Robotics: Science and Systems - Manipulation for Human Environments
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Visit the 2007 workshop.

Schedule

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When and Where

Saturday, August 19th, 2006 at The Inn at Penn in Woodlands Ballroom B.

Schedule

8:00-9:00 Coffee & baked goods
9:00-9:05 Welcome from the organizers
Session on platform design
9:05-9:30 The UMass Mobile Manipulator UMan: An Experimental Platform for Autonomous Mobile Manipulation (pdf)
Dov Katz, Emily Horrell, Yuandong Yang, Brendan Burns, Thomas Buckley, Anna Grishkan, Volodymyr Zhylkovskyy, Oliver Brock, and Erik Learned-Miller
9:30-9:55 A Robust Compliant Grasper for Unstructured Environments (pdf)
Aaron Dollar and Robert Howe
9:55-10:20 Designing a Self-Stabilizing Robot For Dynamic Mobile Manipulation (pdf)
Patrick Deegan, Bryan Thibodeau, and Rod Grupen
10:20-10:35 Discussion on platform design
Topics may include:
1. off-the-shelf vs. custom robots
2. design trade-offs (eg. specialized vs. general purpose)
3. applications for human environments and their implications for design
4. performance requirements and evaluation
10:35-10:50 Tea break
Session on learning
10:50-11:15 Uncovering Success in Manipulation (pdf)
Chad Jenkins, Alan Peters, and Robert Bodenheimer
11:15-11:40 Learning to Grasp Novel Objects using Vision (pdf)
Ashutosh Saxena, Justin Driemeyer, Justin Kearns, and Andrew Ng
11:40-12:05 A Framework for Learning Declarative Structure (pdf)
Stephen Hart, Shichao Ou, John Sweeney, Rod Grupen
12:05-12:20 Discussion on learning
Topics may include:
1. What could/should be learned?
2. learning methodologies (teleoperation, simulation, demonstration, etc.)
3. learning vs. heuristics and hand designed solutions
4. preferred algorithms, features, etc.
12:20-1:50 Lunch
Session on task execution
1:50-1:55 Introduction to the afternoon session
1:55-2:35 Keynote: Rodney Brooks
2:35-3:00 Operating Humanoid Robots in Human Environments (pdf)
Neo Ee Sian, Takeshi Sakaguchi, Kazuhito Yokoi, Yoshihiro Kawai, and Kenichi Maruyama
3:00-3:25 Real-time Planning of Mobile Manipulation in Dynamic Environments of Unknown Changes (pdf)
John Vannoy and Jing Xiao
3:25-3:50 Humanoid Mobile Manipulation Using Controller Refinement (pdf)
Rob Platt, Robert Burridge, Myron Diftler, Jodi Graf, Mike Goza, and Eric Huber
 3:50- 5:00 Poster and demo session with refreshments
  1. A Basic Level of Attentional Behavior for Manipulation, Interaction and Learning (pdf)
    Stephen Hart, Shichao Ou, John Sweeney, and Rod Grupen
  2. Imitation Learning of Whole-Body Grasps (pdf)
    Kaijen Hsiao and Tomas Lozano-Perez
  3. Demonstration of Human-in-the-Loop Control of an Assistive Robot Arm (pdf)
    Kate Tsui and Holly Yanco
  4. TBA
    Rob Platt
  5. TBA
    Eduardo Torres-Jara
  6. TBA
    Aaron Edsinger
5:00-5:15 Lightning talks
(short talks < 5 minutes each, sign up during the day, time allotted will depend on demand)
5:15-6:00 Discussion on grand challenges for manipulation in human environments (discussion notes - text file) (short pdf presentation of the discussion results)
Goals include:
1. create a list of grand challenges
2. create a list of core capabilities
3. discuss methodologies/approaches for achieving these tasks
4. solicit predictions for the future of manipulation in human environments

Questions? Contact us: heman at csail.mit.edu