Sensing and Manipulating Built-for-Human Environments

Rodney A. Brooks, Lijin Aryananda, Aaron Edsinger, Paul M. Fitzpatrick, Charles C. Kemp, Una-May O'Reilly, Eduardo Torres-Jara, Paulina Varshavskaya, Jeff Weber

Abstract: We report on a dynamically balancing robot with a dexterous arm designed to operate in built-for-human environments. Our initial target task was for the robot to navigate, identify doors, open them...