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Towards Towards Robot TheatreRobot Theatre
Marek Perkowski Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 97207-0751
Humanoid Humanoid Robots and Robots and Robot ToysRobot Toys
Talking RobotsTalking Robots• Many talking robots exist,
but they are still very primitive
• Work with elderly and disabled
• Actors for robot theatre, agents for advertisement, education and entertainment.
• Designing inexpensive natural size humanoid caricature and realistic robot heads
We concentrate on Machine Learning techniques used to teach robots behaviors, natural language dialogs and facial gestures.
Dog.com from Japan
Work in progress
Robot with a Personality?Robot with a Personality?• Future robots will interact
closely with non-sophisticated users, children and elderly, so the question arises, how they should look like?
• If human face for a robot, then what kind of a face?
• Handsome or average, realistic or simplified, normal size or enlarged?
• Why is Kismet so successful? •We believe that a robot that will interact with humans should have some kind of “personality” and Kismet so far is the only robot with “personality”.
•The famous example of a robot head is Kismet from MIT.
Robot face should be friendly and funny
The Muppets of Jim Henson are hard to match examples of puppet artistry and animation perfection.
We are interested in robot’s personality as expressed by its:– behavior,
– facial gestures,
– emotions,
– learned speech patterns.
Behavior, Dialog Behavior, Dialog and Learningand Learning
• Robot activity as a mapping of the sensed environment and internal states to behaviors and new internal states (emotions, energy levels, etc).
• Our goal is to uniformly integrate verbal and non-verbal robot behaviors.
Words communicate only about 35 % of the information transmitted from a sender to a receiver in a human-to-human communication.
The remaining information is included in para-language.
Emotions, thoughts, decision and intentions of a speaker can be recognized earlier than they are verbalized. NASA
Morita’s Theory Morita’s Theory
Our Base Our Base Model and Model and DesignsDesigns
Fig. 1. Learning Behaviors as Mappings fromFig. 1. Learning Behaviors as Mappings fromenvironment’s features to interaction proceduresenvironment’s features to interaction procedures
AutomaticAutomaticsoftwaresoftwareconstructionconstructionfrom examplesfrom examples
(decision tree, (decision tree, bibi--decomposition,decomposition,AshenhurstAshenhurst, DNF), DNF)
Speech frommicrophones
Image featuresfrom cameras
Sonars and othersensors
Emotions andknowledge memory
probability Verbal responsegeneration (textresponse and TTS).Stored sounds
Headmovementsand facialemotionsgeneration
Neck and shouldersmovement generation
Neck and upper body movement
generation
Robot Head Construction, 1999Robot Head Construction, 1999
Furby head with new controlFurby head with new control JonasJonas
We built and animated various kinds of humanoid heads with from 4 to 20 DOF, looking for comical and entertaining values.
High school summer camps, hobby roboticists, undergraduates
Mister ButcherMister Butcher
4 degree of freedom neck
Latex skin from Hollywood
Robot Head Construction, 2000Robot Head Construction, 2000
SkeletonSkeleton Alien
We use inexpensive servos from Hitec and Futaba, plastic, playwood and aluminum.
The robots are either PC-interfaced, use simple micro-controllers such as Basic Stamp, or are radio controlled from a PC or by the user.
AdamAdamMarvin the Crazy RobotMarvin the Crazy Robot
Technical Construction, 2001 Technical Construction, 2001 DetailsDetails
Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf
heads equipped with microphones, USB cameras, sonars heads equipped with microphones, USB cameras, sonars and CDS light sensorsand CDS light sensors
20012001
MaxMax
Image processing and pattern recognition uses software developed at PSU, CMU and Intel (public domain software available on WWW). Software is in Visual C++, Visual Basic, Lisp and Prolog.
BUG (Big Ugly Robot)BUG (Big Ugly Robot)
20022002
Visual Feedback and Learning based on Visual Feedback and Learning based on Constructive InductionConstructive Induction
20022002Uland Wong, 17 years old
Professor Perky Professor Perky
1 dollar latex skin 1 dollar latex skin from Chinafrom China
• We compared several commercial speech systems from Microsoft, Sensory and Fonix. •Based on experiences in highly noisy environments and with a variety of speakers, we selected Fonix for both ASR and TTS for Professor Perky and Maria robots.
• We use microphone array from Andrea Electronics.
Professor Perky with automated Professor Perky with automated speech recognition (ASR) and speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) capabilitiestext-to-speech (TTS) capabilities
2002, Japan
Maria, Maria, 2002/20032002/2003
20 DOF
Construction Construction details of Mariadetails of Maria
location of location of controlling controlling rodsrods
location location of head of head servosservos
location location of remote of remote servosservosCustom
designed skin
skull
Animation of eyes and eyelidsAnimation of eyes and eyelids
Cynthia, 2004, June
Currently the hands
are not moveable.
