TheDrillBot - Robot Partner 3.0 by S. Doepner & L. Vaupel
Ljubljana, December 21, 2008 f18institute lju. and f18institute hh today announced their joint development of a service robot that can provide support for various services in offices, commercial facilities, and other areas in which people work, live or spend leisure time. The newly developed robot features functions that enable it to provide such services as detecting and greeting guests, operating drill machines, drilling holes and measuring dust and other emmissions at night and day.
f18institute will develop the robot, with tasks scheduled to begin in June 2009.
Details of the robot are to be presented at the 3rd Robot-Partner exhibition scheduled to be held on September 15. 2009 at Kapelica Gallery in Ljubljana. There will also be a demonstration of the robot at the 1st Robot-Partner exhibition at the Elektrohaus in Hamburg and possibly at Container in Zagreb.
There is great anticipation for the application of robots for a wide range of fields such as in medical services, social services, housework, and so on. According to Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), societal expectations are high for robots to contribute to the realization of an enriched society. f18institute Laboratories has been conducting ongoing R&D on robots for practical use, in the quest for robots to support people in their daily lives and make their lives more convenient.
f18institute's past robot offerings include the hexapedal robot Exoskeleton, Motion Prosthesis, Paintbot, Linespiders, Spraybot, PillerPaintbot, Robot Totem, Cellobot and Walking Head. All of which were designed for a broad range of applications for R&D of robot technologies and which are commercially available from f18institute. f18institute also developed Robot-Partner 0.1, a home robot that can be controlled by two touch sensors and the Robot-Partner 2.0, an Automated Table Modificator, which are being sold by f18 on a limited basis.
Building on its past expertise in developing robots for R&D and home-use applications, f18institute went further to the next level by developing a robot that can co-exist with people and provide services in a variety of places such as offices, homes and public facilities.
Newly Developed Robot System
The new service robot is comprised of 4 drill-heads, capable of moving up, down, left, right, forward and backward, up to 7 pneumatic actuators for the movement, a CPU that controls the entire robot, sensors for detecting alive objects, obstacles and airpolution, a 2D visual interface system comprised of a digital signal processor (DSP) and custom hardware.
Key features of the robot are as follows:
1. Ability to autonomously move to a designated location according to a pre-programmed map while carefully avoiding obstacles
The robot is capable of quickly perceiving people or things in its surrounding areas while simultaneously measuring their location, through the use of a IR sensor and two ultra sonic sensors which can be quickly self-selected from its eight available sensors as necessary, using the newly developed sense- and control-software. This processing enables the robot to detect and avoid obstacles so that it can move safely to a designated location, thereby making it capable of completing tasks alongside people.
2. Ability to climb walls by drilling holes, react toward voices when called loud, and accomplish tasks by following the program.
The robot is equipped with multiple microphones that enable detection of a sound source. The robot can also by ultra sonic system detect people and can react on them verbally.
3. Ability to flexibly maneuver itself within compact spaces, on slopes, over minor surface gradations, and complete tasks
4. Natural, easy-to-understand interface
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