Robotics
Agile Robotics Forklift Demo at Fort Lee (June 2010)
On June 15 and 16, 2010, the MIT Agile Robotics team demonstrated
three robots at a busy SSA (Supply Support Activity, essentially
an outdoor warehouse and supply depot) at Fort Lee in Virginia:
a robot forklift; a robot rover; and a two-armed robot porter.
The robot forklift demonstration included: understanding and execution
of verbal commands; interpretation of tablet gestures and speech;
seamless handoff of control from autonomous to manned and back again;
interpretation of a narrated guided tour of palletized supplies;
use of visual memory to find and fetch specific pallets; detection
of spoken or shouted "Stop" commands; autonomous approach, lifting,
transport and placement of palletized supplies; and spoken confirmation
of commands.
The robot rover demonst
On June 15 and 16, 2010, the MIT Agile Robotics team demonstrated
three robots at a busy SSA (Supply Support Activity, essentially
an outdoor warehouse and supply depot) at Fort Lee in Virginia:
a robot forklift; a robot rover; and a two-armed robot porter.
The robot forklift demonstration included: understanding and execution
of verbal commands; interpretation of tablet gestures and speech;
seamless handoff of control from autonomous to manned and back again;
interpretation of a narrated guided tour of palletized supplies;
use of visual memory to find and fetch specific pallets; detection
of spoken or shouted "Stop" commands; autonomous approach, lifting,
transport and placement of palletized supplies; and spoken confirmation
of commands.
The robot rover demonst
