关键词： Robots -- Evaluation   Food processing machinery  

摘要： The article evaluates the Weber Pick Robot (WPR).

摘要： Issue Title: Robotics: Science and Systems

关键词： Embodiment   emotion   reconfiguration   morphology   dynamical systems  

摘要： In this conceptual paper, we discuss two areas of research in robotics, robotic models of emotion and morphofunctional machines, and we explore the scope for potential cross-fertilization between them. We shift the focus in robot models of emotion from information-theoretic aspects of appraisal to the interactive significance of bodily dispositions. Typical emotional phenomena such as arousal and action readiness can be interpreted as morphofunctional processes, and their functionality may be replicated in robotic systems with morphologies that can be modulated for real-time adaptation. We investigate the control requirements for such systems, and present a possible bio-inspired architecture, based on the division of control between neural and endocrine systems in humans and animals. We suggest that emotional episodes can be understood as emergent from the coordination of action control and action-readiness, respectively. This stress on morphology complements existing research on the information-theoretic aspects of emotion.

关键词： Knowledge representation   Reasoning   Housekeeping robotics   Answer set programming   Commonsense knowledge  

摘要： Answer set programming (ASP) is a knowledge representation and reasoning paradigm with high-level expressive logic-based formalism, and efficient solvers;it is applied to solve hard problems in various domains, such as systems biology, wire routing, and space shuttle control. In this paper, we present an application of ASP to housekeeping robotics. We show how the following problems are addressed using computational methods/tools of ASP: (1) embedding commonsense knowledge automatically extracted from the commonsense knowledge base ConceptNet, into high-level representation, and (2) embedding (continuous) geometric reasoning and temporal reasoning about durations of actions, into (discrete) high-level reasoning. We introduce a planning and monitoring algorithm for safe execution of plans, so that robots can recover from plan failures due to collision with movable objects whose presence and location are not known in advance or due to heavy objects that cannot be lifted alone. Some of the recoveries require collaboration of robots. We illustrate the applicability of ASP on several housekeeping robotics problems, and report on the computational efficiency in terms of CPU time and memory.

关键词： HOSPITAL pharmacies -- Law & legislation   CRITICAL care medicine   HOSPITAL pharmacies   ROBOTICS  

摘要： The article discusses guidance on the integration of robotics in acute care hospitals issued by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology's Section Advisory Group (SAG) on Pharmacy Operations Automation. The distinction between 'robotics' and 'automation' is noted. The availability of an inquiry guide and the legal requirements of pharmacy robotics are discussed. Information on the ASHP's Robotics Resource webpage is provided.

关键词： 虚拟机器人   广东省   竞赛   韶关   中小学   地级市   电脑   智能  

摘要： 广东省第九肠中小学电脑虚拟机器人竞赛于7月20口在广州举行。本届活动设“智能校车”、“3D搜救”和“游中国”3个大项3个组别的竞赛。全省22个地级市（含顺德）200支代表队200多名队员参加此次竞赛。该市派出了17支代表队17名选手参加全部项H的竞赛，其中有14支代表队获奖。

关键词： 服务机器人   仿生材料与结构   模块化自重构   机器人动力学   智能认知与感知   网络化交互   微纳系统  

摘要： 服务机器人技术经过近30年的发展,在机械、信息、材料、控制、医学等多学科交叉方面取得了重要的成果,本文结合作者在机器人领域的相关工作,在分析国内外关于服务机器人发展研究现状的基础上,就服务机器人目前涉及的仿生材料与结构、自重构机器人、复杂环境下机器人动力学问题、智能认知与感知、网络化交互及微纳系统等关键技术的研究进展做简要的综述,并概要展望了其发展趋势.希望能够在把握国际服务机器人前沿技术发展动态的同时,为培育我国服务机器人产业提供相关理论、方法及技术.

关键词： 袋装物料搬运机器人   动力学分析   仿真  

摘要： 鉴于动力学模型对系统仿真、控制系统设计的重要性,基于第二类拉格朗日方程对5自由度袋装物料搬运机器人进行动力学分析,建立动力学模型。采用MATLAB编程求解动力学微分方程的解,基于ADMAS虚拟样机平台进行动力学仿真,获得机器人各个关节加速度、驱动力、力矩曲线图。

关键词： ADAMS   新型工业码垛机器人   动力学仿真研究  

摘要： 在工业机器人的研究和设计过程中，机器人动力学系统的有关理论与应用技术一直是研究者关注的热点问题和重点内容，本文利用ADAMs仿真软件对机器人进行了动力学仿真，分析了相关问题，得出了有益结论。本文针对新型工业码垛机器人的动力学分析所获得的方法和结论对于开展新型码垛工业机器人深入研究和优化设计具有参考价值和借鉴意义。