Intelligent Sensor-Based Robotics Laboratory

The ARDEC Automation and Robotics Laboratory has developed unique facilities and capabilities in the area of advanced sensor based robotics control systems, distributed and cooperating robotics systems, advanced crew station architectures and embedded decision aids, voice/natural language machine vision and impedance control techniques. The laboratory has implemented and demonstrated an intelligent sensor based robotics control system for two Puma 560 robots, instrumented with arm mounted cameras, force/torque sensors, range sensors, IR sensors and tactile sensors, which have the capability to cooperatively execute complex tasks communicated over a voice natural language interface.