II-NEW: Infrastructure for a Building-Wide Intelligence

II-新：建筑范围内的智能基础设施

• 批准号: 1305287
• 负责人: Peter Stone
• 金额: $ 65万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1305287&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: II; NEW; Infrastructure; Building; Wide

The goal of this proposed infrastructure is to enable research towards the creation of the first buildingwide, pervasive, life-long learning, multi-robot intelligence that is situated within an existing building. This buildingwide intelligence (BWI) infrastructure will be comprised of multiple robot appendages, as well as a suite of static sensors and interactive displays. The ultimate goal of the facilitated research is to enable BWI to interact naturally with all of the buildings users, both learning about the patterns and preferences of its long-term inhabitants, and aiding first-time visitors. In addition, it will be robust to continual changes to the capabilities and availability of its component robots and other sensing and actuation resources; and it will consist of readily available components and open source software for ease of replication. The most important broader impact of this proposal will be the development and dissemination of a new, open infrastructure suitable for cutting-edge research across the department and university, including reusable components suitable for installation in buildings everywhere. The concept of BWI will also provide impacts on education, including a new curriculum for a project-based course, serving as a platform for graduate and undergraduate research (including as a part of UTs novel Freshman Research Initiative), as well as a very public facade, which will enable public demonstrations at outreach events targeting underrepresented groups such as women in CS and Hispanics.

这一拟议基础设施的目标是使研究能够在现有建筑物内创建第一个建筑物范围内的、普遍的、终身学习的多机器人智能。这个建筑范围的智能（BWI）基础设施将由多个机器人附件以及一套静态传感器和交互式显示器组成。促进研究的最终目标是使 BWI 能够与所有建筑用户进行自然互动，既了解其长期居民的模式和偏好，又为首次来访的游客提供帮助。此外，它将能够应对其组件机器人以及其他传感和驱动资源的功能和可用性的不断变化；它将由现成的组件和开源软件组成，以便于复制。该提案最重要的更广泛影响将是开发和传播适合整个部门和大学的尖端研究的新的开放基础设施，包括适合安装在各地建筑物中的可重复使用的组件。 BWI 的概念还将对教育产生影响，包括基于项目的课程的新课程，作为研究生和本科生研究的平台（包括作为 UT 新颖的新生研究计划的一部分），以及一个非常公开的外观，这将使公众能够在针对代表性不足的群体（例如计算机科学中的女性和西班牙裔）的外展活动中进行示威。