mechatronics we do research on (i) the dynamics of controlled mechanical systems, concentrating mainly on two typical areas, robotics and magnetic bearings, and (ii) nanotechnology. Robotics is an area where knowledge and methods from mechanical and electrical engineering and from com ...

Euron - European Robotics Research Network Introducing EURON The objective is it to implement and maintain a network of excellence that allow coordination of research, teaching and education, academic-industry collaboration, and publications and conference in the area of robotics, to facilitate addressing of issues of interest to institutions and companies throughout Europe. The aim is to provide a fruitful basis that allows Europe to remain at the forefront of robotics both in terms of resear ...

CVR Research Projects Automated Surveillance Automated Management of Multiple Camera Resources. Our goal is to automate the process of switching between multiple cameras when (manually or automatically) tracking a target. A major question in this is to understand the connectivity between camera views. We have developed algorithms and set of software libraries to automatically learn (using a NN) the candidate handoff cameras for each camera in a building. The cameras do not need to have overla ...

Welcome to MMR ! The mobility of people and goods is fundamentally important to preserving the international competitiveness of our economy. Future developments will be marked by various societal trends, e.g. the transition to an information and service society, the markets' globalization, and increasing individuality in shaping one's recreation and travels. The research department Mobility Management and Robotics MMR is headed by Prof. Dr. Paul Levi and is engaged with research on the mobili ...

Knowledge computing and autonomous robots are the two core areas of research of Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous Intelligent Systems AIS. Knowledge Computing: Geo Intelligence & Mobility Information Mining EParticipation Autonomous Robots Edutainment Robotics Inspection Robotics Intelligent Prosthetics

Georgia Tech Mobile Robot Lab The Mobile Robot Laboratory's charter is to discover and develop fundamental scientific principles and practices that are applicable to intelligent mobile robot systems. In addition, it is the goal of this laboratory to facilitate technology transfer of its research results to yield solutions to real world problems for a wide range of application domains. Research Projects Mobile Autonomous Robot Software 2020 (DARPA MARS-2020) Mobile Autonomous Robot Softwar ...

Introduction to Cognitive Robotics In nature, the phenomena of intelligence and cognition is only observable for biological systems, which are embodied have an emotional system which coevolutes with the cognition are bonded in social relationships with conspecifics, and are situated into a physical environment to which they maintain a structural coupling. Moreover natural cognitive systems are dynamical systems in the sense that they depend upon processes which change and emerge ov ...

Harvard Robotics Laboratory Lab Overview The Harvard Robotics Laboratory was founded in 1983 by Prof. Roger Brockett. Our current research projects include the following. Analog Computation Choreography of Dynamical Systems Control of Quantum Systems Pattern Generation Robotic Manipulation System Identification

Research in this field was started midd of 80's and it is today the most rapidly growing research activity in the laboratory. More specifically, the research has concerned problems encountered when designing or applying mobile robots or robotic machines in outdoor or other poorly structured environments, like work sites in forestry, mining or construction, and in some specific environments like critical process plants or in space. The laboratory has been successful in several internationally wel ...

Hirose & Yoneda Lab, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology There are several kinds of research in Robotics going on in our lab. Each major project is explained below, with a short description and appropriate figures and photos. The published papers on each subject are listed at the end. Snake Robots "Why can snakes move ahead on without legs?" From this problem, we started research of snake biomechanisms, which resulted in the development of "Snake R ...

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The IAS group studies methodologies to create intelligent autonomous systems, which perceive their environment through sensors and use that information to generate intelligent, goal-directed behaviour. This work includes formalization, generalization and learning of goal-directed behaviour in autonomous systems. Research in IAS focusses on the following topics : Perception for autonomous systems, including vision and sound processing. Learning, including neuro-computation and probabilistic models. Geometric Principles of autonomous systems. Real world multiagent systems

The Analog VLSI & Robotics Laboratory is part of Indiana University's Department of Computer Science, which has a disclaimer. Construction Area. Hard Hats Required. Last modified (1996-08-02). Welcome to our lab! You will find information about us, our current research, what's new, and the tools and facilities we use. We are working to add detailed information about the VLSI circuits, test equipment, simulations, and robots that we have developed. Meet the people that work in the lab. Some ...

INEEL Capability Remote, Robotics, and Automated Systems Related links: Adaptive Robotics The INEEL's Remote, Robotic, and Automated Systems Group is a highly diverse team of engineers, professionals, and technicians whose primary historical mission is to develop specific solutions for the characterization and remediation of waste sites at the INEEL. Our solutions are cross-cutting applications in many other fields, such as national security and energy resources, and in both the public and pr ...

Welcome The Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory conducts leading research in self-reconfigurable and adaptive robots, including self-healing robots/systems (MORPHOS), self-assembly robots for Space Solar Power Systems (SOLAR), dual-purpose AUV/ROV underwater robots (CATALINA), self-reconfigurable robots (CONRO and SERES), the award-wining soccer-playing robot team (DREAMTEAM), the MEMS Intelligent Motion Surface, and the award-wining indoor navigation robot YODA.

About ICS Since its establishment in 1983, the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (ICS-FORTH) has a relatively long history and an established tradition of internationally acknowledged excellence in conducting basic and applied research, developing innovative applications and products, and providing services in the fields of information and telecommunications technologies. ICS-FORTH is highly competitive at an international level, and many of i ...

Intelligent Distributed Multi-Agent Robotic Systems (IDMARS) About IDMARS When there are situations which are dangerous for humans, or when humans are not capable of performing certain tasks, there is a necessity for the use of robots. Such situations include clean up of radiation sites, deep-sea research, and the exploration of space. The UNM NASA ACE and NASA PURSUE programs have recognized the need for robots and have undertaken a project to develop autonomous mobile robots. Mobile robo ...

The research and realization of “seeing” machines and “intelligent” robots has been a main focus of the Intelligent Robots Lab (formerly known as “Institute of Measurement Science”) since 1977. Our aim is both a basic understanding of vision, autonomy and intelligence of technical systems, and the realization of intelligent, seeing robots. These should be able to function dependably in the unpredictable and ever-changing real world and to fulfill various tasks autonomously or in cooperation with ...

Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center (ISRC) The Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center (ISRC) is a world leader in creating miniature to macro-sized, teleoperated to autonomous, vehicles for military and industrial applications. From environmental clean-up to the battlefield, the ISRC is expert in developing unique intelligent mobile systems. Current and future efforts focus on extreme mobility (such as multi mode locomotion to permit a single vehicle to maneuver on combinations ...

International Federation of Robotics Mission The purpose of the International Federation of Robotics is to promote research, development, use and international co-operation in the entire field of robotics and to act as a focal point for organisations and governmental representatives in activities related to robotics. Major Activities Act as the primary resource for world-wide surveys, studies, statistics and other data on use of robotics. Sponsor the annual International ...

Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems School of Engineering (IRIS) University of Southern California Ram Nevatia, Director. Maja J Mataric, Gerard G. Medioni and Aristides A.G. Requicha Associate Directors. IRIS is an interdepartmental unit of USC's School of Engineering with ties to USC's Information Sciences Institute (ISI). Members include faculty, graduate students, and research staff associated with different laboratories. Founded in 1986, it provides a focal point for gov ...

Florida A & M University Florida State University ISCOR Intelligent Systems, Control, and Robotics FAMU-FSU College of Engineering 2525 Pottsdamer Street Tallahassee, FL 32310 Director: Dr. Emmanuel Collins Associate Director : Dr. Srinivas Palanki Vision Statement: To develop implementable solutions to problems in systems, controls and robotics for applications in industry and government.

University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (ISI) Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory The Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory conducts leading research in self-reconfigurable and adaptive robots, including self-assembly robots for Space Solar Power Systems (SOLAR), dual-purpose AUV/ROV underwater robots (CATALINA), self-reconfigurable robots (CONRO), the award-wining soccer-playing robot team (DREAMTEAM), the MEMS Intelligent Motion Surface, and the award-wining indoor navigation robot YODA.

ISR - Institute of Systems and Robotics The Institute of Systems and Robotics is a Portuguese private, non-profit Institution dedicated to research in the field of robotics. ISR was created in 1992 with the global purpose of setting up a first class multisciplinnary research team, able to carry out leading edge research in several key areas of science and technology, with a special emphasis in automation and robotics. ISR-Coimbra has three groups featuring strong synergies between them: Automat ...

Gert Balling Ph.d. Student The IT University of Copenhagen Glentevej 67, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV Denmark Phone +45 38 16 89 41 Email: gba@itu.dk Homepage: www.it-c.dk/~gba/index.english.html Gert conducts research in the field of robots and cyborgs. Both in relation to the development of the human-machine analogies and in relation to the robot and cyborg images as a cultural phenomena. Gert holds a master's degree in Media Studies and Modern Culture from University of Copenhagen an ...

