PECASE: The Haptic Probe: Mechanized Haptic Exploration and Automated Modeling

该项目致力于开发以智能方式与环境自主交互的系统。应用范围从智能家居环境到自主移动机器人再到软件代理。近年来，概率方法的使用导致了可靠移动机器人系统的发展。然而，尽管机器人之间的协作具有巨大的潜在好处，但在多机器人协作的概率方法的背景下，一些基本问题仍然没有被探索。该项目的目标是弥合用于单机器人系统的概率方法和用于协作多机器人系统的概率方法之间的科学鸿沟。预计这项研究将对协作移动机器人领域产生强大影响。在教育方面，为了教授理解和开发这种复杂系统所需的技能，将设计一门新的移动机器人本科课程，该课程将采用动手教学方法，让学生参与移动机器人的调查工作。

The project addresses development of systems that interact autonomously with their environment in an intelligent way. Applications range from intelligent home environments to autonomous mobile robots to software agents. Over the recent years, the use of probabilistic methods has led to development of reliable mobile robot systems. However, despite tremendous potential benefits of collaboration between robots, some fundamental issues in the context of probabilistic methods for multi-robot collaboration remain unexplored. The goal of this project is to bridge the scientific gap between probabilistic methods for single-robot systems and those for collaborative multi-robot systems. The research is expected to have a strong impact on the area of collaborating mobile robots. On the education side, in order to teach the skills needed to understand and develop such complex systems, a new undergraduate course on mobile robotics will be designed, which will follow a hands-on approach to teaching, involving students in investigative work with mobile robots.