Robotics : A Research Growth Story

Samarth Shah

Infosys Labs

Outline

• History• Current Status of Robotics Research in the world• Where does India stand• Few case studies• Future and where are we headed

History

• 1941-1942 Isaac Asimov Three Laws of Robotics• Second Half of 20th century -Fully autonomous robot• Industries : Manufacturing, Assembly, Packing and

Packaging, Transport, Earth and Space Exploration, Surgery, Weaponry, Laboratory Research, Safety, and The Mass Production of Consumer and Industrial Goods

Current Status

• Humanoid – ASIMO• Robotic Prosthetics• Self Driving Cars – San Francisco , Google• iRoomba – home robot vacuum cleaner• Industrial Robots

Image Source: http://asimo.honda.com/gallery/ , http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Google's_Lexus_RX_450h_Self-Driving_Car.jpg , http://store.irobot.com/product/main_irbtEnhan.jsp?productId=28516906

Where does India stand ?

• Academic Research• International ROBOCON• Huge Potential – Industrial Robots

Few Case Studies

• OpenRelief• OpenROV• RoboBrain

OpenRelief

• Planning disaster relief efforts is like trying to see through fog. OpenRelief is a project to develop better communications tools that help clear that fog. This enables the right aid to get to the right places at the right time.

Image Source: http://www.openrelief.org/home/

OpenRelief

OpenRelief

• Capabilities• Take off from footpaths• Recognize roads , people and smoke• Photograph , Film and Map the landscape• Measure weather , radiation and other conditions via modular

sensors

• Technical Specifications• Arduino Mega to fly the plane• Super HAD CDD fisheye camera to see• Arduino based sensors to gather information• Raspberry Pi to process the data• Raspian OS to analyze the results

OpenROV

• DIY community centered around underwater robots for exploration & adventure.

Image Source: http://openrov.com/page/about

OpenROV

• OpenROV Video

Robo Brain

• Robo Brain is a large-scale computational system that learns from publicly available Internet resources, computer simulations, and real-life robot trials. It accumulates everything robotics into a comprehensive and interconnected knowledge base. Applications include prototyping for robotics research, household robots, and self-driving cars.• Challenges:

• Machine Learning• Large-Scale Data Processing• Language and Dialog• Perception• AI and Reasoning Systems• Embodiment• Robotics and Automation

Future

• Machine Learning• Artificial Intelligence• JIBO – World’s First Family Robot

Image Source: http://wonderfulengineering.com/category/robotics/page/2/

Q & A

• samarth@outlook.com• +91-9561813730• @SamarthShah_