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Skinhasbeenoneofthebigmissingtechnologiesforhumanoidrobots,"
saysroboticistGiorgioMettaatIIT.Onegoalofmakingrobotsinahumanoidformistolettheminteractcloselywithpeople.Butthatwillonlybepossibleifarobotisfullyawareofwhatitspowerfulmotorisedlimbsareincontactwith.
Roboticistsaretryingagreatvarietyofwaystomakeasensingskin.Earlyexamples,suchastheCB2robot,builtatOsakaUniversityinJapan,placedafewhundredsensorsinsiliconeskin.Butnow"
many,manysensingmethodsareemerging"
saysRichardWalkerofShadowRobot,London.Untilalotofrobotsareusingthem,itisgoingtobehardtosaywhicharebestsuitedforparticularapplications.
What'
smore,therearemanycriteriatheskinhastomeet,saysMetta:
itmustberesilient,abletocoveralargesurfaceareaandbeabletodetectevenlighttouchesanywhereonthatsurface."
Manyofthesefactorsconflictwitheachother,"
hesays.
TheiCubisahumanoidrobotthesizeofachildofthree-and-a-halfyearsold.FundedbytheEuropeanCommission,itwasdesignedtoinvestigatecognitionandhowawarenessofourlimbs,muscles,tendons腱andtactile触觉environmentfuelsthedevelopmentofintelligence.TheiCub'
stechnicalspecificationsareopen-sourceandsome15labsacrossEuropehavealready"
cloned"
theirown,soIIT'
sskindesigncouldfindplentyofrobotstoenwrap.
Theskinismadeupoftriangular,flexibleprintedcircuitboards三角状柔性印刷电路板whichactassensors,anditcoversmuchofiCub
'
sbody.Eachbendytriangleis3centimetrestoasideandcontains12capacitivecoppercontacts电容铜触点(pictured).Alayerofsiliconerubberactsasaspacer间隔betweenthoseboardsandanouterlayerofLycrathatcarriesametalcontactaboveeachcoppercontact.TheLycralayerandflexiblecircuitsconstitutethetwosidesoftheskin'
spressure-sensingcapacitors电容器.Thisarrangementallows12"
tactilepixels"
-ortaxels-tobesensedpertriangle.Thistaxelresolutionisenoughtorecognisepatternssuchasahandgraspingtherobot'
sarm.Theskincandetectatouchaslightas1gramacrosseachtaxel,saysMetta.Itisalsopepperedwithsemiconductor-basedtemperaturesensors.ThisversionoftheskinwillbereleasedinMay.
Later,IITplanstoaddalayerofapiezoelectricpolymercalledPVDFtotheskin.Whilethecapacitancesensorsmeasureabsolutepressure,thevoltageproducedbyPVDFasaresultofitsdeformationwhentouchedcanbeusedtomeasuretherateofchangeofpressure.Soiftherobotrunsitsfingertipalongasurface,thevibrationsgeneratedbyfrictiongiveitcluesaboutwhatthatsurfaceismadeof.Suchsensitivitymighthelpitestablishthelevelofgripneededtopickup,say,aslipperyporcelainplate.
PhilipTaysom,CEOofBritishcompanyPeratechofRichmond,NorthYorkshire,isnotafanofsensingskinsbasedoncapacitors,whichhesayscanlosesensitivitywithrepeateduse.Peratech'
sanswerisastretchy,elasticmaterialitcallsquantumtunnelingcomposite(QTC).量子隧道合成物Thiscomprisesapolymer聚合体suchassiliconerubber硅橡胶thatisheavilyloadedwithspikynickelnanoparticles尖的镍纳米颗粒.Avoltageisappliedacrosstheskin,andwhenitispressed,thedistancebetweenthenanoparticleswithinthepolymerdiminishes,whichresultsinelectronsflowing,or"
tunnelling"
fromonenanoparticlespike长钉tothenextintheareabeingtouched.Crucially,thematerial'
selectricalresistancedropsdramaticallyandinproportiontotheforceapplied,sothetouchcanbeinterpreted.
AttheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology'
sMediaLab,AdamWhitonisdevelopingaQTC-basedsensingskinforacommercialrobot-makerwhichhedeclinestoname.Insteadofatight,conformingskin,Whitonusesaloosercovering,moreakintoclothing."
Wecoverourselveswithtextileswhenweinteractwithpeople,soclothingmaybeabettermetaphorasahumanoid'
spressure-sensitivesurfacecovering,"
Naturalgestures,liketappingahumanoidonthebacktogetitsattention,orleadingitbythearm,canbeeasilyinterpretedbecauseQTCboastshighsensitivity,hesays.Butnovelskincapabilitiescouldbeontheway,too.Forexample,QTCcanalsoactasanelectronicnose.Carefulchoiceofthematerial'
sbasepolymer,saysTaysom,meanstelltaleresistancechangescanbeinducedbyreactionsbetweenvolatilechemicalsintheair-soitcanbecomeane-noseaswellasatouchsensor,abletodetect,forexample,agasleakinyourhome."