Robotics Overview Our research group addresses design, analysis, simulation, and implementation of novel robotic devices. Research issues include: efficient formulation and representation of robotic manipulator kinematics and dynamics, real-time simulation of complex mechanical systems, design of novel surgical instrumentation, computer control of electro-mechanical devices, development of novel sensing algorithms and devices, particularly vision and haptics, design of "smart" electro-mechanical systems, geometrical issues in manufacturing, and analysis of "minimalist" robots for dedicated industrial tasks.

The Joint Robotics Program provides focus and coordination for development of the technologies and systems to provide 21st century land forces with a family of highly mobile, multi-mission, unmanned ground vehicles to achieve a "leap ahead" capability across the spectrum of conflict. Multi-platform technology sharing, systems and parts commonality, joint architecture, and focused technology base development assure economic use of program resources. Home-Overview In 1990, at the recommendation ...

Welcome to the W3 Page of Jouhou System Kougaku Laboratory, Dept. of Mechano Informatics, Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Tokyo. Research Project Perception-Action Integrated Humanoid H6 and H7 Tendon-driven Robot & Soft Spine Robot Remote Brained Robot Gel Robot Portable Network Robot H3 Motion Planning Of Humanoid Robot H5 H4 JROB1 Saika HyperMouse HyperScooter

WELCOME TO THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, ROBOTICS PAGE As NASA's lead center for creating robotic spacecraft and rovers, we build smart machines that can perform very complicated tasks millions of miles from home. JPL Robotics researchers perform development, integration, and demonstration of innovative robotics and automation technologies, supporting NASA missions and addressing other problems of national importance. Researchers work toward enabling more efficient, lower cost missions dedica ...

At KDDI R&D Laboratories, we remain focused on developing next-generation technology. Yet we endeavor to preserve and enhance the communications technology that we have striven to cultivate, the same technology that allows people worldwide to communicate freely. Our accomplishments speak for themselves. Not only have we brought you mobile communications, broadband Internet, and other key methods of telecommunications, but our networks have also carried history-making news, Olympic broadcasts, a ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER NASA's designated Center of Excellence in launch and payload processing systems is the John F. Kennedy Space Center, situated on Florida's central Atlantic coast. This NASA center has long been a takeoff point for both expendable rockets and space travelers headed for Earth orbit and the Moon. The Kennedy Space Center grew out of savanna and marsh, prompted by an American commitment in the 1960s to place humans on the Moon through the Apollo program. Kennedy's "space coas ...

KISS Institute for Practical Robotics KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (KIPR) is a private non-profit community-based organization that works with all ages to provide improved learning and skills development through the application of technology, particularly robotics. We do this primarily by providing supplementary, extra-curricular and professional development classes and activities. KISS Institute's activities began in 1993. As part of our educational mission KIPR provides an umbrell ...

Our Laboratory is pursuing researches on Massively Parallel and Distributed Processing System, and Intelligent Processing Paradigm. Research of the first category is to develop a new architecture language for Massively Parallel and Distributed Processing System, which is thorougly oriented toward massively parallel/distributed computation based on a new non-conventional computation principle. The research theme covers from machine architecture to software and language systems. Research of the ...

LABORATORY for AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS - LAMOR The Laboratory is founded and heading by Assoc. Prof., Dr.-Eng. Ognyan B. MANOLOV It's staff currently counts 5 people (1 Assoc. Prof., 1 senior researchers, 1 PhD student and 2 visiting researchers). Some of them are holders of short/long research fellowships in Europe and USA. The LAMOR aims to develop: a) advanced methods for optimal, adaptive and robust control of mobile robots; b) tools for modelling of dynamical systems and real time ...

Welcome! The Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics (LPR) is in the Computer Science Department at UMass, Amherst. Our lab studies intelligent computational systems that solve sensory and motor problems. Experimental platforms include colonies of independent (heterogeneous) robots, sensors networks, mobile manipulators, and integrated humanoid systems. We study: knowledge representations grounded in closed-loop interactions with the domain; robots that communicate with one another and with us; learning architectures that model development in biological systems; human-robot interactions and wearable computing; and high-dimensional motion planning and navigation.

This is the home page of L.A.R., the Laboratory of Automation and Robotics of D.E.I.S., Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems of the University of Bologna. L.A.R. is provided with advanced equipments to explore automation problems both in relation to research and development of industrial applications of relevant interest. If you want to contact L.A.R., the address is: Laboratory of Automation and Robotics DEIS, University of Bologna Viale Risorgimento, 2 40136 Bologna (ITALY) Phone: +39 051 20 93068 Fax : +39 051 20 93073

University of Genova PMARlab DIMEC Genoa, Italy. Tel. +39 010 3532837 Fax. +39 010 3532298

Mobile and Construction Robotics Mobile robots provide excellent examples of mechatronic systems. In order to provide mobility, sensor systems are required to provide the information necessary for guidance and navigation. In addition to mobility, other intelligent functions are often required. Our particular interests are in the use of mobile robots on construction sites and in the enhancement of mobility for the disabled. Construction Robotics research concerns the design and operation of au ...

Introduction to the Robotics Laboratory The Laval University Robotics Laboratory is part of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Established in 1989 by Professor Clément M. Gosselin, the research team is now composed of more than twenty graduate students and research associates. Since January 2001, Professor Gosselin is holder of a Canada Research Chair in Robotics and Mechatronics, a prestigious Canadian award. The research team has produced numero ...

LIRA-Lab (Laboratorio Integrato di Robotica Avanzata) Laboratory for Integrated Advanced Robotics operates in the Department of Communication, Computer and Systems Science (DIST) of the University of Genova. The main research theme is artificial vision and sensory-motor coordination from a computational neuroscience perspective. The goal is to understand how the brain of living systems transforms sensory input into motor and cognitive functions by implementing physical models of sensorimotor be ...

Los Alamos National Laboratory Robotics and Adaptive Systems P-21 has begun investigations into the design, implementation, and application of a variety of adaptive control systems. These include development of biologically inspired, legged robotics with simple, highly robust control circuits; applications of wavelets for feature recognition and data compression; and support for advanced multi-channel data-acquisition systems. This work promises to contribute both to an improved understanding of robotic control and to a variety of applications in which robust, inexpensive adaptive capabilities are required. jmoses@lanl.gov

Robotics Research Laboratory was established in 1985 by Dr. S.S.Iyengar. It is a research and education program to specialize in the area of computational aspects of intelligent autonomous mobile robots (IAMR). The laboratory provides an infrastructure to facilitate a distributed research effort amongst Universities and leading research organizations in the country. The RRL research is comprehensive, addressing a number of problems that are fundamental to the implementation of AMRs. Members are ...

Welcome to the Robotics department at Luleå University of Technology! The research at the department is specialized on telerobotics and models and algorithms for controlling the motion of robots using geometrical sensors. Robotics & Automation is a part of the department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Luleå University of Technology. This multidiciplinary department has a wide competence in computer controlled industrial processes and telecommunications. Information re ...

Broadband Moon probes will deliver live interaction with Earth No deep space probe has ever been launched with the capability for broadband communications or for operation by the public. LunaCorp is developing a series of spacecraft that will be enhanced with sponsorship and television funding to deliver these first-of-a-kind abilities. The initial spacecraft is the SuperSat, which will be assembled on the International Space Station and sent into orbit around the Moon. It will deliver the fi ...

The Machine Intelligence Laboratory (MIL) provides a synergistic environment dedicated to the study and development of intelligent, autonomous robots. The faculty and students associated with the laboratory conduct research in the theory and realization of machine intelligence convering topics such as machine learning, real-time computer vision, statistical modeling, robot kinematics, autonomous vehicles, teleoperation and human interfaces, robot and nonlinear control, computational intelligence ...

Robotics at manchester Manchester robotics are researching into the future of robotic systems, where robots are not hidden behind cages on manufacturing lines, but are a positive factor in our everyday lives. We are developing medical robots to administer robotic physiotherapy for conditions such as stroke and cerebral palsy. Furthermore we are researching into assisting a damaged human heart through a robotic device to squeeze the outside of the heart. If robots are to behave autonomously t ...

FIELD AND SPACE ROBOTICS LABORATORY DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Introduction The FSRL is under the direction of Professor Steven Dubowsky. It is associated with the MIT d’Arbeloff Laboratory for Information Systems and Technology, a large umbrella laboratory involving approximately 15 faculty and staff researchers. Human Resources The FSRL has 10 to 12 Graduate Research Assistants performing research in support of their Ph.D. and Master’s deg ...

