CISE Research Instrumentation: Robotics Equipment for Research on Assistive Intelligence

9617327 Kuipers, Benjamin J. Wood, Kristin L.德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校CISE研究仪器：辅助智能研究为了支持几个正在进行的计算机和信息科学与工程研究项目，德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校计算机科学与机械工程系正在获得一个配置为智能轮椅的移动机器人。它包括一个动力轮椅底座，增强了接近传感器，视觉传感器，操作能力，语音输入和输出，以及机载计算。该机器人为认知地图中空间知识的空间语义层次理论以及面向目标的计算机视觉研究提供了测试和应用。它还支持德克萨斯大学的研究人员和奥斯汀罗斯戴尔学校的职业治疗师之间的合作，开发智能轮椅，作为脑瘫等残疾人的辅助技术。智能机器人技术的进步通过改善轮椅为驾驶员提供的服务，为辅助技术的应用服务。同时，智能驾驶员的存在可以弥补机器人的局限性。这项研究的结果应该是重要的其他应用领域，智能人机系统将是有用的，包括空间遥控机器人，制造和建筑自动化，以及智能交通系统。

9617327 Kuipers, Benjamin J. Wood, Kristin L. The University of Texas at Austin CISE Research Instrumentation: Research on Assistive Intelligence To support several ongoing research projects in computer and information science and engineering, the Departments of Computer Sciences and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin are acquiring a mobile robot configured as an intelligent wheelchair. It consists of a powered wheelchair base augmented with proximity sensors, visual sensors, manipulation capability, speech input and output, and onboard computation. The robot provides a test and application for our Spatial Semantic Hierarchy theory of spatial knowledge in the cognitive map, and for our research on goal-oriented computer vision. It also supports a collaboration between University of Texas researchers and occupational therapists at the Rosedale School in Austin, developing the intelligent wheelchair as assistive technology for people with disabilities such as cerebral palsy. Advances in intelligent robotics serve the assistive technology application by improving the service the wheelchair can provide for its driver. Meanwhile, the presence of an intelligent driver can compensate for limitations of the robot.The results of this research should be important for other application areas where intelligent man-machine systems would be useful, including space telerobotics, manufacturing and construction automation, and intelligent transportation systems.