Thisshowswecanprobablybuildintorobotsalotofthingsthatourskincan'
tdo.It'
sanotherreasonnottostickrigidlytothehumanskinmetaphor,"
saysWhiton.
That'
snottosayourskinisn'
tagreatinfluence.ShadowRobotwillsoonstarttestinganovelhuman-liketouch-sensingfingertipfromSyntouch,astart-upbasedinCalifornia.Itsfingertipcomprisesarubberyfluid-filledsacthatsquishesjustlikearealfingertip,andisequippedwithinternalsensorsthatmeasurevibration,temperatureandpressure.
Whicheveroftheemergingtechnologiesprevail,sensingrobotskinsshouldhelpusgetalongwithourfuturehumanoidassistants,saysWhiton."
Rightnow,robotsareaboutasfriendlyasphotocopiers.Theinteractionsskinsencouragewillmakethemmuchfriendlier."
Parlez-vousrobot?
Ifyou'
veevertriedtodirectalosttouristtotheirintendeddestination,you'
llknowhowdifficultdirectingsomeonethatdoesn'
tspeakyourlanguagecanbe.Directingrobotspresentsarelatedchallenge.
Typically,robotsrespondwelltopreciseinstructionsetsbuttheyareflummoxediftheirinstructionsaregiveninthefuzzy,everydaylanguagesobelovedbyhumans.NowateamattheUniversityofWashingtoninSeattlehavedevelopedtranslationsoftwarewhichcouldenablerobotstounderstandasetofnatural-languagedirections.Thetechnologycouldmakeiteasiertocontrolrobotsinsituationslikesearchandrescue,whereitcanbepreferabletosendarobotratherthanahuman.
CynthiaMatuszekandhercolleaguesusedtheprinciplesofmachinetranslation-commonlyusedonlinetotranslatetextofonelanguageintoanother-todevelopanavigationprogramforrobots.Machinetranslationtoolsaredesignedtolearnfrompreviousefforts,improvingtheiraccuracythroughexperience.
Theteamfirstsentasmallmobilerobottoexploreandmapportionsoftwobuildingsoncampus.Theresearchersthengeneratedrandompathsthroughthemapsandaskedhumanvolunteerstoannotatetherouteswithnaturalcommands,suchas"
turnright"
or"
takethesecondleft"
thatwouldhaveledtosuccessfulcompletionofeachpath.
Matuszekusedthesemapstotrainthenavigationprogram,whichlearnedtoassociatethevarioushumancommandswithspecifictypesofroute-findingbehaviour.
Thenavigationprogramwasthenrunonavirtualrobot,whichwasgivennatural-languagedirectionsforavarietyofpreviouslyunknownroutesthroughthemaps.Thevirtualrobotwasabletosuccessfullycomplete10ofthe14directionsetsonitsfirstattempt.TheresultswerepresentedattheInternationalConferenceonHuman-RobotInteractioninOsaka,Japan,inMarch.
I'
mgladtoseeworkthatisgettingbacktotheoriginaldreamsofthefield,likehavingarobotthatyoucantalkwithnaturally,"
saysRayMooney,amachine-translationresearcherattheUniversityofTexasinAustin.
Hesaysthatpreviousattemptstogiverobotsinstructionshavefavouredexplicitrulesforsentencestructures,semanticsandsyntax.Hesaysthis"
traditional"
approachislabourintensiveandrequiresstrictlydefinedcommands,makingitcumbersomeinemergencysituationswheremanyrobotsaredeployed.
Sixwaystobuildrobotsthatdohumansnoharm
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2418November2008byTomSimonite
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Withtherelentlessmarchoftechnologicalprogress,robotsandotherautomatedsystemsaregettingeversmarter.Atthesametimetheyarealsobeinggivengreaterresponsibilities,drivingcars,helpingwithchildcare
carryingweapons,andmaybesoonevenpullingthetrigger.
Butshouldtheybetrustedtotakeonsuchtasks,andhowcanwebesurethattheynevertakeadecisionthatcouldcauseunintendedharm?
ThelatestcontributiontothegrowingdebateoverthechallengesposedbyincreasinglypowerfulandindependentrobotsisthebookMoralMachines:
TeachingRobotsRightfromWrong.
AuthorsWendellWallach,anethicistatYaleUniversity,andhistorianandphilosopherofcognitivescienceColinAllen,atIndianaUniversity,arguethatweneedtoworkouthowtomakerobotsintoresponsibleandmoralmachines.Itisjustamatteroftimeuntilacomputerorrobottakesadecisionthatwillcauseahumandisaster,theysay.
Soaretherethingswecandotominimisetherisks?
WallachandAllentakealookatsixstrategiesthatcouldreducethedangerfromourownhigh-techcreations.
Keeptheminlow-risksituations
Makesurethatallcomputers
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