About Us The mobile robotics and shape recognition group is an informal grouping of people and projects at the centre. The key theme is sensor-based robotics and the use and understanding of sensor data. The group has at least 6 mobile robots sporting a collection of sensors including sonar, video, lidar (laser ranging), BIRIS, and infra-red reflectance, depending on the current experiments in progress. The primary computing resources employ the Linux, IRIX and SUNOS operating systems, and a fe ...

MD Robotics about us MD Robotics is a wholly owned subsidiary of MacDonald,Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) of Richmond, B.C. The company was formed in May 1999 following the acquisition of the robotics business from Spar Aerospace Limited. MD Robotics, has a heritage of over 30 years of achievements. Best known for the Canadarm, or Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator, MD Robotics developed and built the first Canadarm under contract to the National Research Council of Canada, Canada’s contributio ...

The Mechatronic Systems and Robotics Research (MSRR) Group have been active in the field of robotics and automation since 1976. The group is led by Professor Graham Parker and consists of three academic and 3 full time researchers in addition to a number of research students and visiting overseas scholars. The group is historically best known for its work in industrial robot calibration and, more recently, for its engineering approach to the development of robotic stereo vision systems. Curren ...

Merlin Robotics Mobile autonomous robots for industry, research, and education. Merlin Systems Corp. Ltd Traditionally robots have been restricted to our factories but our goal is to build service robots. These are robots that perform functions useful to people and are capable of operating safely around people and machinery. Our vision for service robots is of general purpose machines made in the human form (Humaniform RoboticsTM), so they are capable of moving around in our environment ...

WELCOME TO THE WEB PAGE OF ROBOTICS LABORATORY, MIHAILO PUPIN INSTITUTE Robotics Laboratory is a part of Mihailo Pupin Institute in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, which is a member of University of Belgrade. The basic activity of Robotics Laboratory represents research and development on the area of robotics and control of large-scale dynamic systems. Researchers Research Projects Commercial products History of Robotics Laboratory Publications News Link with other robotic servers Contact address

Leg Laboratory Mission Page The MIT Leg Laboratory explores active balance and dynamics in legged systems, robots and animals alike. Systems that balance actively can use footholds that are widely separated, they can move along narrow paths with a narrow base of support, and they can use their kinetic energy as a bridge to increase their effective size. Dynamics is a key ingredient in the behavior of animals and it will weigh heavily in the development of useful legged vehicles. A dynamic tre ...

Intelligent Robotics Research Centre Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering Monash University, Victoria 3800 Australia Phone 61 3 99053470 Fax 61 3 99053454 Introduction The Intelligent Robotics Research Centre (IRRC) resides within the Computer Systems Engineering group of the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering of Monash University. Monash university is a large multi-campus university centred at Melbourne, Australia. It caters for in excess of t ...

Activities and Research Topics The research activities of the Robotics Department of LIRMM deal with the autonomy of complex systems. Our main topics are: Synthesis of dynamical complex systems Management and supervision of complex systems Navigation, perception and control of mobile vehicles These topics are complementary and interact through the application fields they address: manufacturing, industrial robotics, machine-tools, medical robotics, intervention service robotics, underwater robotics, artificial locomotion, telerobotics. Our research is conducted in a context of public and industrial relationships, regionally, nationaly and internationally.

Overview: Welcome to Industrial Automation and Robotics Lab. IA&R Lab is located in Room 223 of Clarance Mitchell School of Engineering at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. The lab is equipped with an AMATROL Flexible Manufacturing System as the centerpiece of the lab plus an ESHED Scorbot ER-5 robot with its linear conveyor, and ARRICK RT-12 Rotary Positioning and XY-30 Linear Positioning tables with MD-2a Motor Control Systems. Amatrol system includes: 72-Bay AS/RS (Autmatic ...

This page is... "Introduction" describes the research areas we study in this laboratory. In "Publications," our journal/transaction and international conference papers are listed. Individual projects are introduced in "Research Activity." Autonomous Distributed System Bioinspired Robotic Control Intelligent System Control Medical Robotics Bio-MEMS and Bio-Manipulation Nano Device

The objective of the Intelligent Systems Institute is to conduct researches on fundamental and component technologies, system integration technologies for the computer-oriented intelligent systems, and also physical systems which support human activities in the real world. In the 21st century, “IT” i.e. information and computer network technology is one of the key technologies to improve human life. Also the IT driven systems that provide physical services to human will be important. In order to ...

ISRG The Intelligent Systems and Robotics Group The Intelligent Systems and Robotics Group (ISRG) is a research entity within the Electrical Engineering Department at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The mission of ISRG is to coordinate efforts and share resources to support interdisciplinary collaborative research in the areas of robotics and intelligent systems at New Mexico Tech. Efforts amongst members are focused on academic advances, promoting research and outreach to K-12.

Academic Programs The Electrical Engineering Department at New Mexico Tech blends a strong undergraduate program with an active research based graduate program to provide its graduates with the fundamental and technical education needed by engineers in a technology driven world. Undergraduate Studies The undergraduate electrical engineering degree program is ABET accredited and includes courses in digital logic, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, electricity and magnetism, commun ...

The Newcastle Robotics Laboratory is an interdisciplinary sports and research initiative of Computer Science & Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Statistics at The University of Newcastle, Australia. Our robot soccer competition team - The NUbots - competes in the Four Legged League of RoboCup. The NUbots achieved place three at the worldcup in 2002, 2003, and 2004. Our researchers have expertise in the areas: Adaptive Control Artificial Intelligence Bayesian Statistics ...

This program is undertaking the implementation and in-water testing of two classes of biomimetic autonomous underwater vehicles. The first is an 8-legged ambulatory vehicle that is based on the lobster and is intended for autonomous remote-sensing operations in rivers and/or the littoral zone ocean bottom with robust adaptations to irregular bottom contours, current and surge. The second vehicle is an undulatory system that is based on the lamprey and is intended for remote sensing operations in ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Science and Technology: Engineering Sciences and Robotics ORNL’s is solving major challenges around the globe in advanced robotics and chemical process systems technology through multitudes of research and development. The combination of unique facilities, varied technologies, and qualified personnel allows ORNL to take on a vast array of complicated problems and come up with solutions. Whether it be extensive studies of remote handling and process technology for ...

Since 1992, we have been focusing the research area of emergent robotics that seeks for the design principle of robot behaviors through the interaction between the robot and its environment. Many research results were applied to RoboCup competitions where various kinds of research issue such as behavior generation, multiple task accomplishment, cooperation, and self organizing hierarchy based on reinforcement learning method, genetic algorithm, and other machine learning techniques have been inv ...

We have been conducting researches on computer vision and its applications to robotics and human interface systems. Research projects include: stereo vision, real-time vision, object detection and tracking, personal service robots, vision-based mobile robots, high-level planning and scheduling of robot systems, recognition and hand gestures and sign languages, face detection and identification, recognition of video image sequences for scene retrieval. Workstations PC AT (desktop) x 25 (FreeBSD ...

Welcome to Pace University's Robotics Lab. Supervised by Dr. Benjamin, the Robotics Lab research project focuses on building and testing a robot cognitive architecture based on the SOAR cognitive architecture. We are also building intelligent agents for network security and intrusion detection. Robotics Lab 163 William Street 2nd Floor New York, NY 10038 Projects: A Cognitive Architecture for a Mobile Robot Project Description Project Status A Soar Agent for Network Security Archana P ...

Penn State Abington Mobile Robotics Program Overview: The mobile robotics program at Penn State Abington has been in operation since 1996, and fosters the following goals: Robotics Education: Integrate robotics design into the engineering, computer science, and Information Sciences and Technology (IST) curriculum at Penn State Abington. Promote active and collaborative learning, problem-based learning, teamwork, research, project management, entrepreneurship. Robotics Research: Areas of r ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a discipline aimed at developing artificial systems whose performances can be considered analogous to intelligent human performances. Robotics is a discipline aimed at developing artificial systems based on computers and able to interact with the environment by sensors and actuators. The Ai and Robotics research activities are performed within the Artificial intelligence and Robotics Lab (AIR lLab) "Marco Somalvico", founded by Marco Somalvico in 1971. The basic a ...

INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS LABORATORY MISSION The mission of the IR lab is to build integrated intelligent systems and contribute to theories of such systems. We understand Intelligent Robotics broadly; it includes traditional robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Evolutionary Computation, Neural Nets and Fuzzy Logic, and other knowledge-intensive research areas. Sometimes, these areas go under a title of ``Intelligent Systems''. Theoretical aspects of our research incl ...

