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2012-Robert G ParkerMay 24, 2012 Page: 1

Robotics


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Gates believes that robotics today is like the world ofcomputers 30 years ago. Robotics, like computers in

the 1970s, have widespread applications in industry, butthe models available for home users tend to beexpensive and have appeal mainly for tinkerers andhobbyists.

Gates foresees a world 30 years from now where home

robots are as ubiquitous and indispensable as windowscomputers and Microsoft Office.

Drug stores in Canada have implemented and areoperating robotic pharmacies.

Scientific America December 2006

Robotics


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Robotics

Robotics

In the United States Military

Looking Into The Future


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Introducing robots

that fight fires, climb

ladders, search for

bombs, and raceacross the battlefield.

The technological

singularity is near, saymilitary strategists.


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CHARLiYou haven't seen flying, swimming, and fighting robots likethese before. The Department of Defense is expanding itsrobotics research with new initiatives to develop machinesthat can drive, climb, extinguish fires, or perform otherautomated tasks. The ultimate goal includes using robots indangerous situations that would otherwise put U.S. soldiers

at risk.In two recent developments, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency(DARPA) launched a grand challenge for robot builders, and the NavalResearch Laboratory opened its Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research(LASR), which will focus on cutting-edge research in robotics and autonomoussystems.

DARPA is offering a $2 million prizeto build a robot capable of using human toolsand navigating disaster-response scenarios. Contestants' robots will be required totravel across rubble, remove debris from a blocked entryway, and climb a ladder,for example.


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The new Naval Research Laboratory facility will be used to develop robots for use bythe Navy, Marines, and other branches of the DOD. Its work is consistent with theNational Robotics Initiative, a federal effort to develop robots to help solve problemsin defense, space, health, and manufacturing.

The U.S. military has been working on humanoid robots for years. Students atVirginia Tech College of Engineering's Robotics and Mechanisms

Laboratory (RoMeLa), with funding from DARPA, produced CHARLi. The human-looking, five-foot-tall robot can walk upright.

In many cases, military robots have applications outside of the battlefield. Last year,CHARLi helped Virginia Tech take home the gold from the Robocup soccertournament in Istanbul.

A humanoid form isn't required in the challenge, but DARPAdoes plan to provide a hardware platform with arms, legs, torso,and head to some entrants.

A previous DARPA challenge produced several automobiles thatwere capable of driving themselves and a four legged robotcalled Cheetah, developed by Boston Dynamics with DARPAfunding, recently achieved a galloping speed of up to 18 milesper hour, a new record for legged robots.


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Fire-Fighting Robot: SAFFiR

The Navy has tapped VirginiaTech's robot team to turnCHARLi into a robot that canperform fire-fighting duties.

Known as SAFFiR (ShipboardAutonomous FirefightingRobot), the mechanicalfirefighter will be able to walkand climb, feature a gas sensorand infrared camera to see

through smoke, and beprogrammed to receivecommands wirelessly from aremote controller.

Walk, Climb, Sense Gas, See Through Smoke, Commanded Wirelessly


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Disaster-Response

Robots

DARPA's RoboticsChallenge seeks todevelop robots that arecapable of respondingto dangerous situationsand assisting withdisaster response.

Competitors areexpected to create

robots that can usecommon hand toolsand equipment


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Running Robot: Cheetah

If publicity can go to arobot's head, thenCheetah should be oneproud mechanical feline.Developed by Boston

Dynamics, which wasspun off from MIT'srobotics laboratory severalyears ago,

Cheetah recently garnered accolades as the "fastest robot in the world" whenit set a record at 18 mph.Cheetah is just one of the so-called "legged squadsupport system" robot technology being developed for the military, withpotential for domestic police work.


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Big Dog staggered but stayed upright and a robo-star was born. Big Dog andits two siblings, Alphadog and Littledog, together represent the army's effort todevelop robotic replacements for the pack mule.

Walking Robot: BigDog

Boston Dynamic's BigDog became something

of a YouTube sensationwhen a video showed itshuman developer kickingit in the side as it strodearound the lab.


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With its sealed body, RHex can climb in rock fields, mud, sand, andvegetation, across railroad tracks, up telephone poles, slopes, andstairways. RHex is controlled remotely at distances up to 700 meters, and IRcameras and illuminators provide front and rear views from the robot

Crawling robot: RHex

Some robots havebeen tapped for militaryservice. The army hasbegun testing BostonDynamic's RHex--a

six-legged, 30-poundcrawling robotinspired by thecockroach--inAfghanistan.


