94 research outputs found
Synthesis about a collaborative project on “Technology Assessment of Autonomous Systems”
The project started in 2009 with the support of DAAD in Germany and CRUP in Portugal under the “Collaborative German-Portuguese University Actions” programme. One central goal is the further development of a theory of technology assessment applied to robotics and autonomous systems in general that reflects in its methodology the changing conditions of knowledge production in modern societies and the emergence of new robotic technologies and of associated disruptive changes. Relevant topics here are handling broadened future horizons and new clusters of science and technology (medicine, engineering, interfaces, industrial automation, micro-devices, security and safety), as well as new governance structures in policy decision making concerning research and development (R&D).Robotic systems, Autonomous systems, Technology assessment, Germany, Portugal
World Modeling for Intelligent Autonomous Systems
The functioning of intelligent autonomous systems requires constant situation awareness and cognition analysis. Thus, it needs a memory structure that contains a description of the surrounding environment (world model) and serves as a central information hub. This book presents a row of theoretical and experimental results in the field of world modeling. This includes areas of dynamic and prior knowledge modeling, information fusion, management and qualitative/quantitative information analysis
Towards Intuitive Human-Robot Cooperation
Human-robot cooperation calls for the treatment of human-machine communication channels, especially if humanoid robots are involved. In this paper, we consider implicit nonverbal channels given by recognizing the partner\u27s intention and proactive execution of tasks. We propose a method that keeps the human in the loop and allows for the systematic reduction of uncertainty inherent in implicit cooperation. We present a benchmark scenario as well as preliminary implementation results
Synthesis about a collaborative project on “Technology Assessment of Autonomous System
The project started in 2009 with the support of DAAD in Germany and CRUP in
Portugal under the “Collaborative German-Portuguese University Actions”
programme. One central goal is the further development of a theory of technology
assessment applied to robotics and autonomous systems in general that reflects
in its methodology the changing conditions of knowledge production in modern
societies and the emergence of new robotic technologies and of associated
disruptive changes. Relevant topics here are handling broadened future horizons
and new clusters of science and technology (medicine, engineering, interfaces,
industrial automation, micro-devices, security and safety), as well as new
governance structures in policy decision making concerning research and
development (RDAAD (Germany) and CRUP (Portugal) under the “Collaborative German-Portuguese
University Actions” prog
World Modeling for Intelligent Autonomous Systems
The functioning of intelligent autonomous systems requires constant situation awareness and cognition analysis. Thus, it needs a memory structure that contains a description of the surrounding environment (world model) and serves as a central information hub. This book presents a row of theoretical and experimental results in the field of world modeling. This includes areas of dynamic and prior knowledge modeling, information fusion, management and qualitative/quantitative information analysis
Simox: A Simulation and Motion Planning Toolbox for C++. Version 1.1
Simox is a lightweight platform independent C++ toolbox, containing three libraries for 3D simulation of robot systems, sampling based motion planning and grasp planning
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