Welcome to the Home Page of Prisma Lab Progetti di Robotica Industrial e di Servizio Meccatronica e Automazione Robotics and Automation Group of the University of Naples How to Reach Us People Photo Gallery Publications Research in Robotics Research in Automation Educational Activities Research Connections Links Research in Robotics Motion Control Inverse Kinematics Redundant Manipulators Flexible Arms Interaction Control Cooperative Manipulators Underwater Robotics Visual Servoing

Several research interests are represented in Robotics Lab: Open Control Software Architectures Exteroceptive Robots Force Control Robot Vision Sensor Fusion Adaptive and Iterative Learning Control Task-level Programming Robot control systems and other manufacturing equipment are traditionally closed. This circumstance has hampered system integration of manipulators, sensors and other equipment. As a result, such system integration has often been made at an unsuitably high hierar ...

The Robotics Laboratory operates under the direction of Professor Leila Notash. The objective and current research interest is the investigation and development of serial and parallel manipulator designs and kinematic solutions allowing effective and failure safe implementation of the devices. The main focus of the Robotics Lab is on the design and kinematics of parallel manipulators. Due to the higher stiffness and accuracy of parallel devices, they have numerous applications such as flight si ...

RAND and CMU Collaborate on Military Robotics Research The U.S. Army seeks to make extensive use of robots in its future forces. With help from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Army has been exploring the benefits of robotics in military applications. To assist the Army and DARPA in this endeavor, RAND's Joint Warfare Simulation Analysis Activity (JWSAA) and Carnegie-Mellon University's (CMU) Robotics Institute have embarked on a collaborative approach to military robo ...

The Algorithmic Robotics Lab is part of the Computer Science department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is co-directed by Professors Wes Huang, Srinivas Akella, and Jeff Trinkle. Our research Research in the Algorithmic Robotics Lab focuses on a number of problems in robotic manipulation and mobile robotics. We are interested in developing fundamental techniques that build on research in motion planning, geometric algorithms, and task mechanics, and in applying these techniques to use ...

Research Scope Laboratory for Integrated Machine Intelligence is investigating the machine intelligence based on VLSI technology and its applications to fast and dexterous object handling and smart mechanical systems. Current main research topics are as follows. Soft-fingered manipulation Realtime computer vision Virtual rheological objects Distributed manipulation Crawling and jumping soft robots

The Department of Robotics was established in April 1996 as one of the first of its kind in Japan. In the near future, advanced robots will be utilized in many fields such as ocean and space exploration,welfare and medical and industrial applications. For the study of advanced robotics, integration of existing technologies is crucial, including mechanical, electrical engineerings, computer science and human science and engineering.The Department offers courses in three basic fields: Robot system ...

The Robot Partners project is part of the Theme of Modelling and Virtual Reality in the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems. The project is headed by James Little, with David Lowe, Alan Mackworth, and Dinesh Pai, all of UBC Computer Science, together with James Clark of McGill. The Robot Partners project is a descendant of the Spinoza project which was aimed at developing autonomous perceptual robots that can navigate and plan their actions in uncertain environments. The project wi ...

MIT Media Lab Robotic Life Mission of the Robotic Life Group Humans (and many other animals), display a remarkably flexible and rich array of social competencies, demonstrating the ability to interpret, predict and react appropriately to the behavior of others, and to engage others in a variety of complex social interactions. Developing systems that have these same sorts of social abilities is a critical step in designing robots that appear intelligent and capable in their interactions with ...

Robotics & Automation Lab at FIU Florida International University Miami Program Overview This page describes some of the research interests and capabilities of the Intelligent Robotics and Automation Program at Florida International University. In addition to studying the state-of-the-art research topics, participating researchers give great emphasis to timely implementation and laboratory demonstrations. For this purpose, a laboratory, equipped with modern workstations, computers, industrial ...

The Robotics and Automation Laboratory (RAL) and Mechatronics Laboratory (ML) were established in 1982 and 1995 respectively. They have a common mandate: to conduct fundamental and applied research in the science of robotics (semi & fully automated and remote controlled systems) and mechatronics (integration of intelligent & autonomous systems) to educate at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the field of robotics and mechatronics to conduct industrial research and development under contract to spin off technologies to the commercial market.

Robotics and Energetics Machines Group The group's capabilities in the area of robotics and intelligent machines span the spectrum from basic research—with fundamental development in motion planning, reasoning methodology, and advanced controls—to one-of-a-kind integrated system design, development, test, and evaluation. Major areas of research and development work include mobile robots, advanced manipulators, and combined mobility manipulation systems. Unique developments and capabilities in ...

Robotics and Mechatronics Lab University of Nebraska-Lincoln Planetary Exploration Industrial Robotics Biomedical Sensors Field Robotics Sponsors Current Sponsors ·National Academy of Sciences - Transportation Research Board - NCHRP Highway IDEA Program ·NASA - Nebraska Space Grant ·NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Planetary Robotics Lab ·Federal Railroad Administration ·Kawasaki Robotics - Lincoln, NE Past Sponsors ·NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts

Welcome to Brown CS - Robotics! You can take a look at some of our current projects, or take a look at some of our friendly robots. The Robotics group is a subgroup of the AI group. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's hot? Ramona is once again wandering the halls of the 4th floor! Some of her current research involves intelligent hall-wandering, environment-mapping, and path-planning. We have pictures and movies of Ramona's arm! ---- ...

Welcome to the Robotics Home Page This machine is the Web, gopher, and ftp server for the Robotics Group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Caltech . Here is some information about our lab: Information pages for the people that work in this group Current research interests and projects List of papers and preprints available online Pictures of Robots in the lab. Other related information/servers: Other Caltech Robotics Research The CORO group Prof. Richard Murray Prof. Pietro Perona Caltech Control and Dynamical Systems JPL Robotics ; NASA Telerobotics Research Program Web Site Robotics Internet Resources Page Robot Information Center at Arrick Robotics

Robotics at Manchester University Manchester robotics are researching into the future of robotic systems, where robots are not hidden behind cages on manufacturing lines, but are a positive factor in our everyday lives. We are developing medical robots to administer robotic physiotherapy for conditions such as stroke and cerebral palsy. Furthermore we are researching into assisting a damaged human heart through a robotic device to squeeze the outside of the heart. If robots are to behave a ...

ROBOTICS at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SSC San Diego) and its predecessor organizations (NRaD, NOSC, NUC, etc.) have been involved in various aspects of robotics since the early 1960's. Robotics research and development at SSC San Diego are currently performed by two groups: The Advanced Systems Division (D37): land and air robots The Ocean Systems Division (D74): underwater robots Newsletter: Current issue (Ma ...

Robotics at the University of Utah Faculty Thomas C. Henderson School of Computing John M. Hollerbach School of Computing, Mechanical Engineering Stephen C. Jacobsen Mechanical Engineering, School of Computing, Sarcos Sanford G. Meek Mechanical Engineering Mark A. Minor Mechanical Engineering William R. Provancher Mechanical Engineering (May 2005) Robotics is the intelligent connection of perception to action. The School of Computing is pleased to offer th ...

About the Robotics Foundry, Inc. Founded in April 2003, the Robotics Foundry is an independent, non-profit economic development organization that directs programs and initiatives intended to accelerate the growth of Agile Robotics Technologies and to establish a significant industry cluster in the newly designated "RoboCorridor," encompassing western Pennsylvania. The Robotics Foundry, a 501(c)3 organization, is the result of a merger between two previously independent economic development org ...

Research Profile The Robotics Group of the Interdepartmental Research Center “Enrico Piaggio” is led by Prof. Antonio Bicchi. The Automation section has focused in several research topics such as the development of methodologies and technology for robotics and embedded automation at large. The group has a longstanding experience in contracting with international, EC, and national funding agencies, as well as with industrial partners. Main contributions have been in the analysis and control of ...

Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University General Information Even when robotics technologies were relatively primitive, their potential role in boosting the productivity and competitiveness of the United States was foreseen in the evolving global marketplace. The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University was established in 1979 to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks. Seeking to combine the practical and the th ...

Robotics Institute at Malaga University Our department develop different lines of research on robotics, intelligent control, computer vision, modelling and manufacturing, since more than 10 years ago. Research Projects Multirobot Systems Telerobotics Surgical Robotics Computer Vision Remote Sensing Automation

Research themes including those for undergraduates Distributed Autonomous Robotic System Coordination control of multiple autonomous mobile robots with communication Remote monitoring of robot status Design and Control of an omni-directional mobile robot Gesture recognition for the man-machine interface of robots Team strategy for the group of autonomous robots (RoboCup homepage, homepage of our team for RoboCup). Parallel Link Mechanism by SMA (Shape Memory Alloys) Kinematic an ...

