SubsidieMeestersAutonomous Robots with Common Sense
This project aims to develop an 'Artificial Physical Awareness' autopilot system for autonomous robots, enabling them to operate safely and effectively despite failures by understanding their limitations.
Projectdetails
Introduction
Autonomous robots such as autonomous vehicles, cars, and drones have the potential to revolutionize the way we work and live. Unfortunately, current autonomous robots do not have ‘common sense’ and may enter a catastrophic condition called loss-of-control after failures. The ultimate goal of this research is to enable a new generation of autonomous robots that are aware of their physical capabilities and limitations, allowing them to act with common sense after failures.
Proposed Solution
To achieve this, I propose a new paradigm in autonomous robot control: ‘Artificial Physical Awareness’ (APA). APA requires accurate real-time knowledge of the time-varying stochastic safe envelope, which is a subset of the state-space inside which safe operations of the autonomous robot can be guaranteed.
Characteristics of the Safe Envelope
The safe envelope is stochastic and time-varying; it contains uncertainties and will shrink after failures, reflecting the reduced post-failure performance of the autonomous robot.
Challenges
Obtaining and utilizing the time-varying stochastic safe envelope in real-time represents a currently unsolved scientific challenge for the following reasons:
- The safe envelope cannot be measured directly.
- Current safe envelope computation methods are real-time intractable and/or do not take into account uncertainties.
- No control methodology exists that allows for time-varying safe-envelope informed balancing of safety and performance.
Multidisciplinary Approach
This multidisciplinary research combines new insights in:
- Time-varying stochastic state reachability analysis
- Tipping-point forecasting
- Bio-inspired envelope sensing and recovery
- Nonlinear fault-tolerant control
to develop the new APA-autopilot system, which is the main output of this research.
Potential Impact
This research project has the potential to lead to a revolution in autonomous robot design and operations by providing transparent safety and performance bounds, even after failures.
Financiële details & Tijdlijn
Financiële details
| Subsidiebedrag | € 1.996.040 |
| Totale projectbegroting | € 1.996.040 |
Tijdlijn
| Startdatum | 1-7-2024 |
| Einddatum | 30-6-2029 |
| Subsidiejaar | 2024 |
Partners & Locaties
Projectpartners
- TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFTpenvoerder
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