MRI: Acquisition of a Multimodal Collaborative Robot System (MCROS) to Support Cross-Disciplinary Human-Centered Research and Education at Montclair State University

MRI：采购多模态协作机器人系统 (MCROS) 以支持蒙特克莱尔州立大学以人为本的跨学科研究和教育

• 批准号: 2117308
• 负责人: Weitian Wang
• 金额: $ 28.97万
• 依托单位: Montclair State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2117308&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Multimodal; Collaborative; Robot

This proposal addresses the current need for collaborative robots in hazardous environments (e.g., hazardous chemical experiments), as well as transmission of the latest studies in smart manufacturing (where their absence limit knowledge discovery). Claiming that the role of robots has changed from “robots in a cage model” to the “human interaction model in a shared environment,” the investigators aim to acquire a robotic system (MCROS) to support human-centered science and engineering interdisciplinary research and education. Utilizing two collaborative manipulators, an omnidirectional mobile base, a control and computing unit, and multimodal human-robot interfaces (including 3D vision, 3D Lidar, GPS, and F/T sensing), the investigators expect to make the most efficient use of the MCROS, advancing a wide range of transformative and diverse research distributed across four colleges and 12 academic units (departments/institute centering at the institute MCROS). They cover 5 focus areas:- Intelligence systems and advanced computing,- Ecology and chemistry science,- Smart urban agriculture and food science,- Human factors engineering and social sciences, and- Interactive learning.The MCROS are expected to:- Provide a State-of-the-art robot platform to accelerate a wide-range of research projects.- Expand innovative collaborative research across diverse departments and foster potential funding opportunities to exploit and create new cross-disciplinary knowledge.- Enable fundamental research in multiple science and engineering areas utilizing high productivity approaches enabled by the robot collaboration.- Establish cost-effective and high-quality solutions, enabled by the developments in smart manufacturing, interactive learning, and smart urban agriculture, that in turn is enabled by the human-robot collaboration model. The institution will offer training and prepare careers using AI and robotics, “possibly benefitting the national economy.”This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该提案解决了当前在危险环境（例如，危险化学实验）中对协作机器人的需求，以及智能制造中最新研究的传播（其中它们的缺失限制了知识发现）。研究小组认为，机器人的角色已经从“笼子里的机器人”转变为“共享环境中的人类互动模式”，他们的目标是建立一个机器人系统（MCROS），以支持以人为中心的科学和工程跨学科研究和教育。利用两个协作机械手，一个全向移动基地，一个控制和计算单元，以及多模态人机界面（包括3D视觉，3D激光雷达，GPS和F/T传感），研究人员希望最有效地利用mcro，推进分布在四个学院和12个学术单位（以研究所mcro为中心的部门/研究所）的广泛的变革性和多样化研究。它们涵盖了5个重点领域：智能系统和先进计算、生态和化学科学、智慧城市农业和食品科学、人因工程和社会科学以及互动学习。mcro预计将提供一个最先进的机器人平台，以加速广泛的研究项目。-扩大跨部门的创新合作研究，并培育潜在的资助机会，以开发和创造新的跨学科知识。-利用机器人协作的高生产率方法，在多个科学和工程领域开展基础研究。-通过智能制造、互动学习和智慧城市农业的发展，建立具有成本效益和高质量的解决方案，而这些解决方案又由人机协作模式实现。该机构将提供使用人工智能和机器人技术的培训和职业准备，“可能有利于国民经济”。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

JUST TELL ME: A Robot-assisted E-health Solution for People with Lower-extremity Disability

请告诉我：针对下肢残障人士的机器人辅助电子健康解决方案

• DOI: 10.1109/icara56516.2023.10125947
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Robotics and Applications (ICARA
• 作者: Coutras, Alexander;Obidat, Omar;Zhu, Michelle;Wang, Weitian
• 通讯作者: Wang, Weitian

A POMDP-based Robot-Human Trust Model for Human-Robot Collaboration

基于 POMDP 的人机协作机器人人信任模型

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: and Intelligent Systems
• 作者: Tilloo, Pallavi;Parron, Jesse;Obidat, Omar;Zhu, Michelle;Wang, Weitian
• 通讯作者: Wang, Weitian

A Trust-Assist Framework for Human–Robot Co-Carry Tasks

人类与机器人共同执行任务的信任辅助框架

• DOI: 10.3390/robotics12020030
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Robotics
• 影响因子: 3.7
• 作者: Hannum, Corey;Li, Rui;Wang, Weitian
• 通讯作者: Wang, Weitian

Ready or Not? A Robot-Assisted Crop Harvest Solution in Smart Agriculture Contexts

• DOI: 10.1109/smartcomp58114.2023.00088
• 发表时间: 2023-06
• 期刊: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP)
• 作者: Thai Thao Nguyen;Jesse Parron;Omar Obidat;A. R. Tuininga;Weitian Wang

A Digital Human System with Realistic Facial Expressions for Friendly Human-Machine Interaction

具有逼真面部表情的数字人体系统，可实现友好的人机交互

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: The 2023 International Conference on Intelligent Computing
• 作者: Condegni, Anthony;Wang, Weitian;Li, Rui
• 通讯作者: Li, Rui