We have a separate hand design project.
Software/Hardware Architecture•Network- 10 processors, ultimately 100 processors.
•Robotics Processors. ACS 16
•Speech cards on Intel grant
•More cameras
•Tracking in all robots.
•Robotic languages – Alice and Cyc-like technologies.
Face detection localizes the person and is the first step for feature and face recognition.
Acquiring information about the human: face detection and recognition, speech recognition and sensors.
Face features recognition and visualization.
Use of Multiple-Valued (five-valued) variables Smile, Mouth_Open and Eye_Brow_Raise for facial feature and face recognition.
HAHOE KAIST ROBOT THEATRE, KOREA, SUMMER 2004
Sonbi, the Confucian Scholar Paekchong, the bad butcher
Czy znacie dobra sztuke dla teatru robotow?
Editing movementsEditing movements
Yangban the
Aristocrat and Pune
his concubine
The Narrator
The Narrator
We base all our robots on inexpensive radio-controlled servo technology.
We are familiar with latex and polyester technologies for faces
Martin Lukac and Jeff Allen wait for your help, whether you want to program, design behaviors, add muscles, improve vision, etc.
New Silicone Skins
A simplified diagram of software explaining the principle of using machine learning based on constructive induction to create new interaction modes of a human and a robot.
Probabilistic Probabilistic and Finite State and Finite State MachinesMachines
Probabilistic State Machines to describe Probabilistic State Machines to describe emotionsemotions
Happy state
Ironic state
Unhappy state
“you are beautiful”
/ ”Thanks for a compliment”
“you are blonde!”
/ ”I am not an idiot”
P=1
P=0.3
“you are blonde!”
/ Do you suggest I am an idiot?”
P=0.7
Facial Behaviors of MariaFacial Behaviors of Maria
Do I look like younger than twenty three?Maria asks:Maria asks:
“yes”
“no” “no”
0.30.7
Response:Response:
Maria smilesMaria smilesMaria frownsMaria frowns
Probabilistic Grammars for performancesProbabilistic Grammars for performances
Who?
What?
Where?
Speak ”Professor Perky”, blinks eyes twice
Speak “In the classroom”, shakes head
P=0.1
Speak “Was drinking wine”
P=0.1
P=0.3
P=0.5
Speak ”Professor Perky”
Speak ”Doctor Lee”
Speak “in some location”, smiles broadly
Speak “Was singing and dancing”
P=0.5 P=0.5
P=0.1 P=0.1
….
P=0.1
Human-controlled modes of Human-controlled modes of dialog/interactiondialog/interaction
Robot asks
Human teaches
Human commandsHuman asks
Robot performs
“Hello Maria”
“Thanks, I have a question”
“Thanks, I have a lesson”
“Thanks, I have a command”
“Lesson finished”
“Questioning finished”
“Command finished”
“Stop performance”
“Question”
Dialog and Dialog and Robot’s Robot’s KnowledgeKnowledge
Robot-Receptionist Initiated Robot-Receptionist Initiated ConversationConversation
Robot
What can I do for you?What can I do for you?
Human
Robot asksThis represents operation mode
Robot-Receptionist Initiated Robot-Receptionist Initiated ConversationConversation
Robot
What can I do for you?What can I do for you?
Human
I would like to order a I would like to order a table for twotable for two
Robot asks
Robot-Receptionist Initiated Robot-Receptionist Initiated ConversationConversation
Robot
Smoking or non-Smoking or non-smoking?smoking?
Human
Robot asks
Robot-Receptionist Initiated Robot-Receptionist Initiated ConversationConversation
Robot
Smoking or non-Smoking or non-smoking?smoking?
Human
I do not understandI do not understand
Robot asks
Robot-Receptionist Initiated Robot-Receptionist Initiated ConversationConversation
Robot
Do you want a table in a Do you want a table in a smoking or non-smoking smoking or non-smoking section of the restaurant? section of the restaurant?
Non-smoking section is Non-smoking section is near the terrace.near the terrace.
Human
Robot asks
Robot-Receptionist Initiated Robot-Receptionist Initiated ConversationConversation
Robot
Do you want a table in a Do you want a table in a smoking or non-smoking smoking or non-smoking section of the restaurant? section of the restaurant?
Non-smoking section is Non-smoking section is near the terrace.near the terrace.
