DARPA Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) - Phase 1

DARPA's Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) program is developing software to perform human-level tasks quickly and with minimal direction.

This video shows the ARM robot performing 18 grasping and manipulation tasks using vision, force, and tactile sensing with full autonomy -- no active human control. The DARPA-supplied robot was built using commercial components that include an arm, hand, neck, and head sensors.

During rigorous testing in November 2011, the best team achieved 93% success in grasping modeled and unmodeled objects. The ARM program has entered its second phase, where focus turns to complex bimanual manipulation scenarios

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[ImperatorZor]

Rocks, bones and sticks were used by cavemen, who figured out how to refine them into multi-part tools. Those tools were eventually used to farm and make kilns, process wood and forges to make more complex tools. Those were further refined generation by generation, which led to simple machines which made possible more complex machines. Simple computers made it possible to make and program more complex ones.

Complexity arises from simplicity. Not the other way around.

[PandorasProxy]

I don't know if any of you realize how amazing this is. But that is absolutely incredible for a robot. Almost all robots you see today are just advanced remote control vehicles with constant feedback and direction from a human user. But this is given a generic task and left to figure how to to do it on its own, which is incredibly clever.

This is a pretty important step in autonomous robotics.

[nateshek]

oh I love hearing the same repetitive music instead of the actual sounds the robot was making.

[mrhenky42]

Sooo, how long before this gets used like Wolowitz did?

[Joie Negru]

Wow. 2013 and you came out with this?

[Linkzor24]

I agree!

[getrealMitt]

I love this very unsual

[Fernando Salazar]

TOO MANY SET BACKS, HE ONLY HAS ONE CAMERA(EYE) THE ROBOT NEEDS MORE CAMERAS SO HE CAN SEE IN DIFFERENT ANGLES AND HAVE MANY PERSPECTIVES AND TWO MORE ARMS AND HANDS PLEASE.

[Fernando Salazar]

A CLOUD SATELLITE STORAGE IN ROBOTS CAN HELP THEM SEND AND SAVE DATA MUCH BETTER, LATER IMPROVE MODELS CAN HAVE MORE MEMORY STAORE IN THEM, ION MEMORY IS THE KEY.

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[beautifulsmall]

Nice, just watched it changing a wheel. LIDAR. my only suggestion is Ganglions.

[ChiefRunningWall]

If you douse me again, and I'm not on fire, I'm donating you to a city college.