REACTION 2012. 1st International workshop on Real-time and distributed computing in emerging applications. December 4th, 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico.This paper introduces the concept of a cyberphysical
avatar which is defined to be a semi-autonomous robotic system
that adjusts to an unstructured environment and performs
physical tasks subject to critical timing constraints while under
human supervision. Cyberphysical avatar integrates the recent
advance in three technologies: body-compliant control in robotics,
neuroevolution in machine learning and QoS guarantees in realtime
communication. Body-compliant control is essential for
operator safety since cyberphysical avatars perform cooperative
tasks in close proximity to humans. Neuroevolution technique is
essential for ”programming” cyberphysical avatars inasmuch as
they are to be used by non-experts for a large array of tasks, some
unforeseen, in an unstructured environment. QoS-guaranteed realtime
communication is essential to provide predictable, boundedtime
response in human-avatar interaction. By integrating these
technologies, we have built a prototype cyberphysical avatar
testbed