Human
A table near the terrace, please
Robot asks
Human-Initiated ConversationHuman-Initiated Conversation
Robot Human
Hello Maria
Robot asks
initialization
Human-Initiated ConversationHuman-Initiated Conversation
Robot Human
Hello MariaWhat can I do for you?
Robot asks
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
Question
Human asksQuestionRobot asks
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
Question
Human asks
Yes, you ask a question.
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
What book wrote Lee?
Human asks
Yes, you ask a question.
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
What book wrote Lee?
Human asks
I have no sure information.
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
Try to guess.
Human asks
I have no sure information.
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
Try to guess.
Human asks
Lee wrote book “Flowers”.
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
This is not true.
Human asks
Lee wrote book “Flowers”.
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Robot Human
Questioning finished
Human teaches“Questioning finished” Robot asks
Human asks
Thanks, I have a lesson
Human endsHuman endsquestioningquestioning
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Robot Human
Questioning finished
Human teaches“Questioning finished” Robot asks
Human asks
Thanks, I have a lesson
Robot enters Robot enters asking modeasking mode
What can I do for you?What can I do for you?
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Robot Human
Thanks, I have a lesson
Human teaches“Questioning finished” Robot asks
Human asks
Thanks, I have a lesson
Human starts Human starts teachingteaching
What can I do for you?What can I do for you?
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Robot Human
Thanks, I have a lesson
Yes
Human teaches
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Robot Human
I give you question-answer patternYes
Human teaches
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Robot Human
Question pattern:
What book Smith wrote?Yes
Human teaches
Robot Human
Answer pattern:
Smith wrote book “Automata Theory”
Yes
Human teaches
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Robot Human
Checking question:
What book wrote Smith?Yes
Human teaches
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Robot Human
Checking question:
What book wrote Smith?Smith wrote book “Automata Theory”
Human teaches
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Robot Human
I give you question-answer patternYes
Human teaches
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Robot Human
Question pattern:
Where is room of Lee?Yes
Human teaches
Human-TeachingHuman-Teaching
Robot Human
Answer pattern:
Lee is in room 332Yes
Human teaches
Human-Checking what robot Human-Checking what robot learnedlearned
Robot Human
Lesson finished
Human asksQuestionRobot asks
Human teaches“Lesson finished”
Human-Checking what robot Human-Checking what robot learnedlearned
Robot Human
Lesson finished
Human asksQuestionRobot asks
Human teaches“Lesson finished”
What can I do for you?
Human-Checking what robot Human-Checking what robot learnedlearned
Robot Human
Question
Human asksQuestionRobot asks
Human teaches“Lesson finished”
What can I do for you?
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
Question
Human asksQuestionRobot asks
Human teaches“Lesson finished”
Yes, you ask a question.
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
What book wrote Lee?
Human asks
Yes, you ask a question.
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
What book wrote Lee?
Human asks
I have no sure information.
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
Try to guess.
Human asks
I have no sure information.
Human-AskingHuman-Asking
Robot Human
Try to guess.
Human asks
Lee wrote book “Automata Theory”
Observe that robot found similarity between Smith and Lee and generalized (incorrectly)
Behavior, Dialog and LearningBehavior, Dialog and Learning
• The dialog/behavior has the following components: – (1) Eliza-like natural language dialogs based on pattern
matching and limited parsing. • Commercial products like Memoni, Dog.Com, Heart, Alice,
and Doctor all use this technology, very successfully – for instance Alice program won the 2001 Turing competition.
– This is a “conversational” part of the robot brain, based on pattern-matching, parsing and black-board principles.
– It is also a kind of “operating system” of the robot, which supervises other subroutines.
• (2) Subroutines with logical data base and natural language parsing (CHAT). – This is the logical part of the brain used to find connections between
places, timings and all kind of logical and relational reasonings, such as answering questions about Japanese geography.
• (3) Use of generalization and analogy in dialog on many levels. – Random and intentional linking of spoken language, sound effects and facial gestures.
– Use of Constructive Induction approach to help generalization, analogy reasoning and probabilistic generations in verbal and non-verbal dialog, like learning when to smile or turn the head off the partner.
Behavior, Dialog and LearningBehavior, Dialog and Learning
• (4) Model of the robot, model of the user, scenario of the situation, history of the dialog, all used in the conversation.
• (5) Use of word spotting in speech recognition rather than single word or continuous speech recognition.
• (6) Continuous speech recognition (Microsoft)• (7) Avoidance of “I do not know”, “I do not
understand” answers from the robot. – Our robot will have always something to say, in the worst case,
over-generalized, with not valid analogies or even nonsensical and random.
