Visit of prof. Oussama Khatib, Stanford University
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Monday, March 19, 2018, Professor Oussama Khatib, Stanford Robotic Lab Director, has visited the Faculty of Automation and Computer Science. He presented the following talk: The Age of Human-Robot Collaboration: Deep Sea Exploration https://cs.stanford.edu/groups/manips/ok.html Abstract. The Age of Human-Robot Collaboration: Deep Sea Exploration The promise of oceanic discovery has intrigued scientists and explorers for centuries, whether to study underwater ecology and climate change, or to uncover natural resources and historic secrets buried deep at archaeological sites. The discussion focuses on the development of Ocean One, a bimanual humanoid robotic diver that brings intuitive haptic physical interaction to oceanic environments. The robot was deployed in an expedition in the Mediterranean to Louis XIV’s flagship Lune, lying off the coast of Toulon at ninety-one meters. Ocean One’s demonstrated-ability to distance humans physically from dangerous and unreachable spaces while connecting their skills, intuition, and experience to the task promises to fundamentally alter remote work. Robotic avatars will search for and acquire materials, build infrastructure, and perform disaster prevention and recovery operations - be it deep in oceans and mines, at mountain tops, or in space. |
