Robotics - National University of Singapore

Robotics:
The Past, the Present and the Future
Shuzhi Sam GE
FIEEE, PhD, DIC, BSc, PEng
Director, Social Robotics Lab, Interactive Digital Media Institute, &
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
National University of Singapore
E-mail: samge@nus.edu.sg
http://robotics.nus.edu.sg/sge
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Introduction
Industrial Robotics
Modern Robotics
Current trends: Social Robotics
Future development: Mind Robotics
What is a Robot?
What is a Robot?
It has been evolving as technology advances.
I hope that we could read a common understanding
after my talk for robotics of the future.
ROBOT
• was first coined by Czech playwright
Karl Capek (1890-1938) in his play
R.U.R (Rossum's Universal Robots),
and
• was derived from the Czech word
for forced labor,
• Then onto the world’s languages.
A Robot Servant
ROBOTICS
• was introduced by writer
Isaac Asimov [1920?-1992]
• in his science fiction
book: I, Robot in 1950
Three laws of Robots by Isaac Asimov
1. A robot may not injure a human being, or,
through inaction, allow a human being to
come to harm,
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by
human beings except where such orders
would conflict with the 1st Law, and
3. A robot must protect its own existence as
long as such protection does not conflict
with the 1st or 2nd Law.
Industrial Robotics
• Rigid, Bulky and Heavy
• Steel Cold
Modern Robotics
• Intelligent autonomous vehicles
• Semi-intelligent autonomous vehicles
SOCIAL
ROBOTICS
LABORATORY
Shuzhi Sam Ge, Professor
IEEE Fellow, PhD DIC BSc PEng
Interactive Digital Media Institute &
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
National University of Singapore
Singapore 117576
http://robotics.nus.edu.sg/sge
Social Robotics
The study of robots that are able to
interact and communicate between
themselves, with humans, and with
the environment, within the social
and cultural structure attached to
its role.
Social Robotics Lab, Interactive Digital Media Institute, NUS
Looking forward
With the recent advances in
technologies, social robots are clearly
becoming both
• a reality (dream coming true) and
• a necessary (grey society)
in the years to come.
Social Robotics into Social Fabrics
– Robotics for education
– Robotics for entertainment
– Medical care and health care
– Human robots interactions
Robot Communications: Social Spaces &
Comfort Zones
For sociable robots, technical issues involve:
• Modeling & Understanding of social contexts
• Learning
• Behavior generation
Personal zone
Intimate zone
Robot
Human
Social zone
“Live” interactions between a robot
and a human counterpart
Robot can fall in love: Actroid Robot
Kokoro Actroid DER2
Korea EveR
Interactive Teddy Bear
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Sound source tracking
Touch reaction
Remote imitation
Hand-shaking
Recognition of human facial expression
Speech Recognition
Key Technologies Involved
– Sound localization
– Facial pattern recognition
– Intelligent learning
Applications
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Entertainments
Aids of childcare
Robotic simulator
Education and so forth
Three Laws by UGOBE, August 2007
1. Ugobe life form shall have the
ability to feel and convey
emotions through a
combination of physical
appearance, emotive gesture
and artificial intelligence;
2. Ugobe life form will be aware
of itself and its environment
through a combination of
sensors including sight,
sound, touch and motion;
3. Ugobe life form will evolve
over time as its environment
and human interactions
change.
http://www.ugobe.com/
Summary of Social Robotics
• With the rapid advancement of technology,
social robots come into existence and are
coming in big.
• Social robots are to walk amongst humans, play
out their assigned roles whilst communicate and
interact with humans.
• Social robots hold the potential to act as
intelligent companions and with important
applications in the education, entertainment,
games and healthcare industries.
Looking Forward: Mind Robotics
The study of human
mind and its
interactions and
integration with
robotic devices and
robots.
Social Robotics Lab, Interactive Digital
Media Institute, NUS
BrainBrainMachineMachineInterface
Interface
Neuro-Robotics for Rehabilitation
Goal: Intelligent Robotic Systems
• Learning Mechanism
• Reasoning Ability
• Robotic Ways to express
Through the fusion of engineering and
computer science
On Mind Robotics
• With the rapid advances of brain machine
interface (BMI), direct communications
between human minds and robots become
possible and meaningful
• Human beings and intelligent robots will
become living companions, and
inseparable identities.
New Three Laws of Robots in SRL NUS
1. Robots are able to interact and communicate
between themselves, with humans, and with the
environment, within the social and cultural
structure attached to its role;
2. Robots can possess an internal understand,
respond appropriately, and even adapt their
behavior based on the cues from human
partners and their own understanding of the
social environment that they are situated within;
3. Robots can learn and compete with human
beings with intelligence.
Education: PEMBook
Digital Book Authoring System
– PEMBook software engine
– Multimedia integration
– Integration of Video, animation,
3D graphics, text, audio in one
single platform
Thank You !