Objectives
Using both, tactile and visual feedback, a robot should learn to operate various kinds of switches, knobs, etc. This
comprises i) to position the hand relative to the target object utilizing characteristic tactile features on the object and its
environment, and ii) to apply a characteristic motion and force profile to operate the switch. This objective will be used also as
testbed to compare spiking vs. classical methods for slip detection and force profile analysis.
Expected Results
Behavioral skills allowing a robot hand to reliably operate various switches
Planned Secondments
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IIT-iCub:
to learn about and implement spiking methods for tactile feature detection
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USFD:
to learn predictive models
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PAL:
to evaluate methods on a different robot hand (generalization ability)
Enrolments (in Doctoral degree/s)
Bielefeld University
Supervisors
R. Haschke, C. Bartolozzi, T. Prescott, S. Terreri
Tags
ART
ROB
