Multi-Robot Human Collaboration - Innovation Award 2017 Finalist Spotlight

KUKA Innovation Award 2017 – Finalist Spotlight
Multi-Robot Human Collaboration | Team MANCHU | EPFL-LASA Switzerland

Application:
Multiple robot arms in collaboration with a human

Challenge:
Manipulating large, heavy, unwieldy objects using two robots in collaboration with humans

Solution:
Robots move in coordination both with each other and the object being presented by a human

Features:
• Vision system tracks object location in space
• Dynamic motion planning coordinates robots with object
• Can work with wide variety of part sizes, weights and shapes
• Robots seamlessly transition from manual guidance to automatic operation after hand-off
• Safe motion planning through self-collision avoidance

Institutions and Team Members:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory (LASA)
Seyed Sina Mirrazavi Salehian
Nadia Figueroa
Prof. Aude Billard

Read more about collaborative robots: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products/r...

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