Behavior, Dialog and LearningBehavior, Dialog and Learning
Constructive Constructive InductionInduction
- - -
00 01 11 10
00 - - -01 - - -11 - – 1,1,1,0 -10 -
ABABCDCD
0,0,0,3
-
Input Variables
A: 0=what, 1=where, B: 0=wrote, 1=is, C: 0=book, 1=room, D: 0=Smith, 1=Lee
0000=what wrote book Smith?
0111=what is room Lee?
1111=where is room Lee?
Example Answer = Smith wrotebook “Automata Theory”
Example Answer = Lee is room 332
New Question:
0001: What wrote book Lee?
Fig. 3. Question Answering by induction of answer parameters.
Output Variables
X: 0=Smith, 1=Lee, 2=Perkowski, Y: 0=wrote , 1=is, Z: 0=book, 1=room, 2=building, V: 0=332, 1=73, 2=245, 3=“Automata Theory”, 4=“Logic Design”
X,Y,Z,V
Name (examples)
Age (output)
dSmile Height Hair Color
Joan Kid (0) a(3) b(0) c(0)
MikeTeenager
(1) a(2) b(1) c(1)
Peter Mid-age
(2) a(1) b(2) c(2)
Frank Old (3) a(0) b(3) c(3)
Example “Age Recognition”Example “Age Recognition”
Examples of data for learning, four people, given to the system
Smile - a Very often
often moderately rarely
Values 3 2 1 0
Height - b Very Tall
Tall Middle Short
Values 3 2 1 0
Color - c Grey Black Brown Blonde
Values 3 2 1 0
Example “Age Recognition”Example “Age Recognition”
Encoding of features, values of multiple-valued variables
Multi-valued Map for DataMulti-valued Map for Data
ab\ c 0 1 2 3
00 - - - -
01 - - - 3
02 - - - -
03 - - - -
10 - - - -
11 - - - -
12 - - 2 -
13 - - - -
20 - - - -
21 - 1 - -
22 - - - -
23 - - - -
30 0 - - -
31 - - - -
32 - - - -
33 - - - -
d = F( a, b, c )
ab\ c 0 1 2 3
00 - - - -
01 - - - 3
02 - - - -
03 - - - -
10 - - - -
11 - - - -
12 - - 2 -
13 - - - -
20 - - - -
21 - 1 - -
22 - - - -
23 - - - -
30 0 - - -
31 - - - -
32 - - - -
33 - - - -
Groups show a simple Groups show a simple induction from the Datainduction from the Data
Old people smile rarelyOld people smile rarely
ab\ c 0 1 2 3
00 - - - -
01 - - - 3
02 - - - -
03 - - - -
10 - - - -
11 - - - -
12 - - 2 -
13 - - - -
20 - - - -
21 - 1 - -
22 - - - -
23 - - - -
30 0 - - -
31 - - - -
32 - - - -
33 - - - -
Groups show a simple Groups show a simple induction from the Datainduction from the Data
Middle-age people smile Middle-age people smile moderatelymoderately
Teenagers smile oftenTeenagers smile often
Children smile very oftenChildren smile very often
Grey hairblonde hair
Another example: teaching movements
C - right light sensorC - right light sensor
D - left microphoneD - left microphone
A - rightA - rightmicrophonemicrophoneB - left light sensorB - left light sensor00 01 11 10
00 - 1,0 -01 2,0 1,0 1,111 - – 0,0 -10 - 0,0 - -
ABAB
CDCD
-0,0
Head_Horiz , Eye_Blink
Robot turnshead right,away fromlight in left
Robot turns head leftwith equal front lightingand no sound.
It blinks eyes
Robot doesnothing
Robot turns headleft, away from lightin right, towardssound in left
Fig. 2. Seven examples (4-input, 2 output minterms) aregiven by the teacher as correct robot behaviors
Input variables
Output variables
Generalization of Generalization of the Ashenhurst-the Ashenhurst-
Curtis Curtis decomposition decomposition
modelmodel
This kind of tables known from This kind of tables known from Rough Sets, Decision Trees, etc Rough Sets, Decision Trees, etc Data MiningData Mining
Decomposition is hierarchicalAt every step many decompositions exist
Which decomposition is better?
Original table
First variant of decompositionSecond variant
Constructive Induction: Constructive Induction: Technical DetailsTechnical Details
• U. Wong and M. Perkowski, A New Approach to Robot’s Imitation of Behaviors by Decomposition of Multiple-Valued Relations, Proc. 5th Intern. Workshop on Boolean Problems, Freiberg, Germany, Sept. 19-20, 2002, pp. 265-270.