Robotics research at the University of Essex focuses on autonomous mobile robotics, and addresses a wide range of research questions. These include Sensor signal processing (laser, vision, sonar, infrared and tactile) and interpretation (e.g. for novelty detection) Artificial intelligence, machine learning, self-organisation, emergent phenomena Industrial applications of robotics (e.g. material handling, field robotics, human-machine interaction) Biologically inspired robotics and machin ...

Robotics Research Robotics. Micro Actuator and Micro Manipulation Systems Biomimetic robotics Experiments in Constrained Prehensile Manipulation: Distributed Manipulation with Ropes, with Larry Gariepy and Daniela Rus, In Experimental Robotics VI, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, eds. P. Corke, Springer-Verlag, 1999 (to appear). Micromanipulation with biomimetic cilia arrays Haptics Robot Map-making and Localization from CS 104 Demo. Movie, 4:30, Quicktime with ...

Robotics Research at the University of Cincinnati The Center for Robotics Research was established in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering by the Board of Trustees in June, 1983 to provide a focal point for the community in the growing field of robotics. Dr. Ernest L. Hall, Paul E. Geier Professor of Robotics, is the Director of the Center. The staff and students of the Center workwith industry engineers and scientists, faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, and the co ...

Welcome to the Robotics Research Group in the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford. Established by Professor Michael Brady in 1985 the Robotics Research Group brought together a group of like-minded engineers working in robotics research and artificial intelligence. Since then it has grown to 10 research groups whose interests range from medical imaging to producing scheduling tools for manufacturing. The Robotics Research Group is based primarily on two sites: the tempor ...

Welcome to the Robotics Research Group at the University of Auckland Research Goal Our long term goal is to create robot assistants that will interact with and help humans. Robots need to be able to learn tasks from their human instructors, and carry out these tasks when the human requires it. Research prototypes have been or are being built for a task planner, subtask learners, an instruction understander, navigation, speech recognition, mobile robot, robot arm with gripper and wrist, a m ...

Robotics, Perception and Real Time Group Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering Centro Politécnico Superior Universidad de Zaragoza Edif. Ada Byron, María de Luna 1, E-50018 Zaragoza, Spain Secretariat: Phone: (34) 976 76 19 49 Fax: (34) 976 76 19 14 Research Topics Robotics Mobile Robot Localization and Map Building, SLAM Sensor-Based Mobile Robot Navigation Multisensor Fusion and Integration Sensor-Based Robot Control Industrial Manipulators Computer Vision Structure and Motion in Image Sequences Trinocular Stereo Feature Tracking Uncalibrated Stereo Real Time Systems Real Time and Petri Nets Applications in Mobile Robotics

The Robotics Group is part of the Systems Biophysics Group of the Institut für Neuroinformatik at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. A service robot requires a highly integrated and advanced hardware. The design of the hardware and software has to match each other and has to be developed with regard to the functionality to solve the desired task. Since service robots have to operate in human environments and manipulate objects designed for humans it is useful that the robots geometry and beh ...

Robotics is a medium that allows a comprehensive view of an integrated engineered system. It affords a view of information processing from the microprocessor level of computing up through the application software. It provides a picture that illustrates the connection between the mechanical components of a system and the computing components. It also provides a focus for developers from different disciplines to form cross-functional teams to contribute different problem solving perspectives to a project. With the development and marketing of inexpensive robots (under $1000), the use of robotics in teaching and research has become readily accessible.

Space Robotics Research at ETL Toward Dexterous EV Robot Studies of basic technologies on space robots have been conducted at the Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL), MITI since 1983. The research emphasizes on developing key technologies of dexterous robots which perform extravehicular tasks instead of astronauts. The research is categorized into four areas: space adaptive mechatronics; telerobotics; skill and autonomy; and motion control of free flying robots in 0-gravity. We have been develop ...

About the Space Systems Laboratory The Space Systems Laboratory (SSL) is dedicated to making human beings more productive while working in space. We believe that both humans and robots, working together, are necessary to accomplish this goal. We are currently developing robotic systems capable of assisting astronauts in EVA (spacewalk) tasks, thus making EVA excursions shorter and safer, and in some cases allowing astronauts to perform tasks that would otherwise be impossible. We also study the ...

SSC San Diego - Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego (SSC San Diego) is the U.S. Navy's research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for command, control and communication systems and ocean surveillance. SSC San Diego provides information resources to support the joint warfighter in mission execution and force protection. SSC San Diego was established June 1, 1940 as the Navy's first West Coast l ...

SSC San Diego D37 Division Mission Conduct research, development, test and evaluation in command and control architectures, sensor data processing, wireless communications, operator machine interface and integration for robotic, physical security, torpedo fire control, coastal surveillance, law enforcement technology and deployable sensor systems. Core Capabilities C3 architectures as applied to automated systems Ruggedized system integration Sensor signal processing Operator machine ...

The Bonaventure Robotics Laboratory supports the integration of robotics into the undergraduate computer science curriculum and permits experimentation with behavior control algorithms. The current robotics equipment was purchased through National Science Foundation CCLI-AI Grant 9980999 Science Foundation and includes eight robotics workstations based on the Khepera miniature robot, hardware for object manipulation and vision, and a larger Koala robot. The Department has also submitted a ...

Biomimetic Robots Overview Biomimesis: to mimic life, to imitate biological systems) This research is aimed at developing a new class of biologically inspired robots that exhibit much greater robustness in performance in unstructured environments than today's robots. This new class of robots will be substantially more compliant and stable than current robots, and will take advantage of new developments in materials, fabrication technologies, sensors and actuators. Applications will include ...

The Manipulation Group Stanford Robotics Laboratory The group conducts research in human-centered robotics and interactive haptic simulation. Topics include mobile manipulation, cooperative robots, human motion modeling, haptic interaction, dynamic simulation with contact, soft tissue modeling, haptically augmented teleoperation, and human-friendly robot design. design samm elastic planning human motion teleoperation haptics simulation soft tissues

Stanford University Aerospace Robotics Laboratory Research Focus The Aerospace Robotics Laboratory is a research group in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. Research in the ARL focuses on improving robotic performance through the application of feedback control, integrated sensing systems, and task-level autonomy. All of the research is developed and validated on experimental hardware systems. These systems include both mobile robots (land, sea, sky, and sp ...

Welcome to the Swarm-bots web site Swarm-bots is a project sponsored by the Future and Emerging Technologies program of the European Community (IST-2000-31010), aimed to study new approaches to the design and implementation of self-organizing and self-assembling artifacts. Project summary The main scientific objective of the Swarm-bots project is to study a novel approach to the design and implementation of self-organising and self-assembling artefacts. This novel approach finds its theoretic ...

About SWIS The Swarm-Intelligent Systems (SWIS) research group has been founded in September 2003. SWIS is structurally integrated in the Nonlinear Systems Laboratory and is affiliated with the National Center of Competence in Mobile Communication and Information Systems. Among other research activities, SWIS has inherited those of the Collective Robotics (CORO) research group founded in December 1999 at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A. SWIS' research mission ...

Tactical Mobile Robotics at DARPA Concept Penetrate denied areas and project operational influence in ways that humans cannot by using reliable semi-autonomous robotic platforms. Approach Integrate sensors, locomotion, power, communications, and sufficient smarts on a compact, man-portable platform to provide a semi-autonomous system capable of penetrating into denied areas and serving as an extension of the human soldier. Top Technical Challenges Robotic mobility in cluttered and complex ...

This lab covers the design and control of industrial robotics applications. Topics include the theoretical principles of control and its relation with robot control language, various components of a robotic system, positions definition in space and introduction to kinematics, the use of inputs/outputs and conditional statements in robotics control, and writing simple robotics application by using on-line and off-line programming schemes. Examples for industrial application are: pick-and-place, material handling and statistical process control. The student materials for this laboratory are at Student Downloads.

Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotic Laboratory Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Tennessee State University Director: Dr. Amir Shirkhodaie Home Staff Research Laboratories Publications Presentations Sponsors Links Programs Announcements Projects Contact Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing Systems Flexible vs. Hard-automation Systems Robotic Assisted Manufacturing Automated Guided Vehicles Programmable Logic Controller and Logistic Systems A ...

Kosuge & Wang Laboratory A B O U T U S Real World Robotics R eal world robotics is a new field of robotics dealing with robot-related issues in real environments. Several prototypes of real world robots have been designed and developed based on new robot technologies. Real world robots will have great impacts on our daily life, as industrial robots have had done a lot on industries.

