Dr Rustam Stolkin and Enterprising robotics research at the University of Birmingham.

One-shot Learning and Grasping of Objects (M12 RoMaNS Demo)

Smarter teleoperation
00:44

Smarter teleoperation

Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation H2020-EU.2.1.1.5. 645582 https://www.h2020romans.org/ This haptic arm and novel exoskeleton glove enables the human controller to feel the forces encountered by the remote slave arm (and novel dexterous slave hand), when it contacts objects and surfaces (CEA)
Disentangling on a robot
01:37

Disentangling on a robot

Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation H2020-EU.2.1.1.5. 645582 https://www.h2020romans.org/
Guiding Trajectory Optimization by Demonstrated Distributions
01:06

Guiding Trajectory Optimization by Demonstrated Distributions

Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation H2020-EU.2.1.1.5. 645582 https://www.h2020romans.org/
Reinforcement learning of grasping a deformable object
01:47

Reinforcement learning of grasping a deformable object

Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation H2020-EU.2.1.1.5. 645582 https://www.h2020romans.org/
90% success rate for the grasps
00:40

90% success rate for the grasps

Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation H2020-EU.2.1.1.5. 645582 https://www.h2020romans.org/
Shared control
01:50

Shared control

Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation H2020-EU.2.1.1.5. 645582 https://www.h2020romans.org/ Here both the human and AI collaborate to control the system. The human steers the gripper arm, while the AI controls the camera arm to maintain the best viewpoint. Views from the camera are interpreted by the AI, and used to help guide the gripper arm by conveying haptic cues to the human (e.g. steering the human towards a good grasping point).
Haptic arm
00:30

Haptic arm

Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation H2020-EU.2.1.1.5. 645582 https://www.h2020romans.org/ a smarter joystick. This haptic arm enables the human controller to feel the forces encountered by the remote slave arm, when it contacts objects and surfaces. A state-of-the-art exoskeleton hand (far top left) has now been added – the human can feel the forces when the fingers of the slave robot grasp an object.
Robotics educational outreach
00:23

Robotics educational outreach

Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation H2020-EU.2.1.1.5. 645582 https://www.h2020romans.org/ We have done large amount of educational outreach, including these one-week summer schools 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 with 14-17 year old children building robots for cleaning up nuclear waste. The theme of environmental stewardship is a great way to get young people interested in engineering and robotics – we get high participation from female students in our robotics classes when they are based on these motivating themes. Inspiring the next generation of roboticists is also an important activity of the RoMaNS project.
Robotics educational outreach
00:14

Robotics educational outreach

Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation H2020-EU.2.1.1.5. 645582 https://www.h2020romans.org/ We have done large amount of educational outreach, including these one-week summer schools 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 with 14-17 year old children building robots for cleaning up nuclear waste. The theme of environmental stewardship is a great way to get young people interested in engineering and robotics – we get high participation from female students in our robotics classes when they are based on these motivating themes. Inspiring the next generation of roboticists is also an important activity of the RoMaNS project.