• A. Mishchenko, B. Steinbach and M. Perkowski, An Algorithm for Bi-Decomposition of Logic Functions, Proc. DAC 2001, June 18-22, Las Vegas, pp. 103-108.
• A. Mishchenko, B. Steinbach and M. Perkowski, Bi-Decomposition of Multi-Valued Relations, Proc. 10th IWLS, pp. 35-40, Granlibakken, CA, June 12-15, 2001. IEEE Computer Society and ACM SIGDA.
• Decision Trees, Ashenhurst/Curtis hierarchical decomposition and Bi-Decomposition algorithms are used in our software
• These methods create our subset of MVSIS system developed under Prof. Robert Brayton at University of California at Berkeley [2].– The entire MVSIS system can be also used.
• The system generates robot’s behaviors (C program codes) from examples given by the users.
• This method is used for embedded system design, but we use it specifically for robot interaction.
Constructive InductionConstructive Induction
Ashenhurst Functional DecompositionAshenhurst Functional DecompositionEvaluates the data function and attempts to
decompose into simpler functions.
if A B = , it is disjoint decomposition
if A B , it is non-disjoint decomposition
B - bound set
A - free set
F(X) = H( G(B), A ), X = A F(X) = H( G(B), A ), X = A B B
X
A Standard Map of A Standard Map of function ‘z’function ‘z’
Bound Set
Fre
e S
et
a b \ c
z
Columns 0 and 1and
columns 0 and 2are compatible
column compatibility = 2
Explain the concept of Explain the concept of generalized don’t caresgeneralized don’t cares
NEW Decomposition of Multi-Valued NEW Decomposition of Multi-Valued RelationsRelations
if A B = , it is disjoint decomposition
if A B , it is non-disjoint decomposition
F(X) = H( G(B), A ), X = A B
Relation Rel
atio
n
Rel
atio
n
A
B
X
Forming a CCG from a K-MapForming a CCG from a K-Map
z
Bound Set
Fre
e S
et
a b \ cColumns 0 and 1 and columns 0 and 2 are compatiblecolumn compatibility index = 2
C1
C2
C0
Column Compatibility
Graph
Forming a CIG from a K-MapForming a CIG from a K-MapColumns 1 and 2 are incompatiblechromatic number = 2
z
a b \ c
C1
C2
C0
Column Incompatibility Graph
• A unified internal language is used to describe behaviors in which text generation and facial gestures are unified.
• This language is for learned behaviors.
• Expressions (programs) in this language are either created by humans or induced automatically from examples given by trainers.
Constructive InductionConstructive Induction
Braitenberg Braitenberg Vehicles and Vehicles and Quantum Quantum Automata RobotsAutomata Robots
Another Example: Another Example: Braitenberg Braitenberg Vehicles and Quantum BVVehicles and Quantum BV
Braitenberg VehiclesBraitenberg Vehicles
Example 1: Simulation
Quantum Circuits
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Toffoli gate: Universal, uses controlled square root of NOT
Quantum Portland FacesQuantum Portland Faces
Conclusion. What did we learnConclusion. What did we learn
• (1) the more degrees of freedom the better the animation realism. Art and interesting behavior above certain threshold of complexity.
• (2) synchronization of spoken text and head (especially jaw) movements are important but difficult. Each robot is very different.
• (3) gestures and speech intonation of the head should be slightly exaggerated – superrealism, not realism.
Conclusion. What did we learn(cont)Conclusion. What did we learn(cont)
• (4) Noise of servos: – the sound should be laud to cover noises coming from motors and gears and
for a better theatrical effect. – noise of servos can be also reduced by appropriate animation and
synchronization.
• (5) TTS should be enhanced with some new sound-generating system. What?
• (6) best available ATR and TTS packages should be applied.• (7) OpenCV from Intel is excellent.• (8) use puppet theatre experiences. We need artists. The weakness
of technology can become the strength of the art in hands of an artist.
• (9) because of a too slow learning, improved parameterized learning methods should be developed, but also based on constructive induction.
• (10) open question: funny versus beautiful.• (11) either high quality voice recognition from headset or
low quality in noisy room. YOU CANNOT HAVE BOTH WITH CURRENT ATR TOOLS.
• (12) low reliability of the latex skins and this entire technology is an issue.
Conclusion. What did we learn(cont)Conclusion. What did we learn(cont)
We won an award in PDXBOT 2004. We showed our robots to several audiences
International Intel Science Talent Competition and PDXBOT 2004, 2005
Robot shows are excitingRobot shows are exciting
Our Goal is to build toys for 21-st Century and in this process, change the way how engineers are educated.