Research in Nakano Laboratory Our laboratory is engaged in the research and development of intelligent working robots. As futuristic robots will be deeply involved in our daily life, their work-ability, mobility, sensing ability, and intelligence should be highly upgraded to meet the demanding standards. In our laboratory, wheeled and legged mobile robots, visual sensing technology for mobile robots(Fig.5), a power manipulator(Fig.4), and an aid system for the disabled are being developed. Research concerning the intelligence of robots such as learning, knowledge acquisition, and problem solving are among our projects.

Trinity College Dublin Computer Vision & Robotics Group Department of Computer Science Trinity College Dublin Ireland Group Profile Since its foundation in 1983 the Computer Vision and Robotics Group has pursued excellence in both academic and industrial research. We have provided engineering solutions to problems which require sensing and physical interaction. The aim of the group is to advance the state of the art in the fields of computer vision and robotics. This has been achieved th ...

Computer Vision and Robotics Research Laboratory - UCSD The Computer Vision and Robotics Research (CVRR) Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego offers a unique and stimulating environment to graduate students, faculty members, and visiting scholars/collaborators to pursue a wide spectrum of research studies in the Sensor-Based Intelligent Systems area. The major thrust of our research is on developing a clear understanding of the computational and engineering related issues under ...

Welcome! The Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics (LPR) is in the Computer Science Department at UMass, Amherst. Our lab studies intelligent computational systems that solve sensory and motor problems. Experimental platforms include colonies of independent (heterogeneous) robots, sensors networks, mobile manipulators, and integrated humanoid systems. We study: knowledge representations grounded in closed-loop interactions with the domain; robots that communicate with one another and with us; le ...

Welcome! The Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics (LPR) is in the Computer Science Department at UMass, Amherst. Our lab studies intelligent computational systems that solve sensory and motor problems. Experimental platforms include colonies of independent (heterogeneous) robots, sensors networks, mobile manipulators, and integrated humanoid systems. We study: knowledge representations grounded in closed-loop interactions with the domain; robots that communicate with one another and with us; learning architectures that model development in biological systems; human-robot interactions and wearable computing; and high-dimensional motion planning and navigation.

The laboratory "Embedded Systems and Robotics" (RESY) was founded in August 2003. The lab works in the field of information processing systems that are embedded in an enclosing system; such arrangements result in both special requirements of the enclosing system and influence on the embedded system. The RESY Lab investigates this area of computer science for robotics applications. Among the requirements of a robot as an information-processing subsystem of its working environment are the ability ...

The scientific team of the Institute of Process Control and Robotics performs research in the fields of industrial automation and computer aided therapy both focusing on robotics. Research in the field of industrial automation comprises conception and realisation of sensor based autonomous robots for typical tasks in production i.e. assembly, manipulation, inspection, measuring, and testing. Main issues are collision free motion planning for different robot control systems and algorithms for m ...

IRIDIA is the Artificial Intelligence research laboratory of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. It is deeply involved in theoretical and applied research in soft-computing. The major domains of competence are: (i) belief representation and AI techniques for process control and classification, (ii) nature inspired heuristics for the solution of combinatorial and continuous space optimization problems. For the representation of quantified beliefs, we are developing the transferable belief model, ...

The IAS group studies methodologies to create intelligent autonomous systems, which perceive their environment through sensors and use that information to generate intelligent, goal-directed behaviour. This work includes formalization, generalization and learning of goal-directed behaviour in autonomous systems. Intelligent Autonomous Systems Group Informatics Institute Faculty of Science University of Amsterdam Kruislaan 403 1098 SJ Amsterdam The Netherlands

Welcome to the Intelligent Robotics Lab We work on: Robot learning Reinforcement learning Robot navigation Evolutionary Computation applied to robotics Cognitive Robotics News Applications are now open for two research fellowships to work on the CoSy project (start date 1st September 2004). Applications should be in by 10th June 2004.For more information see the advert on the school web site and the further particulars . Please send informal enquiries by email to Jeremy Wyatt jl ...

Lab Description: The Interdisciplinary RISC lab resides in the Computer science and Engineering department at the University of Bridgeport. It was formed in 1995 by its founder and coordinator, Professor Tarek Sobh, in order to do research in a variety of Robotics related fields, and as a step towards the development of commercially applicable projects. What we do: Our research interests include reverse engineering and industrial inspection, CAD/CAM and active sensing under uncertainty, robo ...

The Laboratory for Computational Intelligence (LCI) supports research in artificial intelligence, computational vision, and robotics. Current project areas include diagnosis, decision-making, planning, reasoning, learning, object recognition, automation, mobile robotics, telerobotics, remote sensing, and geographic information systems. Robot Partners Robot Partners: Collaborative Perceptual Robot Systems is a project involving several RWI robots equipped with trinocular stereo systems from Po ...

Technical University of Budapest, Department of Process Control H-1111 Budapest, Mûegyetem rkp.9, Building R, floor 2 Tel.: (361) 463-2058 Fax: (361) 463-2204 Current reseasrch interests include: New type of control algorithms for rigid and flexible robots Identification and sefltuning adaptive control of robots Fuzzy, neural and genetic algorithms in robot control Intelligent robot control based on artificial intelligence Control models for cooperative and mobile robots Sensory sy ...

University of California at Berkeley - Robotics Lab Areas of Research Medical Robotics Adaptation and Learning in Biological and Artificial Systems [alt:old] Air Traffic Management Systems ARO MURI Center - An Integrated Approach to Intelligent Systems Berkeley Aerobots Control of Hybrid Systems Micromechanical Flying Insect Micro-Robotics Motion Planning With Nonholonomic Velocity Constraints Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH) Software Enabled Control Project Tele-Taction System UCB Computer Vision Group Virtual Environments for Surgical Training and Augmentation (VESTA) The Alpha Lab

University of Cambridge - Computer Vision & Robotics --- Research Research Interests Measurement and interpretation of visual motion Real-time visual tracking, motion and 3D shape from image sequences Visual guidance of mobile robots, navigation Reliable hand-eye coordination, visual guided grasping Man-machine interfaces using visual gestures, pointing Face detection and tracking, face recognition Symmetry detection, perceptual grouping Geometric invariants for recognition and ma ...

The Control Group: Components Research Activities Publications DEES - University of Catania, V.le A.Doria 6, 95125 Catania - Italy. Tel.+39-095-7382328 - 7382321 - 7382307 . Fax +39-095-330793 - 339535

University of Central Florida's Robotics Laboratory Web Site Welcome to our Robotics Web Site. The University of Central Florida's Robotics Laboratory is a group of undergraduate and graduate students with a passion for robotics. It is the group's desire to research and build autonomous robots for competition and learning. We are currently working on multiple autonomous ground vehicles and further information about those projects can be seen in the projects section. Our laboratory is supervise ...

The rehabilitation robotics research program at the Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories (ASEL) consists of a collection of research projects to aid persons with manipulation disabilities. The diverse range of projects in this program focus on interactions between the human, the tool, and the environment. The Rehabilitation Robotics Research Program also hosts the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Rehabilitation Robotics. The Rehabilitation Robotics Research program at the A ...

Institute of Robotics Research (IRF) and Chair of Automation and Robot Technology The Institute of Robotics Research (IRF), a central scientific institution of the University of Dortmund, was founded in 1985 as a part of the initiative "Technology for the Future" of the government of Nordrhein Westfalen. Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. Freund is the director of the IRF and he also holds the chair of "Automation and Robot Technology" at the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Dortmund. T ...

About the group The Mobile Robots Group is a loose collection of staff and students who share a broad approach to AI: intelligence will, in our opinion, be best understood Through the construction of agents which live autonomously in the real world, Using non-symbolic-logical tools: `behaviour-based' architectures, neural networks, genetic algorithms, ethology, control theory. Our research interests include navigation, reinforcement learning, learning by imitation, ethologically inspired learning, robot shaping, biological modelling, the use of formal methods in behaviour-based robotics, active vision.

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems Mechanical Engineering and Science Production Systems Robotics Man-Machine Integrate Systems This department provides education in the basics of mechanical, electronics, and information engineering and computers to train mechanical engineering engineers and researchers who are able to apply the knowledge they have gained in order to create intelligent machine systems that achieve harmony between the human race and the natura ...

College of Engineering Robotics and Automation Laboratory College of Engineering, University of Illinois Room 316, Transportation Building Professor Mark W. Spong, Director The College of Engineering Robotics and Automation Laboratory was established by Professor Mark W. Spong in January, 1987, as the Department of General Engineering Robotics Laboratory. Initial support was provided by General Motors Corporation, Zenith Corporation, the Department of General Engineering and the College o ...

