A talk on Robotics : A research growth story at International conference on Automation and Robotics.

1. Robotics : A Research
Growth Story
Samarth Shah
Infosys Labs

2. Outline
• History
• Current Status of Robotics Research in the world
• Where does India stand
• Few case studies
• Future and where are we headed

3. History
• 1941-1942 Isaac Asimov Three Laws of Robotics
• Second Half of 20th century -Fully autonomous robot
• Industries : Manufacturing, Assembly, Packing and Packaging,
Transport, Earth and Space Exploration, Surgery, Weaponry,
Laboratory Research, Safety, and The Mass Production of
Consumer and Industrial Goods

4. Current Status
• Humanoid – ASIMO
• Robotic Prosthetics
• Self Driving Cars – San Francisco , Google
• iRoomba – home robot vacuum cleaner
• Industrial Robots
Image Source: http://asimo.honda.com/gallery/ , http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Google's_Lexus_RX_450h_Self-Driving_Car.jpg ,
http://store.irobot.com/product/main_irbtEnhan.jsp?productId=28516906

5. Where does India stand ?
• Academic Research
• International ROBOCON
• Huge Potential – Industrial Robots

6. Few Case Studies
• OpenRelief
• OpenROV
• RoboBrain

7. OpenRelief
• Planning disaster relief efforts is like trying to see through fog.
OpenRelief is a project to develop better communications tools that
help clear that fog. This enables the right aid to get to the right
places at the right time.
Image Source: http://www.openrelief.org/home/

8. OpenRelief

9. OpenRelief
• Capabilities
• Take off from footpaths
• Recognize roads , people and smoke
• Photograph , Film and Map the landscape
• Measure weather , radiation and other conditions via modular sensors
• Technical Specifications
• Arduino Mega to fly the plane
• Super HAD CDD fisheye camera to see
• Arduino based sensors to gather information
• Raspberry Pi to process the data
• Raspian OS to analyze the results

10. OpenROV
• DIY community centered around underwater robots for exploration
& adventure.
Image Source: http://openrov.com/page/about

11. OpenROV
• OpenROV Video

12. Robo Brain
• Robo Brain is a large-scale computational system that learns from
publicly available Internet resources, computer simulations, and
real-life robot trials. It accumulates everything robotics into a
comprehensive and interconnected knowledge base. Applications
include prototyping for robotics research, household robots, and
self-driving cars.
• Challenges:
• Machine Learning
• Large-Scale Data Processing
• Language and Dialog
• Perception
• AI and Reasoning Systems
• Embodiment
• Robotics and Automation

13. Future
• Machine Learning
• Artificial Intelligence
• JIBO – World’s First Family Robot
Image Source: http://wonderfulengineering.com/category/robotics/page/2/

15. Q & A
• samarth@outlook.com
• +91-9561813730
• @SamarthShah_