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Collaborative Robotics: Uncage the Robots RoboUniverse April 11, 2016
Nathan Schuett @prenavinc
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Asa developed the robotic motion control system used to shoot Alphonso Cuaron’s Oscar-winning film Gravity and Bot & Dolly’s short film Box
Nathan and Asa (co-founders at PRENAV) designed, built, and installed the mechatronic camera systems for Google’s Winter Wonderlabs
ABOUT ME
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Nathan Schuett - Co-founder & CEO at PRENAV
Robotics at SCR. Product, mktg for Lolapps, EA, Microsoft, Antenna Audio. Rowed crew and studied computer music at Stanford.
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Work safely alongside humans - removing the cageCOLLABORATIVE ROBOTS
Semi-autonomous robots that help a worker accomplish their day to day job
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YuMi by ABBBaxter and Sawyer by Rethink Robotics
LBR iiwa by KUKAUR5 by Universal Robots CR-35iA by Fanuc
MEET YOUR NEW CO-WORKERS
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MEET YOUR NEW CO-WORKERS
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eXom by senseFlyDJI Phantom 4
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Drones that are able to safely fly close to humans and structuresMEET YOUR NEW CO-WORKERS
Gimball Skydio SkySpecs
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Drones aren’t quite collaborative yet. Primarily operated by service companies / experts. Not a tool for the workforce, but perhaps soon.
IN PRACTICE
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Here’s how drones need to improve to become collaborative robots
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FEATURES: FORCE LIMITATION
Safe design through power, speed and force limitations
Power and Force Limitation Speed/size limits, propellers that can stop spinning instantly
(tech doesn’t exist yet)
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FEATURES: TRAINING / PATH PLANNING
Human guided paths, or intuitive robot training and planning
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FEATURES: COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Ability to sense and avoid objects and people
Phantom 4Toyota
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FEATURES: APPEARANCE
Human-like features
LilyBaxter
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FEATURES: PERHAPS HUMAN-LIKE MOVEMENT AND CAPABILITIES?
Coming soon…
“Towards Valve Turning using a Dual-Arm Aerial Manipulator,” by Christopher Korpela,
Matko Orsag, and Paul Oh, from Drexel University.
“Construction with Quadrotor Teams” by Quentin Lindsey, Daniel Mellinger, and Vijay
Kumar from GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania.
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BENEFIT: ERGONOMIC ADVANTAGE
Collaborative robots help take away some of the most difficult, grueling, and painful tasks, so people can focus on other things
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BENEFIT: EMPOWERMENT
Give someone responsibility for the care of a robot and their job satisfaction increases
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NEW HORIZONS
Collaborative robots are able to enter new places and markets
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PRENAV: PUSHING TOWARDS A MORE COLLABORATIVE DRONE
Full automation, so drones can be safe close to structures and people
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We combine onboard computer vision with a base map of the environment
(as captured by a scanner on the ground)Who else does that?
Google scans streets with lidar in advance, building a 3D map to make autonomous
driving simpler
PRENAV (2014)
OUR APPROACH
Enhance onboard computer vision with ground-based sensors
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1. Scan
2. Plan
3. Fly
HOW IT WORKS
We use a ground-based guidance system to make our drones simple, safe and reliable regardless of who is operating the system
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HOW IT WORKS
Tools so users can easily build 3D paths within the actual environment
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Collaborative Robotics: Uncage the Robots RoboUniverse April 11, 2016
Nathan Schuett @prenavinc
THANK YOU!