Welcome to the Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory a constituent laboratory of the Institute for Systems Research University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 2210 A. V. Williams Building (301) 405-6586 Objectives The primary goal of this laboratory is to advance the state-of-the art in the design and real-time control of smart systems drawing on advances in: (a) novel sensing and actuation materials and mechanism designs; (b) new principles for actuation, propulsion, detection, reduct ...

The Robotics Laboratory (Department of Mechanical Engineering) Robotics Laboratory University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-3118 Also affiliated with the Center for Automation Research is the Robotics Laboratory of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, which is directed by Prof. Jackson C.S. Yang. It was established in 1983, with primary activities in education, research and industrial interaction. The laboratory provides training, guidance and mentorship to the university's stude ...

The Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics (LPR) is in the Computer Science Department at UMass, Amherst. Our lab studies intelligent computational systems that solve sensory and motor problems. Experimental platforms include colonies of independent (heterogeneous) robots, sensors networks, mobile manipulators, and integrated humanoid systems. We study: knowledge representations grounded in closed-loop interactions with the domain; robots that communicate with one another and with us; learning architectures that model development in biological systems; human-robot interactions and wearable computing; and high-dimensional motion planning and navigation.

Mechatronics Research Group Mechatronics Research Group is a research group of the department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. It assembles highly enthusiastic people in broad area of research. The research group has been respected to have the most energetic research activities and produced the highest number of high-quality journal papers in its department. It also hosts an esteemed research center called The Research Centre for Advanced By-Wire Technologies (RABiT) funded by the Australian government. For further information, please contact: Prof. Malcolm Good Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering The University of Melbourne VIC., 3010 AUSTRALIA Tel: (+613)8344-7957, (+613)8344-5587, or (+613)8344-6731 Fax: (+613)9347-8784

The University of Michigan Mobile Robotics Lab The UM Mobile Robotics Lab has 14 years experience with experimental mobile robotics. • In the course of this time UM has tested various methods for the rapid development of mobile systems. •Among the development tools tested are • wireless computer-to-computer links • radio-control joysticks • onboard computer systems • special-purpose monitor/keyboard extension cables

University of Minnesota Center for Distributed Robotics This work is sponsored in part by NSF, U.S. Army, DARPA, Microsoft, INEEL, and U.S. Air Force. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Robotic Platforms The Center for Distributed Robotics is at the forefront of research in robotics. With nearly 100 robots in the lab, with varying sizes, ...

Marjorie Skubic, University of Missouri-Columbia Research Projects in Robotics and Sensory Perception Our current research projects are focused on understanding and using sensor signals. In particular, we are investigating computational intelligence techniques for studying real-time sensory perception and interactive human-machine interfaces, and applying them to robotics, sketch understanding, and (now) gait analysis. See also Publications Mobile Robots and Human-Robot Interaction A Biol ...

Finished in the spring of 2003, the new Advanced Surgical Technologies lab at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is designed to accommodate equipment for computer simulation, virtual reality, and the da ViniciTM surgical system. One of our visions at UNMC/NMC is to offer patients the least invasive surgical treatment leading to improved clinical outcomes, health cost savings, and more effective methods of education and training. Minimally invasive robotic surgery is a large part of that vision. Marsha Morien Administrator Advanced Biomedical Technologies SSP 2015 984075 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198-4075 (402) 559-4518 mmorien@unmc.edu

The research emphasis of the Robotics Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is the application of fast associative memories and other neural network learning techniques (such as CMAC neural networks) to problems in control, pattern recognition, and signal processing. The basic concept is to design hardware/software systems which improve their own performance through practice. Details of specific research can be found in published papers and graduate student theses. ...

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering University of Notre Dame Automation and Robotics Laboratory The Automation and Robotics Laboratory in Fitzpatrick Hall houses a variety of electrically-actuated control devices as well as a variety of digital computers, optical data-acquisition equipment and other instrumentation. Within this approximately 1200 square feet facility are housed 1 A.C. motor-driven six degree-of-freedom industrial robot (GMF model S-4000), 1 cylindrical coordinate industrial ...

The School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering's Intelligent Robotics Lab explores a variety of aspects in robotics and intelligent systems. In this lab we concentrate on embodied physical agents from both the software and hardware point of view. What makes a physical appear intelligent? Purposeful movement through the world. Sometimes purposeful action comes from the agent's computation system. Sometimes it comes from the physical interaction of the agent's body with the physical world. M ...

Welcome to the Robotics Research Group in the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford. Established by Professor Michael Brady in 1985 the Robotics Research Group brought together a group of like-minded engineers working in robotics research and artificial intelligence. Since then it has grown to 10 research groups whose interests range from medical imaging to producing scheduling tools for manufacturing. The Robotics Research Group is based primarily on two sites: the tempor ...

Robotics Group of: Mechanical & Aeronautics Engineering Department University of Patras This Web site is designed to provide information concerning the members of the Robotics Group and their current research activities. You can find information about several projects in which the members of the Robotics Group are involved and browse through a list of articles which have been published or announced in international conferences. If you have any comments or suggestions which can help us improve your navigation in this site, please contact the web author. Last update: 13/08/2003

GRASP Laboratory of Robotics Research and Education The General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab, is a multi-disciplinary research laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Founded in 1979 by Professor Ruzena Bajcsy, the lab has grown today to be one of the premier research labs focusing on fundamental research in robotics, vision, perception, control and automation. The GRASP laboratory is housed in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at ...

Vision and Robotics Research at the University of Rochester Research in robotics and vision at UR spans a wide range of topics and applications, however one unifying aspect of the various projects is the focus on techniques requiring no or little calibration and thus are suitable to use in natural everyday environments. For example Randal Nelson and Raj Rao are each working on different variations of appearance based recognition which does not need any prior CAD models of the objects. Olac F ...

University of South Florida Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) CRASAR Overview The Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) is a Type II Center at the University of South Florida, with Dr. Robin Murphy as the overall Director. It serves as crisis response and research organization which strives to direct and exploit new technology development in robotics and unmanned systems for humanitarian purposes worldwide. It was originally established under the auspices of ...

Laboratory for Molecular Robotics The Laboratory for Molecular Robotics (LMR) was founded in 1994 with the primary goal of studying manipulation of molecular-sized components with Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPMs). As we became increasingly proficient at nanomanipulation, our goals were broadened to include most of the emerging area of nanorobotics, which encompasses: Programmable assembly of nanoscale components (i) by manipulation with SPMs (or other robotic devices), (ii) by passive self-as ...

Distributed Intelligence Laboratory The Distributed Intelligence Laboratory was founded in August of 2002 by Prof. Lynne E. Parker and is engaged in research in cooperative robotics and distributed artificial intelligence. We characterize distributed intelligent systems as multiple entities (such as robots or agents) that integrate perception, reasoning, and action to perform cooperative tasks under circumstances that are insufficiently known in advance, and dynamically changing during task ex ...

Welcome to the homepage of the Robotics Research Group (RRG) at The University of Texas at Austin, Mechanical Engineering Department. Our group of 28 graduate students and 5 faculty/staff are dedicated to the advancement of open architecture intelligent machine technology with a primary focus on robotics. In existence since 1985, the RRG now occupies more than 16,000 sq. ft. of office and laboratory space in the Microelectronics Research Building, which is on UT’s J.J. Pickle Research Campus. ...

Mobile Robotics Laboratory University of the Philippines DEEE Building Velasquez Street, UP Diliman Campus Quezon City, 1101, Philippines (632) 9205301 local 5615 The laboratory is mainly concerned with research on mobile robots as intelligent agents. This being the case, the members of the laboratory involve themselves in various fields including almost every aspect of electrical engineering (power electronics, instrumentation and controls, communications, embedded systems, AI, operating systems, a little of computer science, mechanics, biology, and yes, even philosophy). The insight and skills gained from developing actual mobile robotic platforms as well as the platforms themselves, serve as building blocks for the upcoming researches of the lab.

University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Robotics Professor G.M.T. D'Eleutario Engineering Technologist: Ph.D. Students: E. Earon, A. Morris, L. Ng M.A.Sc. Students: D. Beach, A. Chan, L. Lok, M. Mirza, K. Skonieczny, J. Thangavelautham Goals: The focus of this research group is the space application of robotics. As we venture farther into space, robotic capabilities will become more important. Canada's involvement in space robotics began with a flourish with Can ...