Commercial Commercial Value of Robot Value of Robot Toys and Toys and TheatresTheatres
Robot Toy Market - Robosapiens
toy, poses in front of toy, poses in front of toy, poses in front of
GlobalizationGlobalization• Globalization implies that images,
technologies and messages are everywhere, but at the same time disconnected from a particular social structure or context. (Alain Touraine)
• The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgoise over the whole surface of the globe. It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere. (Marx & Engels, 1848)
India and China - what’s different?
• They started at the same level of wealth and exports in 1980
• China today exports $ 184 Bn vs $ 34 Bn for India
• China’s export industry employs today over 50 million people (vs 2 m s/w in 2008, and 20 m in the entire organized sector in India today!)
• China’s export industry consists of toys (> 60% of the (> 60% of the world marketworld market), bicycles (10 m to the US alone last year), and textiles (a vision of having a share of > 50% of the world market by 2008)
Learning from Korea and Singapore Learning from Korea and Singapore
• The importance of Learning– To manufacture efficiently– To open the door to foreign technology and
investment– To have sufficient pride in ones own ability to open
the door and go out and build ones own proprietary identity
• To invest in fundamentals like Education• to have the right cultural prerequisites for catching up
• To have pragmatism rule, not ideology
Samsung
1979 Started making microwaves
1980 First export order (foreign brand)
1983 OEM contracts with General Electric
1985 All GE microwaves made by Samsung
1987 All GE microwaves designed by Samsung
1990 The world’s largest microwave manufacturer - without its own brand
1990 Launch own brand outside Korea
2000 Samsung microwaves # 1 worldwide, twelve factories in twelve countries (including India, China and the US)
2003 – the largest electronics company in the world
How did Samsung do it?
• By learning from GE and other buyers• By working very hard - 70 hour weeks, 10 days
holiday • By being very productive - 9 microwaves per
person per day vs 4 at GE• By meeting every delivery on time, even if it
meant working 7-day weeks for six months• By developing new models so well that it got
GE to stop developing their own
Fundamental Fundamental question for question for humanoid humanoid robot buildersrobot builders
Should we build humanoid robots?
• Man’s design versus robot’s design• The humanoid robot is versatile and adaptive, it takes its form
from a human, a design well-verified by Nature.• Complete isomorphism of a humanoid robot with a human is
very difficult to achieve (walking) and not even not entirely desired.
• All what we need is to adapt the robot maximally to the needs of humans – elderly, disabled, children, entertainment.
• Replicating human motor or sensor functionality are based on mechanistic methodologies, – but adaptations and upgrades are possible – for instance brain wave
control or wheels
• Is it immoral?
Is it worthy to build humanoid robots?
• Can building a mechanistic digital synthetic version of man be anything less than a cheat when man is not mechanistic, digital nor synthetic?
• If reference for the “ultimate” robot is man, then there is little confusion about one’s aim to replace man with a machine.
Man & Machine
• Main reason to build machines in our likeness is to facilitate their integration in our social space: – SOCIAL ROBOTICS
• Robot should do many things that we do, like climbing stairs, but not necessarily in the way we do it – airplane and bird analogy.
• Humanoid robots/social robots should make our life easier.
The Social Robot
• “developing a brain”: – Cognitive abilities as developed from classical AI to modern
cognitive ideas (neural networks, multi-agent systems, genetic algorithms…)
• “giving the brain a body”: – Physical embodiment, as indicated by Brooks [Bro86], Steels
[Ste94], etc.
• “a world of bodies”: – Social embodiment
• A Social Robot is:– A physical entity embodied in a complex, dynamic, and social
environment sufficiently empowered to behave in a manner conducive to its own goals and those of its community.
Anthropomorphism
• Social interaction involves an adaptation on both sides to rationalise each others actions, and the interpretation of the others actions based on one’s references
• Projective Intelligence: the observer ascribes a degree of “intelligence” to the system through their rationalisation of its actions
Anthropomorphism & The Social Robot
• Objectives– Augment human-robot sociality– Understand and rationalize robot behavior
• Embrace anthropomorphism
• BUT - How does the robot not become trapped by behavioral expectations?
