Integrating sensors into robots

Future directions

©2018 Max Donath

Adaptability Provided By:
◆ Sensing
◆ Programming
◆ Dexterity

Why?
◆ Unstructured environment
◆ Wide tolerances in parts
◆ Complicated paths
◆ Large number of programmed points
◆ Unpredictable change
◆ Maximize flexibility
Sensory
Requirement

Environmental
Structure
Robot Senses:
Proprioception
- Joint position
- Joint torque
Vision
Touch
- Force
- Tactile
- Haptic
Balance
Self Preservation (and self-awareness)
 The future: Increasing adaptability

Soft robotics

Soft robots that can sense touch, pressure, movement and temperature
(March 2018)
http://robohub.org/soft-robots-that-can-sense-touch-pressure-movement-and-temperature/

Soft robot muscles with origami skeletons can lift 1,000 times their
own weight (Nov, 2017
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/27/16705062/soft-robot-muscles-origami-skeleton-mit-harvard

https://www.wired.com/story/soft-robots-origami-skeletons/

Robotic Fish to Keep a Fishy Eye on the Health of the Oceans

(March 2018)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/science/robot-fish.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=z-SHv3aF4lU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSA_zb1ajes

Soft Robotics' octopus-inspired robots industrial grippers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0XGure7mak

https://www.softroboticsinc.com