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Robotic Caregivers: From Dreams to Reality

Lecture 01 Roomba

● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roomba ● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolux_Trilobite ● A bit of history that looks reasonably accurate based on a quick skim ○ https://fortune.com/2013/11/29/the-history-of-the-roomba/ Roomba Long Exposure

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Roomba_time-lapse.jpg More Floor Cleaning Robot Long Exposure Images

● https://twistedsifter.com/2013/04/long-exposure-photos-of-a-roombas-path/ ● Comparisons of patterns from other floor cleaning robots ○ https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/long-exposure-pictures-of-robots-cl eaning ○ Evolution Robotic’s Mint (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_Robotics - acquired by iRobot in 2012) Baymax, Prof. Chris Atkeson

● Credits in the movie at 1:39:27 on Disney+ ○ “The Filmmakers Would Like to Thank … Carnegie Mellon University, The Robotics Institute, Chris Atkeson, Professor of Robotics” ● Seems like it hasn’t been updated for a while (e.g., Prof. Sidd Srinivasa is at UW now) ○ https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cga/build-baymax/ ○ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cga/bighero6/ ○ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_G._Atkeson Examples of Hugging Machines and Robots

● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_machine ○ “A hug machine, also known as a hug box, a squeeze machine, or a squeeze box, is a deep-pressure device designed to calm hypersensitive persons, usually individuals with autism spectrum disorders. The therapeutic, stress-relieving device was invented by Temple Grandin while she was attending college.” ● Huggable: A social robot for pediatric care ○ Prof. Cynthia Breazeal’s group at MIT ○ https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/huggable-a-social-robo t-for-pediatric-care/overview/ ○ http://robotic.media.mit.edu/portfolio/huggable/ ● Prof. Katherine Kuchenbecker’s research ○ https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/th e-importance-of-teaching-robots-to-hug Two famous Rod Brooks quotes

● "Simulation is doomed to succeed." ● "The world is its own best model." ● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Brooks Jaco Wheelchair Mounted Robot Arm from Kinova

● https://www.kinovarobotics.com/en/products/assistive-technologies/kinova-jac o-assistive-robotic-arm ● https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/robotics/medical-robots/robot-arm-hel ps-disabled-11-year-old-girl-show-horse-in-competition Prof. Russ Tedrake Dishwashing

● https://www.therobotreport.com/tri-tackles-manipulation-research-for-reliable-r obust-human-assist-robots/ ● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgaFkWCtSGU Commercialization is Hard: Examples of Recently Deceased Robotics Companies

● Jibo ○ https://www.therobotreport.com/jibo-social-robot-analyzing-what-went-wrong/ ○ $72.7M raised prior to death ● Mayfield Robotics ○ https://www.therobotreport.com/kuri-robot-cancelled-mayfield-pauses/ ○ https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/mayfield-robotics-announces-kuri-a-7 00-mobile-home-robot ● Anki ○ Vector ○ $182M raised prior to death ● Rethink Robotics ○ $149.5M raised prior to death ● A couple of opinions ○ https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/anki-jibo-and-kuri-what-we-can-learn-f rom-social-robotics-failures ○ https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/robotic-dreams-robotic-realities