I/UCRC Phase I: Robots and Sensors for the Human Well-being

I/UCRC 第一阶段：造福人类福祉的机器人和传感器

• 批准号: 1439681
• 负责人: Kostas Daniilidis
• 金额: $ 32.5万
• 依托单位: University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-15 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1439681&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UCRC; Phase; Robots; Sensors; Human

The proposed I/UCRC for Robots and Sensors for the Human Well-being (RoSeHuB) will focus on complementing a broad variety of off-the-self sensors with intelligent processing software that enables them to extract useful information about the operating environments in medicine and agriculture. RoSeHuB research will make heavy use of commercial cameras that can work in different parts of the electro-magnetic spectrum (i.e., visible, IR, Thermal, etc.), laser or radar sensors, etc. Sensors or sensor systems may exhibit different degrees of mobility. They may be embedded in robots or flying drones or they may be fixed with limited degrees of motion (PTZ cameras). In the areas of algorithms and learning methods the focus and the challenge is on creating methodologies that can balance real-time operation and computational power while providing high level semantic information either for planning, interaction or situational awareness for human operators. With respect to robots, efforts will focus on building systems with advanced mobility, manipulation, human-machine interaction, and coordination skills.Robots and sensors can lead to more effective precision agriculture techniques that provide more food than current levels while they save water and prevent soil erosion. Similarly, robots play a critical and growing role in modern medicine, from training the next generation of doctors, dentists, and nurses, to comforting and protecting elderly patients in the early stages of dementia. The proposed Center will attract large companies to the pertinent domains and energize innovative startup companies, both through research and through the production of highly trained graduate students with advanced coursework in sensory-based robotic systems and hands-on exposure to multi-disciplinary, integrative systems. The Center will also fund a projects to pursue new pertinent high-risk initiatives, ensuring that technology continues to meet emerging societal needs. RoSeHuB faculty will aggressively recruit women and minority graduate and undergraduate students and host an annual summer camp for middle-schoolers from underrepresented groups.

拟议的 I/UCRC 人类福祉机器人和传感器 (RoSeHuB) 将重点关注通过智能处理软件来补充各种现成传感器，使它们能够提取有关医学和医疗领域操作环境的有用信息。农业。 RoSeHuB 研究将大量使用可在电磁频谱不同部分（即可见光、红外、热等）工作的商用相机、激光或雷达传感器等。传感器或传感器系统可能表现出不同程度的流动性。它们可以嵌入机器人或飞行无人机中，也可以以有限的运动角度固定（PTZ 摄像机）。在算法和学习方法领域，重点和挑战在于创建能够平衡实时操作和计算能力的方法，同时为人类操作员提供用于规划、交互或态势感知的高级语义信息。在机器人方面，重点是构建具有先进移动性、操纵性、人机交互和协调能力的系统。机器人和传感器可以带来更有效的精准农业技术，提供比当前水平更多的食物，同时节省水并防止污染。土壤侵蚀。同样，机器人在现代医学中发挥着越来越重要的作用，从培训下一代医生、牙医和护士，到安慰和保护痴呆症早期的老年患者。拟议的中心将吸引大公司进入相关领域，并通过研究和培养训练有素的研究生，让他们接受基于感知的机器人系统的高级课程，并亲自接触多学科的综合系统，从而为创新型初创公司注入活力。 。该中心还将资助一个项目，以推行新的相关高风险举措，确保技术继续满足新兴的社会需求。 RoSeHuB 教师将积极招收女性和少数族裔研究生和本科生，并为代表性不足群体的中学生举办一年一度的夏令营。