1. Humans and Robots
Giulio Sandini
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
and
University of Genoa
“Open Innovations”
November 1st , 2013
Moscow
Robotics, Brain & Cognitve Sciences
Robotics and AI Renaissance
Panel Session.
2. This is where robotics is today…
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Faster
Stronger
More resilient
More precise
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3. …we want to get the robots closer to
humans
Humanoid Technologies
…a co-worker
A tool augmenting
human skills
A tool helping in
everyday tasks
Tools for smart interface
Tools to build and transport
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4. Robots closer to humans in two ways
More similar to us in
shape and functions
Living with us in such
a way as to change
the structure of our
society
Hirioshi Ishiguro “Sayonara” play
From “io e Caterina” 1980 directed by Alberto Sordi
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5. Keyboards have changed our society …
William Davidow: IEEE Spectrum August 2012
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6. …and this does not always help social
interaction…
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7. ...while ideally we would like to interact
with machines as if they were humans
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8. Such machines must be able
to put themselves in
someone else’s shoes…
to anticipate the effects of
their own actions
to anticipate the intentions
of others
to imagine their perceptions
and feelings
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9. New approach to Human Machine
(friendly/safe) Interaction
....based on jointly studying humans and building
artificial systems (and their “mind”)
A bridge between
science and engineering
(adding neuroscience
and psychology to
robotics)
Claude Monet: Water Lily Pond and Japanese Bridge
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10. Cognitive Robotics:
to exploit the body as an actor and a
communication channel
Use Humanoid Robots
Study Humans
(as models and stimuli)
(and the way they interact)
Explore the Interaction
Study how humans develop their
motor, perceptual and cognitive
and social abilities
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Implement embodied models of
the development of human
motor, perceptual and cognitive
abilities
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11. humanoid robots as
development tools to
study the principles of
human cognitive
abilities
The target robot is not necessarily a humanoid!!
(the flying machine is not necessarly a bird!!)
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12. …an analogy with the principles of flight
and the study of the interaction of a
physical body with air
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13. We can use a wind tunnel to study the
interaction between air flow and a
body (it’s aerodynamic properties)
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14. We see humanoids as wind tunnels to
study how a machine interacts with a
human
In a wind tunnel one studies interaction with air flow
with a humanoid one studies interaction with humans
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15. iCub is our latest «wind tunnel»…
The iCub is the humanoid baby-robot
designed as part of the RobotCub project
whose goal is also to build a community
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The iCub is a full humanoid robot
sized as a three and half year-old
child
The total height is 104cm
It has 53 degrees of freedom,
including articulated hands to be used
for manipulation and gesturing
The robot can crawl and sit and
autonomously transition from
crawling to sitting and vice-versa
The robot is LGPL/GPL/FDL: software,
hardware, drawings, documentation,
etc.
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16. …a development tool to exploit today’s
robotic technologies
Intelligence
Vision Sensors
Motors/Gears
In collaboration with
our industrial partner
Electronics
Force Torque Sensors
Tactile Sensors
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17. …a development tool to study
future technologies related to
learning, adaptation and,
ultimately, human-like
interaction (as mutual
understanding)
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18. iCub is also a community building tool
iCub is an open system built to
foster the creation of a
multidisciplinary community
iCub and friends
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19. To study friendly interaction along
two main dimensions...
BODY
Improving
compliance makes
Interaction less
dangerous
future
More friendly
Robots
compliance
now
Improving cognitive
skills makes interaction
more «human-like»
MIND
cognition
Progressing along one single axis is not sufficient…
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21. ...when interacting with others we implicitly
assume that the others are feeling our own
sensations and emotions...
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22. To study friendly interaction along
two main dimensions...
BODY
Improving
compliance makes
Interaction less
dangerous
future
More friendly
Robots
compliance
now
Improving cognitive
skills makes interaction
more «human-like»
MIND
cognition
Progressing along one single axis is not sufficient…
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23. Compliance
Nikos Tsagarakis, Stephen Morfey, Zhibin Li,
Luca Colasanto, Darwin Caldwell
Advanced Robotics Department IIT
Cognition
Giorgio Metta, Lorenzo Natale, Francesco Nori,
Giulio Sandini et. al.
RBCS department at IIT
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24. …in summary: our keywords
o Human Robot Friendly Interaction
o Synergy of Robotics & Neuroscience
o Cognition (prediction abilities)
o Interaction as mutual understanding
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25. Main challenges
• Safety: prediction of action's
outcome (own and others)
• Acceptability: Machines must be
predictable and useful
• Technology: Is silicon and
aluminium the right choice?
Solution has to pass through
interdisciplinary teams
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26. Market e Business Plan
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28. Robot Technology and ICT
Copyright: Broadband IT - Korea, 2007
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29. Robot Technology and ICT
Copyright: Broadband IT - Korea, 2007
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31. Intelligence is a Technology...
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32. Development Tool (in the case of iPhone)
Apps
Operating System
Application
Middleware
Middleware
iPad
iPhone
iPod
Same Apps for Different Platforms
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33. Main Challanges
1. Lack of «cognition/intelligence»
Prediction
Learning
2. Complexity of systems
3. Is “silicon and aluminium” the right technology?
4. Difficult to establish multidisciplinary teams
5. Human acceptance of personal robots
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34. This is how robots are perceived today
Q6: In which area do you think that robots should be used as a priority
Survey made on March 2012 and
published in September 2012
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Notas del editor
Up to a stage where it is impossible to distinguish
A new paradigm in AI
Lkegoingat the factory
“Reverse engineering”:Osservazione e copia del volo degli uccelli progetto dell’aereoInverso del reverse engineering lo studio dell’aerodinamica ha consentito di capire meglio il volo degli uccelliLa modellazione:I fratelli Wright iniziarono il lavoro da un modello precedente di Lilienthal (che era sbagliato) ma alla fine (dopo 2 anni) realizzarono un proprio modello (e lo provarono), costruirono un tunnel del vento per gli esperimenti (un’idea molto moderna)!Stabilita’ e controllo:Modelli separati a volte non funzionano bene (esempio: stabilita’ o controllo)Scoprirono che la chiave per ottenere entrambi e’ il inclinarsi l’aereo gira inclinandosi! Modelli separati non funzionavano, era necessario un modello olistico (altre osservazioni sugli uccelli).Era necessaria una comprensione a livello di sistema
iCub is doing baby-things because we are studying development…