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

Research and Development for Human Support Robotics

Who am I?Kensei Demura

11th Grade

Robotics

Engineer/Researcher

Programmer

My Goal

Make the next industrial revolution with Robotics

Research Project

Development of Human Support Robotics

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

Why robots, usable for outside and @home, are needed?

Cost

Convenience

Hardware Design

Lightweight

Small

Durable

Maintainable

Scalable

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

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

Further Study

1. Development of Speech Recognition usable in

both @home and outside

2. Development of Object Recognition System in

Both @home and outside

Thank you for listening!