Award Abstract #0093290
PECASE: The Haptic Probe: Mechanized Haptic Exploration and Automated Modeling

NSF Org:	IIS Division of Information & Intelligent Systems
Initial Amendment Date:	March 12, 2001
Latest Amendment Date:	April 10, 2006
Award Number:	0093290
Award Instrument:	Continuing grant
Program Manager:	Paul Yu Oh IIS Division of Information & Intelligent Systems CSE Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering
Start Date:	March 15, 2001
Expires:	February 28, 2007 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$314052
Investigator(s):	Richard Gillespie brentg@engin.umich.edu (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	University of Michigan Ann Arbor 3003 South State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 734/764-1817
NSF Program(s):	ROBOTICS
Field Application(s):	0104000 Information Systems
Program Reference Code(s):	HPCC, 9216, 1045
Program Element Code(s):	6840

ABSTRACT

The project addresses development of systems that interact autonomously with their environment in an intelligent way. Applications range from intelligent home environments to autonomous mobile robots to software agents. Over the recent years, the use of probabilistic methods has led to development of reliable mobile robot systems. However, despite tremendous potential benefits of collaboration between robots, some fundamental issues in the context of probabilistic methods for multi-robot collaboration remain unexplored. The goal of this project is to bridge the scientific gap between probabilistic methods for single-robot systems and those for collaborative multi-robot systems. The research is expected to have a strong impact on the area of collaborating mobile robots. On the education side, in order to teach the skills needed to understand and develop such complex systems, a new undergraduate course on mobile robotics will be designed, which will follow a hands-on approach to teaching, involving students in investigative work with mobile robots.

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