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Rolling/jumping robot:Sand Flea

Also deployed toAfghanistan for testing isanother in Boston

Dynamic's insect-inspiredrobots, the Sand Flea.This rolling robot canjump up to 30 feet high,over walls or ontorooftops.

The Sand Flea weighs 11pounds and can jump 25times per battery charge.

Vertically Jump Up to 30 Feet Jump Over Walls and Onto Roofs 25 Jumps per Battery Charge Weighs 11 Pounds


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Throwable Robot: ReconScout

ReconRobotics recentlyreceived a $1.7 millioncontract from the U.S.Marine for 126 of its

Recon Scouts.

The Recon Scout weighs1.2 lbs and can be throwninto any environment, fromwhich it transmits real-time

video to help examinevehicle undercarriages,inspect bunkers andcaves, and evaluatesuspected IEDs.

Light weight 1.2 Pounds/545 GramsMeant to be Thrown Over or Under ThingsTransmits Real Time Video


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Humanoid Robot: Petman

Boston Dynamics describesPetman as "the firstanthropomorphic robot thatmoves dynamically like a realperson." It can walk upright or

crawl on all fours, and wasdemonstrated doing push-ups.Petman already has a bigbrother by the name of Atlas.

It's possible that humanoid

robots used in DARPA's GrandChallenge will be based onPetman or CHARLi.

Human Physical Characteristicsand Movements

Walk Upright

Crawl on All Fours


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Human Augmentation: EksoSkeleton

Ekso Bionics, a spin-off fromBerkeley's robotics lab, has receivedresearch grants from the DOD andlicensed technology to LockheedMartin, in connection with its body-enhancing robot, Ekso Skeleton.

Originally intended to help soldiers inthe field in terms of strength,endurance, and surviving catastrophicwounds, Ekso Bion ics markets i tstechno logy commerc ial ly as an aid

to paraplegics.

Assists Human Movement

Provides Added Strength

Suitable for Paraplegics


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Biomimicing Robot: DASH

Cockroaches have a reputation for beingindestructible. That could explain DASH(Dynamic Autonomous SprawledHexapod), a cockroach-like robotdeveloped by the BiomimeticMillisystems Lab at University of

California, Berkeley.

DASH is small (10 cm) but fast (15 bodylengths per second) and resilient (it cansurvive ground impact of 10 meters persecond).

Besides the creepiness factor, thecrawling robots might be used as nodeson a dispersed network.Small 4 Inches (10 cm)

Fast 15 Body Lengths per Second (5 feet per second)

Strong Survive Ground Impact of 33 Feet per Second (32 foot fall)


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Biomimicing Robot: DASH+WINGS

There are several robotics labsworking on flying-insect robots,including Harvard and Ohio StateUniversity/Wright Paterson Air Force

Base.

But Berkeley's Biomimetic MillisystemsLab did it the easy (or less hard) way,by attaching wings on its cockroachrobot DASH.

Gives new meaning to the term"wireless network.

FLYING DASH

Additional Mobility


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Meet Lucas

Greg Trafton, a roboticist with the Navy Center

for Allied Research in Artificial Intelligence,demonstrates Lucas, a humanoid robot, at theNavy's Laboratory for Autonomous SystemsResearch.

According to LASR, Lucas is a "computerizedcognitive" robot, which means he's designed toact and react the way a person might. Lucashas a female counterpart, Octavia.

Cognitive Robot

Acts and Reacts

Like Humans

However It Is Designed By Engineers


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TerraMaxIn Afghanistan and Iraq, the Army has used robotic ground systems totransport gear, navigate rough terrain, monitor remote areas, and search forroadside bombs. Pictured here is the TerraMax autonomous vehicle made bydefense contractor Oshkosh.

Robotic Vehicles

Navigate TerrainSearch for RoadsideBombs


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RobojellyScientists at the University ofTexas at Dallas and VirginiaTech have built a jellyfish-inspired robot that can refuelitself.

Robojelly, developed withfunding by the Office ofNaval Research, has twohemispherical canopies,which are made of silicone

and are connected toartificial muscles thatcontract when heated.Artificial Muscles

React to Heat


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Robots will soon havethis capability


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This couldbe worsethan drivingwhile texting


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