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About Me
- Junior at Brown
- Studying math and CS
- I love working with
Wiimote Interfaces for Lifelong Robotic Learning Micah Lapping - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Wiimote Interfaces for Lifelong Robotic Learning Micah Lapping - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Wiimote Interfaces for Lifelong Robotic Learning Micah Lapping Carr Chad Jenkins, Daniel Grollman, Jonas Schwertfeger, Theodora Hinkle Robotics, Learning, and Autonomy at Brown (RLAB) Micah Lapping Carr Wiimote Interfaces 1 5/4/08
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What Got Me into CS (and AI)
- Initial interest in CS
– Early exposure to computers and video games – Science fiction
- What got me into AI:
– Seeing Aibos
play soccer
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When I Grow Up, I Want To Be A...
- Astronaut
- Rock Star
- Toys R Us kid
- Why not...
– Google engineer? – Roboticist? – Computer scientist?
- Need to fix the
“American Idol” problem
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Cultivate Immediate and Long-term Interest
- Immediate: “Get them to consider CS”
– Show flashy videos (graphics) – Interactive systems and demos (our robots) – Let them create things with 'magic' (libraries)
- Long-term: CS as a topic of substance
– Robot Learning from Demonstration(video)
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Wiimote-based Robotics
- Compel immediate interest with
cool technology
– Robots
- Aibo
- SmURV
- Wiimote interface to control robots
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Wiimote Interface
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Wiimote-based Robotics (con't)
- Viscerally compelling
– Combines two kinds of hot technology – Unique, physically-motivated control interface
- Quick learning curve
– Usually < 30 sec
- User video
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Kids LOVE This Game
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Crossing the Human-Robot Divide
- Problem:
– how to put your control
policy on a robot
- For example
– Joe buys an Asimo – Its very cool
- Runs like a human!
- Walks up stairs!
– How does he teach it?
- Doesn't know how to
program
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Personal Computer Revolution
- Easy to use
- Good interface
- Good price point
- Three levels:
– Hardware – Development – Software
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Where's the Personal Robotics Revolution?
- Hardware
– Lots of available robot platforms
- Development
– Plenty of libraries and tools
- Application level...
– Where is the
- spreadsheet app?
- Maya?
- Web browser?
- Still missing basic interactions
- Our solution: in video
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Interface Details
Video ~1 Hz Motors Seg. Video ~30Hz Score
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Entertaining Robot Control
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Results
- Public demos
– RoboBusiness '07 (Boston) – Robocup '07 (Atlanta) – AAAI '07 (Vancouver) – Various public demos, beta test (Brown)
- Overwhelmingly positive response to the
interface, both Wiimote and GUI
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Where We're Taking This
- Finish developing the game
- Start logging user data
- Deploy across the world!
- Learn to play robot soccer from
demonstration
- Excite people about computer science
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Acknowledgements
- NSF Design for Science
- Brown #