• REQUIRED: A balance between anthropomorphic features and behaviors leading to the robot’s own identity
Finding the Balance• Movement
– Behavior (afraid of the light)– Facial Action Coding System
• Form– Physical construction– Degrees of freedom
• Interaction– Communication (robot-like vs. human voice)– Social cues/timing
• Autonomy• Function & role
– machine vs. human capabilities
Humanoid Robots Experiments and Research
Tasks
• Autonomous mobile robots• Emotion through motion• “Projective emotion”• Anthropomorphism• Social behaviors
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis to a wide audience through online web-based experiments
The perception learning tasks
• Robot Vision:Robot Vision:1. Where is a face? (Face detection)
2. Who is this person (Face recognition, learning with supervisor, person’s name is given in the process.
3. Age and gender of the person.
4. Hand gestures.
5. Emotions expressed as facial gestures (smile, eye movements, etc)
6. Objects hold by the person
7. Lips reading for speech recognition.
8. Body language.
The perception learning tasks
• Speech recognition:Speech recognition:1. Who is this person (voice based speaker
recognition, learning with supervisor, person’s name is given in the process.)
2. Isolated words recognition for word spotting.
3. Sentence recognition.
• Sensors.Sensors.1. Temperature
2. Touch
3. movement
The behavior learning tasks
• Facial and upper body gestures:Facial and upper body gestures:1. Face/neck gesticulation for interactive dialog.
2. Face/neck gesticulation for theatre plays.
3. Face/neck gesticulation for singing/dancing.
• Hand gestures and manipulation.Hand gestures and manipulation.1. Hand gesticulation for interactive dialog.
2. Hand gesticulation for theatre plays.
3. Hand gesticulation for singing/dancing.
Learning the perception/behavior mappings
1. Tracking the human.
2. Full gesticulation as a response to human behavior in dialogs and dancing/singing.
3. Modification of semi-autonomous behaviors such as breathing, eye blinking, mechanical hand withdrawals, speech acts as response to person’s behaviors.
4. Playing games with humans.
5. Body contact with human such as safe gesticulation close to human and hand shaking.
What to emphasize in future What to emphasize in future work?work?
• We want to develop a general methodology for prototyping software/hardware systems for interactive robots that work in human environment.
• Image processing, voice recognition, speech synthesis, expressing emotions, recognizing human emotions.
• Machine Learning technologies. • Safety, not hitting humans.
Can we build the Can we build the first complete first complete robot theatre in robot theatre in
the world? the world?
Yes, if we will have more students who really want to learn practical skills and not only to take classes
for grades.
Robotics I, Robotics II, individual projects, RAS, high school students.
Where are we going?
• This is an adventure, we do not know where our research will lead us.
• This is truly interdisciplinary project. We need artists and psychologists.
• If this takes the social functions of a theatre, it is a theatre.
• Lessons from CAD and computer chess: knowledge and search rather than “super-intelligent logic mechanism”.
• Initial complexity of knowledge.
• Lessons: – “degeneration” of robot soccer.– OMSI project and security– Laws about future robots, can he sue me?
• Our goal: build a working environment for:– Education– Entertainment– Verification of theories (bacteria foraging, social dynamics, Freud,
immunological robots)– Verification of technologies (FPGA, clusters, net in chip technologies and
AMBRIC).
• Many researchers will be able to base their own research on our environment. We provide the technical background for more advanced or artistic work.
• When there will be:– the first commercially successful robot theatre? – the first humanoid social robot?
Humanoid robots
• 1. Teachers and helpers:– Language teachers– Teaching children– Teaching disabled children– Helpers for disabled adults– Helpers for old people– Helpers and companions for mentally disabled
Humanoid robots
• 2. Toys:– Conversational toys for lonely girls and young
woman– Human-like robots as pets.– Animal-like robots as pets.– Interactive theatres of little robots sold
separately and collected to families.
Humanoid robots
• 3. Robot Theatres:– Battle Bots (already commercial)– Robot theatres for children, next generation of Chucky
Cheese Pizza Theatres and Disney Worlds.– Avangarda theatres for Adults (Umatilla, sex,
violence, special effects like head separation, interaction, battle bots of new generation, and large size robot theatres in the prerries).
– Artistic robot theatres (none exist – see Japanese Bunraku and Noh single robots, Kissmet, aquarium and new robots of Cynthia Breazeal from MIT).
Humanoid robots
• 4. Kiosks and receptionists:– Toy-like and simplified (commercial products).– Realistic in view and size.– Mobile museum robots (commercial).– Wheeled humanoid robot of child-like size to
be rented for exhibitions.
Humanoid robots
• 5. Top research robots:– Kissmet– Honda– Sony– Fujitsu– Hubo and KAIST– Samsung– Many Japanese
• 6. Commercial Robot kits.– Mobile robots– Walking robots– Heads– Humanoids small– Humanoids – childlike and expensive. Pino.
Existing technologies for robot theatre• Mobile robots (battlebots, Los Angeles group, Carnegie
Mellon Group)• Walking animals• Walking big humans with robotic featuresJapanese
robots like trump playing Sony)
• Walking big humans with human-like features (head only - Albert Hubo, Small humans.
