CNS Core: Small: Harnessing Wireless Actuation

CNS 核心：小型：利用无线驱动

• 批准号: 2007786
• 负责人: Swarun Kumar
• 金额: $ 49.72万
• 依托单位: Carnegie-Mellon University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2007786&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CNS; Core; Small; Harnessing; Wireless

The project will perform a deep exploration of a new category of wireless systems -- systems that actively use wireless signals to heat objects of interest. While there has been much work on using wireless signals to sense the environment, the ability of wireless signals to influence the environment -- i.e., wireless actuation -- has been relatively less explored. Perhaps the most common wireless actuation equipment is the microwave oven, which heats food using radio waves, yet lacks the ability to precisely and programmatically cook food according to pre-specified patterns of heating. Through this project, we aim to develop a mechanism to effectively control wireless signals to heat objects-of-interest at a significantly finer granularity. Beyond cooking, the proposed work targets applications in manufacturing and control of soft robots. The proposed work has a detailed integrated education and outreach program including curriculum development and summer workshops for K-12 students from underrepresented communities in Greater Pittsburgh. The proposed work will lead to the following intellectual contributions: (1) The design of microwave-safe equipment to sense and modify wireless signals within a chamber; (2) The development of algorithms and system design that actively heat the object-of-interest according to the desired pattern in 3-D space both with and without physical movement; (3) An end-to-end implementation of the system and evaluation of performance for diverse tasks, including cooking, programmatically applying heat for 3-D fabrication and design of heat-based soft robotic systems. The proposed work will more broadly impact multiple disciplines including wireless systems, robotics, manufacturing, and human-computer interfaces.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.

该项目将对新型无线系统进行深入探索——主动使用无线信号来加热感兴趣物体的系统。虽然在使用无线信号来感知环境方面已经做了很多工作，但对无线信号影响环境的能力（即无线致动）的探索相对较少。也许最常见的无线驱动设备是微波炉，它使用无线电波加热食物，但缺乏根据预先指定的加热模式以编程方式精确烹饪食物的能力。通过这个项目，我们的目标是开发一种机制来有效控制无线信号，以更细的粒度加热感兴趣的物体。除了烹饪之外，拟议的工作还针对软机器人制造和控制中的应用。拟议的工作有一个详细的综合教育和外展计划，包括为来自大匹兹堡代表性不足社区的 K-12 学生举办课程开发和夏季研讨会。拟议的工作将带来以下智力贡献：（1）设计用于感测和修改室内无线信号的微波安全设备； (2) 开发算法和系统设计，根据 3D 空间中的所需模式主动加热感兴趣的物体，无论有没有物理运动； (3) 系统的端到端实施以及各种任务的性能评估，包括烹饪、以编程方式应用热量进行 3D 制造以及基于热的软机器人系统的设计。拟议的工作将更广泛地影响多个学科，包括无线系统、机器人、制造和人机界面。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

SelfieStick: Towards Earth Imaging from a Low-Cost Ground Module Using LEO Satellites

SelfieStick：使用 LEO 卫星从低成本地面模块进行地球成像

• DOI: 10.1109/ipsn54338.2022.00025
• 发表时间: 2022-05
• 期刊: IEEE/ACM IPSN 2022
• 作者: Singh, Vaibhav;Yagan, Osman;Kumar, Swarun
• 通讯作者: Kumar, Swarun

Locating Everyday Objects using NFC Textiles

使用 NFC 纺织品定位日常物品

• DOI: 10.1145/3412382.3458254
• 发表时间: 2021-05
• 期刊: IEEE/ACM IPSN 2021
• 作者: Wang, Jingxian;Zhang, Junbo;Li, Ke;Pan, Chengfeng;Majidi, Carmel;Kumar, Swarun
• 通讯作者: Kumar, Swarun

Navigating Soft Robots through Wireless Heating

通过无线加热引导软机器人

• DOI: 10.1109/icra48891.2023.10161540
• 发表时间: 2023-05-29
• 期刊: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
• 作者: Yiwen Song;Mason Zadan;Kushaan Misra;Zefang Li;Jingxian Wang;C. Majidi;Swarun Kumar
• 通讯作者: Swarun Kumar