University of Tsukuba Intelligent Robot Laboratory Introduction of Intelligent Robot Laboratory Prof. Shin¡Çichi Yuta, Prof. Takashi Tsubouchi, and Prof. Akihisa Ohya Objectives of our research In the intelligent robot laboratory at the University of Tsukuba, the aim of our research is to develop new technologies for the autonomous and automatic machines (robots) that will support our daily life in real environment. Nowadays, thanks to the progress in science and technology, many machin ...

Research Projects Natural language processing Research in sentence analysis, information extraction, text categorization, and corpus-based knowledge acquisition. Machine learning Research in language learning, personalization, and active learning. Robotics Robotics -- design, calibration, and control of manipulators; Teleoperation -- force reflection, master gloves, tactile stimulators, and human operator dynamics; Virtual reality -- haptic interfaces, locomotion interfaces, visual displays, and simulation-based design Human motor control -- perturbation analysis and nonlinear system identification of joint mechanical properties. Much of our research in robotics involves work related to immersive environments.

Mobile Robotics Laboratory Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington The Purpose of the Mobile Robotics Lab The theme of the Mobile Robotics Laboratory is to provide an educational and research program dedicated to the engineering of complex systems. The work of the laboratory is organized into a modular format. Autonomous agents with specific deliverable data structures are defined to guide mobile robot development. The personnel working in the lab are primarily students of Prof. Robert W. Albrecht in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington. Colleagues who work closely with the Mobile Robotics Laboratory are Prof. Blake Hannaford of the Biorobotics Laboratory , and Prof. Dierdre Meldrum of the Genomation Laboratory .

University of Washington Department of Computer Science and Engineering RSE: Robotics and State Estimation Lab Welcome to the Robotics and State Estimation Lab! We are interested in the development of embedded computing systems that interact autonomously with their environment in an intelligent way. To investigate fundamental challenges of such systems, we focus on probabilistic methods and their application mostly to mobile robotics. We develop rich yet efficient methods for representing u ...

BioRobotics Lab University of Washington Mission & Goals Our mission is to develop science, technology, and human resources at the interface between robotics and biological movement systems. Our goal is to produce useful, innovative research and technology as well as trained researchers fluent in both technological and biological systems. Research Haptic Interfaces High performance mechatronic (computer and mechanical) systems to allow humans to feel and physically ma ...

Mapping and Rover Localization Using Multi-resolution Imagery Investigators: Clark F. Olson (PI), University of Washington, Bothell Larry H. Matthies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ron Li, Ohio State University John R. Wright, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary: For a Mars rover capable of long-range mobility, it is highly desirable to travel to science targets observed in orbital or descent imagery. However, current rover technologies do not allow rovers to autonomously navigate to distant ...

University of Wisconsin - Madison, Robotics Lab Mission Statement: "Our primary goal is to actively promote the advancement of and consistently develop state-of-the-art tools with regard to the field of robotics through research, course programs, and collaboration with fellow students, faculty, industry, and the academic community." - Robotics Lab, UW-Madison Robotics Lab Research: Prof. Nicola J. Ferrier Prof. Vladimir Lumelsky Research at UW-Madison: Prof. Neil A. Duffie - Manufacturing Systems Prof. Robert Lorenz - Systems and Actuators Prof. John Uicker, Jr. - Kinematics/Dynamics of Mechanisms Prof. Vadim Shapiro - Spatial Automation Prof. Chuck Dyer - Computer Vision Prof. Jude Shavlik - Machine Learning

Address:URA Laboratory, Underwater Technology Research Center, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, JAPAN 153-8505 Tel, Fax: +81-3-5452-6489 (direct, 24hours, GMT+0900 TIME IN JAPAN) Research Underwater Robotics Anchor Bulk Cargo Transport

University of Southern California Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems (CRES) Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems (CRES) was established in fall 2002. It is an interdisciplinary organized research unit (ORU) in the USC School of Engineering that focuses on the science and technology of effective, robust, and scalable robotic systems, with broad and far-reaching applications. CRES facilitates interdisciplinary interactions and collaboration through its robotics faculty and its large te ...

The Computer vision laboratory University of Southern California located in Los Angeles, California, has been one of the major centers of computer vision research for thirty years. We conduct research in a number of basic and applied areas. Specific topics include image and scene segmentation, stereo and motion analysis, range analysis, perceptual grouping, shape analyis and object recognition. We have worked on applications to robotics and manufacturing, mobile robots and aerial photo interp ...

The Robotics Lab is involved in several collaborative projects between the Interaction Lab and RESL , as well as a variety of individual projects within each of the labs. Individual Projects within the labs Interaction Lab Projects RESL Projects Joint cross-lab projects Player/Stage/Gazebo Mobile Autonomous Robot Software (MARS-2020) Active Sensor Networks with Applications in Marine Microorganism Montinoring (ITR) Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Organization in Multi-Robot Systems (RIM) Scalable Coordination of Wireless Robots (SCOWR) Recent joint cross-lab projects Software for Distributed Robotics (SDR) Mobile Autonoumous Robot Software (MARS) Multi-Robot Task-Allocation through Vacancy Chains

UT Intelligent Robotics Research Part of the Qualitatve Reasoning Research Group Email: robotics@cs.utexas.edu People Annotated Bibliography Projects Spatial Semantic Hierarchy (SSH) UT Intelligent Wheelchair Project Vision Recognition System (ARGUS) Speech Recognition The "Swan's Neck" manipulator Systems FLAT 2-D robot simulator SPLAT Language SSH+ -- a robust implementation of the SSH Our physical robots

The Center for Self-Organizing and Intelligent Systems (CSOIS) is a multi-disciplinary research group at Utah State University (USU) that focuses on the design, development, and implementation of intelligent, autonomous mechatronic systems. CSOIS research advances the state-of-the-art in the theory, development, and application of systems that need advanced automation, autonomous operation or behavior, and intelligent decision-making and learning to achieve their objectives. Core CSOIS expertis ...

IRL Lab Overview Research on mobile robotics is conducted within the Intelligent Robotics Lab (IRL). There are several operational robots including an ATRV-Jr (Scooter), a Pioneer2-AT (Skeeter), and a track-driven Matilda robot (Rocky) currently used in research. The ATRV-Jr is equipped with sonar, lidar, compass and DGPS sensors, plus a pan-tilt vision system. The Pioneer2-AT is equipped with sonar and a 360-degree camera array. The Matilda robot has an omni-directional camera, sonar sensors, ...

Virtual Space Exploration Lab and related Telepresence projects Center for Design Research The Center for Design Research (CDR) at Stanford University has a primary focus of studying the design process and methods in practice. Having an excellent collection of engineers from many disciplines, CDR often generates ideas for potentially "fixing" problems that are observed. A well documented problem observed in design processes is the awkward interface between designers and machines. These mach ...

History of Humanoid Robot in Waseda University Waseda University has been one of the leading research sites for anthropomorphic robots since the late Prof. Ichiro Kato and his colleagues started the WABOT Project in 1970. Since then, just about ten years, by integrating the latest key technologies, we have developed a variety of humanoid robots including WABOT-1 which is the first full-scale human-like robot made in 1973, the musician robot WABOT-2 in 1984, Hadaly-2 which works together wit ...

Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics Research & Development Research & Development activities at WCSAR are focused in two general areas: 1) Plant-based Biotechnology and 2) Robotics & Automation Technology. While our specific research projects vary depending upon commercial interest and industry trends, our core competencies remain in these areas. It is important to note that our research and commercial work involves both terrestrial and microgravity projects. Much of our wor ...

In Short: Founded in 2001, the Yale University Social Robotics Lab's main project is the development of anthropomorphic robots that interact with people using natural social cues. When completed, the robot, named Nico, will serve as a test-bed for theories of social learning. Designed to resemble a 9 month-old baby, Nico will be able to take part in standard child psychology experiments, allowing its cognitive models to be tested under the same conditions as undergone by human babies. In Long: ...

Yobotics Mission Statement The mission of Yobotics is to advance the state-of-the art in legged robots and powered leg orthotics while filling the needs of various legged robot markets. Our goal is to grow alongside the fields of biomimetic robotics and powered prosthetics as we lead the development of new technologies with healthcare, academic, military, and entertainment applications. 1 Who We Are Yobotics, Inc was founded in January 2000 by four graduates of the M.I.T. Leg Laboratory ...

Yabuta Laboratory has been opened since 2000. The main research subject of this lab is how to realize intelligence in mechanical systems, which is called as "Machine Intelligence". The background of this research is by the following: Now, at the beginning of the 21th century, humanoid becomes an attractive of conversation. Our question is "Does a robot surpass a human being?", if this humanoid technology will continue in progress. "Learning " is a fundamental function related to this question ...