• Body on wheels.• Head only• Head with neck and shoulders.• Upper body• Head on wheels
New Robots
2005
• "Nothing serious. Just stunts. There are dogs, dolls, faces that contort and are supposed to express emotion on a robot," he said.
• Mr Engelberger, an American, founded the world's first company making industrial robots in 1961 and became a specialist manufacturer of robots for hospitals.
• It was pointless, expensive and unnecessary for Japan, which today makes three-quarters of the world's robots, to tinker with trivial inventions like robotic house sitters that rang to say there was a burglary going on, he said.
• It made more sense to use the formidable amount of research that it had already done on personal robot technology to apply it to machines made for tasks that actually needed doing.
• Such as robots that could be told by elderly or infirm people to fetch a book from a shelf or find the television remote or get a beer from the fridge.
• "I've talked to visiting nurses who say that older people have to go to the bathroom more often and are embarrassed to say to somebody in the house, 'Please take me to the bathroom again'. But who cares how many times you ask a robot to take you to the bathroom?"
• The future market for robots installed in the homes of elderly people was bigger than the luxury car market, he said, predicting that they would be leased out for $US500 ($673) per month.
• Human care-givers cost 10 times that, Mr Engelberger said, and nursing homes were higher still.
• "I know that there are things that a robot can't do. It's not going to bathe you and it's not going to dress you but it can be made to find the milk in the fridge," he said.
• What the $US8 billion robotics industry needs is for engineers to design practical robots for personal care. So why isn't more work being done? Mainly, Mr Engelberger thinks, it's because everyone is immersed in needless research and companies are distracted by the uneconomic quest for the humanoid, which he derides as toy making.
• "I say, stop it all … go for the whole damn schmeer … I've recently become an octogenarian and I'd ask you, please, hurry up."
Albert Hubo
• At an IT exhibition on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Busan, a participant shakes hands with a humanoid robot named “Albert Hubo” which has the face of Albert Einstein on Monday.
• The robot can walk and speak and expresses emotions by moving facial muscles
Albert Hubo meets President Bush
Help me robo-Einstein, you’re my only hope
Fujitsu’s Enon is getting a job at the grocery store
• Enon will be helping Aeon customers with everything from packing shopping bags and picking up groceries to find their way around the store.
• This is the new HAL-5, or more specifically the Hybrid Assistive Limb. Bionic Suit.
• It’s developed as a walking aid for those who could use a bit of extra power, such as the disabled or apparently farmers who must add bags of sodium to their basement water softeners.
Walking Actors, Japan
• $1000 iXs Research Corp. robots at Tokyo’s International Robot Exhibition.
The Bandai BN-17 Swiffer bot• Bandai BN-17 robot
– anthropomorphized robot for cleaning.
• It can also handle your email and act as a security system
SORA, a receptionist robot
The little bot sports a camera, microphone, and speaker for one way video conferencing with visitors, who can interface with an included touchscreen for information, and even scan a business card to show their identity to whoever is subjecting them to this robotic greeter. Once they’re all approved, the robot can wave it’s arms at them and point out the directions to the office being displayed on the screen.
The WowWee Robosapien v2• The $230 second generation
Robosapien v2 with remote from WowWee.
• The Robosapien v2 can see, hear, touch, and interact with you and his surroundings with a full range of fluid movement.
• Seething with attitude, his full-functioning arms with grippers allow him to pick-up and throw objects and then kung-fu your azz if you sass him.
• He features 100s of functions including a low-level gastro-intestinal condition resulting in the occasional air-biscuit or belch to your children’s (and yours, admit it) amusement.
• He’s also fully programmable which means you’ll find hacks-a-plenty in the open-source community allowing you to extend his functionality.
Questions to studentsQuestions to students1. Learn about new robot toys and other toys that can
be used in our theatre or converted to useful robots or their components.
2. Explain the concept of mapping architecture for a robot. Mapping being a combinational functions and mapping based on Finite State Machines.
3. Explain the concept of Probabilistic Finite State Machine and how it can be used to control movements of a robot.
4. How to use finite state machines and probabilistic machines for dialog and speech generation
Questions to studentsQuestions to students5. Explain Morita Theory and think if it can be
generalized.6. Our robots have speech recognition and vision.
Some have also sonar, infrared, touch and other sensors. What kind of sensors you would like to add and how you would like to program them for your applications.
7. What is your concept of interactive robot toy that would extend the ideas of our Theatre.
8. Write a script-scenario of conversation with robot that can be in 3 emotional states. The robot is a receptionist in Electrical Engineering Department at PSU.