I/UCRC Phase I: Robots and Sensors for the Human Well-being

I/UCRC 第一阶段：造福人类福祉的机器人和传感器

• 批准号: 1439717
• 负责人: Richard Voyles
• 金额: $ 32.5万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-15 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1439717&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UCRC; Phase; Robots; Sensors; Human

The proposed I/UCRC for Robots and Sensors for the Human Well-being (RoSeHuB) will focus on complementing a broad variety of off-the-self sensors with intelligent processing software that enables them to extract useful information about the operating environments in medicine and agriculture. RoSeHuB research will make heavy use of commercial cameras that can work in different parts of the electro-magnetic spectrum (i.e., visible, IR, Thermal, etc.), laser or radar sensors, etc. Sensors or sensor systems may exhibit different degrees of mobility. They may be embedded in robots or flying drones or they may be fixed with limited degrees of motion (PTZ cameras). In the areas of algorithms and learning methods the focus and the challenge is on creating methodologies that can balance real-time operation and computational power while providing high level semantic information either for planning, interaction or situational awareness for human operators. With respect to robots, efforts will focus on building systems with advanced mobility, manipulation, human-machine interaction, and coordination skills.Robots and sensors can lead to more effective precision agriculture techniques that provide more food than current levels while they save water and prevent soil erosion. Similarly, robots play a critical and growing role in modern medicine, from training the next generation of doctors, dentists, and nurses, to comforting and protecting elderly patients in the early stages of dementia. The proposed Center will attract large companies to the pertinent domains and energize innovative startup companies, both through research and through the production of highly trained graduate students with advanced coursework in sensory-based robotic systems and hands-on exposure to multi-disciplinary, integrative systems. The Center will also fund a projects to pursue new pertinent high-risk initiatives, ensuring that technology continues to meet emerging societal needs. RoSeHuB faculty will aggressively recruit women and minority graduate and undergraduate students and host an annual summer camp for middle-schoolers from underrepresented groups.

拟议的用于人类福祉的机器人和传感器的I/UCRC(RoSeHuB)将专注于用智能处理软件补充各种现成的传感器，使它们能够提取关于医药和农业中的操作环境的有用信息。RoSeHuB的研究将大量使用可在电磁频谱的不同部分(即可见光、红外、热辐射等)工作的商用摄像机、激光或雷达传感器等。传感器或传感器系统可能表现出不同程度的机动性。它们可能被嵌入到机器人或飞行的无人机中，或者它们可能被固定在有限的运动程度(PTZ摄像头)。在算法和学习方法方面，重点和挑战是创建能够平衡实时操作和计算能力的方法，同时为人类操作员提供用于规划、交互或态势感知的高级语义信息。在机器人方面，努力将重点放在建立具有先进的机动性、操纵性、人机交互和协调技能的系统上。机器人和传感器可以带来更有效的精准农业技术，在节水和防止土壤侵蚀的同时，提供比当前水平更多的食物。同样，机器人在现代医学中发挥着越来越重要的作用，从培训下一代医生、牙医和护士，到安慰和保护痴呆症早期的老年患者。拟建的中心将吸引大公司进入相关领域，并通过研究和培养训练有素的研究生，在基于感觉的机器人系统方面进行高级课程学习，并亲身接触多学科、集成系统，从而为创新的初创公司注入活力。该中心还将资助一个项目，以推行新的中肯的高风险倡议，确保技术继续满足新的社会需求。RoSeHuB的教职员工将积极招聘女性和少数族裔研究生和本科生，并为代表不足群体的中学生举办一年一度的夏令营。

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• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
• 作者: Ayad, M.;Aghamohammadi, N.R.;Nawrocki, R.;Voyles, R.M.;Kusuma, D.
• 通讯作者: Kusuma, D.

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• DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.11.238
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: IFAC-PapersOnLine
• 作者: Sesha N. Charla;Bingqing Yao;R. Voyles

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• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: and Intelligent Systems
• 作者: Ayad, Mustafa;Nawrocki, Robert;Voyles, Richard M;Lee, Junseok;Lee, Hyowon;Leon-Salas, Daniel
• 通讯作者: Leon-Salas, Daniel