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COMPUTING RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK [October 23 -31]

Robots using tools: with new grant, researchers aim to create "MacGyver" robot


Linear SystemRobots are increasingly being used in place of humans to explore hazardous and difficult-to-access environments, but they aren’t yet able to interact with their environments as well as humans. If today’s most sophisticated robot was trapped in a burning room by a jammed door, it would probably not know how to locate and use objects in the room to climb over any debris, pry open the door, and escape the building.

A research team led by Professor Mike Stilman at the Georgia Institute of Technology hopes to change that by giving robots the ability to use objects in their environments to accomplish high-level tasks. The team recently received a three-year, $900,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to work on this project.

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Source: Georgia Tech

Researchers:

Mike Stilman, Georgia Institute of Technology
Pat Langley, Institute for the Study of Learning and Expertise
Dongkyu Choi, University of Kansas

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