REU Site: Robots in the Real World

机器人学是一个非常多学科的领域，它融合了机械工程、电气工程、计算机科学等领域的思想。机器人专家必须考虑系统的各个方面，从机械设计到规划，再到理解与机器人互动的人的需求；因此，成为机器人专家所需的广泛技能使其对许多本科生来说既是一个具有挑战性的领域，也是一个丰富的领域。尽管有这样的吸引力，但障碍往往会干扰本科生参与机器人研究，包括国内机构缺乏机器人基础设施，以及工程学专业代表性不足的学生群体面临的入学挑战。此外，研究本身(在现实世界和/或长期环境中使用实际的机器人系统)对于机器人在日常用例中找到采用是至关重要的。这个项目寻求将成功的“真实世界中的机器人”REU网站继续进行第四次迭代，更新以特别处理上述多样性和包容性主题，更新项目申请和评估的方法，并增加最终的演示专题。该REU网站的本科生将致力于积极的研究项目，在广泛的机器人学研究领域做出贡献，从机器人建模到理解应用于与机器人互动的人类心理学。暑期项目的工作将属于俄勒冈州立大学机器人学院及其附属机构的范围，所有项目都将专注于涉及在现实世界中部署的物理机器人的机器人研究贡献。这些项目包括(但不限于)用于科学探索的人-机器人合作，机器人辅助的老年人护理，以及下一代机器人抓取。REU的学生体验将包括在国内最顶尖的机器人项目之一的领导教师的指导下，制定和研究机器人研究问题。历史上，这个REU网站的50多个项目参与者共同撰写了同行评议的学术论文，在他们夏季研究的基础上推进了该领域的知识状况。该网站由国防部与NSF REU项目合作支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Robotics is an extremely multidisciplinary field that incorporates ideas from mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, and beyond. Roboticists must consider aspects of systems from mechanical design to planning to understanding the needs of people who interact with robots; as such, the broad range of skills needed to be a roboticist makes it both a challenging and enriching field for many undergraduates. Despite this appeal, obstacles often interfere with undergraduate participation in robotics research, including lack of robotics infrastructure at home institutions and access challenges for groups of students who are underrepresented in engineering. Further, the research itself (which works with actual robotic systems in often real-world and/or long-term settings) is essential for robots to find adoption in day-to-day use cases. This project seeks to continue the successful “Robots in the Real World” REU Site for a fourth iteration, making updates to particularly address the above diversity and inclusion topics, update methods for program applications and evaluations, and add a final presentation symposium.Undergraduate students at this REU Site will work on active research projects, contributing to new findings in a wide range of robotics research areas, from modeling robots to understanding human psychology as it applies to interactions with robots. The summer project work will fall under the domains of Oregon State University robotics faculty and affiliates, and all projects will focus on robotics research contributions that involve physical robots deployed in real-world settings. These projects include (but are not limited to) human-robot teaming for science exploration, robot-assisted older adult care, and next-generation robot grasping. The REU student experience will involve formulating and pursuing robotics research questions under the supervision of leading faculty in one of the top robotics programs in the country. Historically, over 50 program participants in this REU site have co-authored peer-reviewed academic papers that advanced the state of knowledge in the field based on their summer research.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.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.