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New operational fields of robots seminar
multimedia
Simone Stropp Wintersemester 03/04
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Motivation

• development of robots was a revolution of working
  world
• robot employment ? faster, high-quality
  production
• wide range of new tasks
• whats already possible?
• whats the tendancy?

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Content

• what is a robot?
• excursion humanoide robots
• robots as guards
• robots in the household
• care robots
• result and outlook

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Introduction definition of robot

• various definitions
• simple definition
• definition according to VDI-Guidelines
• definition from robot-experts

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Definition VDI-guidelines

• A Robot is a free and re-progrrammable,
  multifinctional manipulator with at least three
  independent axes, for moving materials, parts,
  tools or special devices on programmed, variable
  courses, to fulfil the most diverse tasks.

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Excursion humanoide robots

• Four different kinds of humanoide robots
• movement on two legs
• Research robots
• Entertainment robots
• Robot Heads

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Humanoide robotsmovement on two legs

• WABOT I, Honda 1973
• first time upright walk
• cable control
• grabbing of articles
• conversation on japanese
• ?eyes, ears, mouth

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Humanoide robotsmovement on two legs

• further developments of Honda chronologically
• WABOT II
• P1
• P2
• P3
• Asimo

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Humanoide Robotsmovement on two legs
Wabot II while playing piano
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Humanoide robotsmovement on two legs
P2 P3
P1
P2 first Robot with self control P3
selfcontrol against falling down and
radio telecontrol for several activities
since P3 waklking is not only possible on
levels ? stairs
P3
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Humanoide robotsmovement on two legs

• Asimo
• weight 52 kg
• Joints 26
• 1,6 km/h
• clim stairs,
• move sidewards,
• slow motion
• brings itself into
• balance
• face recognition
• simple sentences

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Humanoide robotsmovement on two legs

• Johnny, TU munich

H6, TU munich
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Humanoide robotsmovement on two legs
Robot SHADOW , England walks with
air ?pneumatic drive
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Humanoide robotsmovement on two legs

• latest development from Sony QURIO
• first robot that is able to run and jump
• problem brief loss of ground contact
• so far only prototype

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Humanoide robots robot heads

• why heads? ?mimic
• why mimic? ? communication without words
• - international
• - better acceptance
• - mimic as roboter-human-interface
• - understandably for deaf persons

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Humanoide robots robot heads

• Kismet and Leonardo
• social Communication
• simulates feelings by moving lips, eyes and ears
• Is able to recognize the feelings of a person due
  to the voice
• shoulder-twitching and gesturing

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Robots as guards MOSRO

• Robowatch Technologies GmbH, Munich
• MObiles Sicherheits-ROboter-System
• pre-defined waypoints
• data communication to the center
• request for identification

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Robots as guards MOSRO

• ultrasonic sensors close range and navigation
• radar recognition of a moving target
• CCD-camera
• optical-accustic signal warning system
• 800 MHz crusoe-Processor, Red Hat Linux 7.0

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Robots as guards MOSRO

• sketch file can be loaded on robot
• speed 4 km/h ?18 hours working time Independent
  loading
• Price 15.000 Euro

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Robots as guards MOSRO

• advantages
• saving cost of electricity (lighting in
  buildings)
• lower hourly wages
• robot has no bags
• but
• no complete replacement of human guards

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Robots as guards MOSRO-Mini

• guard for at home
• camera
• movement alarm unit
• heat sensor (radius 12m)
• alarm siren
• acoustic output
• expandable gas and smoke detector

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Robots as guards MOSRO-Mini

• on danger
• Informs owners, emergency call center or
  neighbour
• Sends SMS oder pictures to
• Handy
• PDA
• Basisstation (connected with PC)
• Connection with mit DECT-Modem
• ? Remote regard of the environment
• price 1.200 Euro

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Robots as guards OFRO

• outdoor monitoring
• tracked vehicle, weatherproof
• employment in ports, military plants etc.
• speed 2 m/s
• large ones need there high losses by thefts
• expandable Identification of chemicals, damage
  to gas lines

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Robots as guards Banryu

• Banryu company Tsmuk, Japan
• function as a watchdog
• scanns environment with
• - infrared sensor
• - ultrasonic sensors
• - temperature sensors
• - smell sensor
• price 17.000 Euro

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Household robots

• vacuum cleaner Trilobite
• fully automatic
• navigation system seizes sketch of the area ?
  computation of the cleaning duration
• independent loading
• notes terminator point and begins there again
• three different modes
• price 1.599 euro

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Household robots

• also Asimo will be a household robot in the
  future
• the company Matsushita plans a robot for shopping
  and sewing

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Care robots

• In Japan mixture of toys and care
• robots
• cat Tama Medicine income
• dachshund missing resonance ? informs physician
  
• dog Rosie (GB) blood pressure, pulse,
  temperature
• Maron-1 measures mixture of guard and care
  robot

Maron-1
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Care robots Care-O-Bot

• developed at the Fraunhofer Institut
• orientation in the dwelling by camera and laser
• makes it possible that old and ill humans can
  live longer in their own home.
• understands simple instructions
• carries articles
• does vacuum-cleaning

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Care robots Care-O-Bot

• supervises bodily functions
• serves as a going assistance
• worries about light, heating, alarm installation
• administers dates
• gets physician over face-to-face phone to the bed
  
• serves meal
• price 10.000 euro ? Series production still
  too expensive

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Care robots

• Japan employment in hospitals
• robots should help persons to eat
• first tests at material hares

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Result and Outlook

• Still far away from daily life with robots
• often unrealistic time prognoses
• Operational areas within wide ranges
• One thing is sure We will live more and more
  with robots in the future