Development of human support robot

1. Robots are becoming our modern tools
Pepper from Softbank
www.Softbank.jp
JIBO from MIT Media Lab
www.indiegogo.com
Roomba from iRobot
www.irobot.com

2. Research and Development for
Human Support Robotics

3. Who am I?
Kensei Demura
11th Grade
Robotics
Engineer/Researcher
Programmer

4. My Goal
Make the next industrial revolution with Robotics

5. Research Project

6. Development of Human Support
Robotics

7. Abstract
Development/Research of Human Supportive Robot
usable for both @home and outside
Human companion robot, pepper, for @ home
www.engadget.com
Load carrier robot, LS3, for outside
www.bostondynamics.com

8. Why robots, usable for outside
and @home, are needed?
Cost
Convenience

9. Hardware Design
Lightweight
Small
Durable
Maintainable
Scalable

10. Result of the Hardware Design
Able to move properly in both home environment and outside
Tsukuba Autonomous Robotics Challenge
Able to move through the leaves, branches and sand
Japan Intelligent Robotics Challenge
Able to go through narrow paths

11. Software
Human Recognition : Background Subtraction with LIDAR Image
Software Tools : ROS, OpenCV, PCL, julius
Human Tracking : PN, PID control
Mapping : SLAM
LIDAR Visualization by Rviz

12. Further Study
1. Development of Speech Recognition usable in
both @home and outside
2. Development of Object Recognition System in
Both @home and outside

13. Thank you for listening!