Identification of Specifications for a Mobile Platform with Material Handling Capabilities

该奖项为一个研讨会提供部分支持，在该研讨会上，大学、行业和联邦政府的研究人员将确定和评估具有材料处理能力的自动化移动机器人平台的研究需求。DARPA分担了研讨会的资金，预计将为这类移动平台提出一套通用规范和功能的建议，这些平台适用于车辆导航、视觉系统等非接触式传感器、接触位置和力传感、用于指导多个机械手和多个传感器的移动和操作的传感信息处理等各种研究，和多模式系统集成。

This award provides partial support for a workshop in which university, industry, and Federal government researchers will identify and assess the research needs for automated mobile robotic platforms with material handling capabilities. DARPA is sharing in the funding of the workshop, which is expected to produce recommendations for a common set of specifications and features for such mobile platforms suitable for a variety of research in vehicle navigation, noncontact sensors such as vision systems, contact position and force sensing, processing of sensory information for guiding mobility and manipulation of multiple manipulators and multiple sensors, and multi-modal systems integration.