Oussama Khatib, head of Stanford's Robotics Lab, discusses human-inspired robotics, physical interaction, and robot control at the SMMMASH.
Khatib connects robotics to the coordination of human limbs and bodies. He shows a student project in which a robot senses a person's position and defends itself during human interaction.
He traces robotics from early machines such as Shakey and the Stanford arm to robots that assist surgeons and work alongside people. As robots move closer to humans, he identifies safe interaction as a major challenge and describes Stanford work drawing on human bones and muscles.
Khatib argues that useful robots need to make contact with their surroundings, not just plan motion through open space. He describes Romeo and Juliet, two robots that respond to human contact forces so a person can guide their movement, and discusses compliant control and dancing.
Stanford students model human movement to understand how people use their bodies efficiently, including positioning that lets reaction forces pass through the body. Khatib says these principles can guide robots toward goals and produce fluid movement, even when a robot such as ASIMO has fewer degrees of freedom than a person.
Haptic systems let people feel properties such as friction while guiding robots remotely, and Khatib says touch can also help teach robots skills. He points to disaster response after the Japan earthquake and Fukushima, ocean exploration with a remotely controlled artificial diver, and the challenge of building human-scale robots for varied environments.
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