Project description Cognitive Systems and RoboticsTargeting both <strong>assembly</strong> and <strong>service industry</strong>, the DARWIN project aims to develop an "<strong>acting, learning and reasoning</strong>" assembler robot that will ultimately be capable of assembling <strong>complex objects</strong> from its constituent parts. First steps will also be taken to explore the general <strong>reparation</strong> problem. Functionally the robotic artefact will operate in three modes: <strong>slave</strong>, <strong>semi-autonomous</strong>, <strong>fully autonomous</strong> mode. <br /><strong>Categorization</strong>, object <strong>affordances</strong>, accurate <strong>manipulation</strong> and discovery of the <strong>naive physics</strong> will be acquired <strong>gradually</strong> by the robot. The <strong>reasoning system</strong> will exploit all these experiences in order to allow the robot to go <strong>beyond experience</strong> when confronted with <strong>novel situations</strong>.<br /><style type="text/css">body {\\tbackground: #FFF;}</style> Show the project objective Hide the project objective Targeting both assembly and service industry the DARWIN project aims to develop an 'acting, learning and reasoning' assembler robot that will ultimately be capable of assembling complex objects from its constituent parts. First steps will also be taken to explore the general reparation problem (seen as a sequence of assembly-disassembly actions). Functionally the robotic artefact will operate in three modes: a) slave, where the necessary sequence of operations will be provided by a CAD-CAM system; b) semi-autonomous, where the sequence will be provided either through demonstration by a teacher performing the same task or by describing it in a higher level 'language', suitable for a human operator. In this mode the system's perception will provide closure of the perception-action loop, so eliminating the need for detailed spatial information as in (a); c) fully autonomous mode, where an executive process will generate the necessary sequence by reasoning and mental simulation of consequences of actions on objects. Effort will be put to keep the resulting cognitive architecture domain agnostic. This directly implies that the robot should be able to effectively generalize and transfer previously gained knowledge to new tasks (or performing the same task in a slightly modified world). The objects in its world will not be known apriori. Rather, their knowledge will be built by interacting with them. Thus categorization, object affordances, accurate manipulation and discovery of the naive physics will be acquired gradually by the robot. In addition, it will also learn the solution steps for an assembly problem by observing snapshots of the assembled object during various construction phases. The reasoning system will exploit all these experiences in order to allow the robot to go beyond experience when confronted with novel situations. A series of demonstrators of increasing complexity will be developed in correlation with the maturation of the cognitive architecture. Fields of science social scienceseducational sciencesdidactics Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2009.2.1 - Cognitive Systems and Robotics Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-6 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator PROFACTOR GMBH Address Im stadtgut d1 4407 Steyr gleink Austria See on map Region Westösterreich Oberösterreich Steyr-Kirchdorf Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V PRAZE Czechia EU contribution € 414 820,00 Address Jugoslavskych partyzanu 1580/3 160 00 Praha See on map Region Česko Praha Hlavní město Praha Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data E. KASDERIDIS & SIA E.E. Greece EU contribution € 325 030,00 Address Antoni tritsi business incubator 21 57001 Thessaloniki See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS Greece EU contribution € 547 112,00 Address N plastira str 100 70013 Irakleio See on map Region Νησιά Αιγαίου Κρήτη Ηράκλειο Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA Italy EU contribution € 530 000,00 Address Via morego 30 16163 Genova See on map Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data KING'S COLLEGE LONDON United Kingdom EU contribution € 529 837,00 Address Strand WC2R 2LS London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
