SFB 588:  Humanoid Robots - Learning and Cooperating Multimodal Robots

• Subject Area: Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering ; Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
• Term: from 2001 to 2012
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5484926

Goal of this project is the development of concepts, methods and actual mechatronic components for a humanoid robot which shares its work space with a human. By means of our partially anthropomorphic robot system, developed specially for this project, the step towards cooperative, multimodal and learning robot system will be done.
To be a useful assistant for the human in everyday environments, the robot system must have many complex abilities and features: a humanoid shape, multimodality, and the ability to cooperate and learn. To emphasize is the ability of the system to learn, as it can so be lead to new, prior unknown tasks. New terms and objects, even new motions are learnable with the help of the human user, and can be corrected interactively by him.
The new collaborative research centre therefore is concerned with the development of a humanoid robot with human shape.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres

Completed projects

• K01 - Belehren und Lernen auf Basis interaktiver Handlungsanalyse und -modellierung (Project Heads Dillmann, Rüdiger ;  Waibel, Alexander )
• K02 - Mensch-Roboter-Kooperation (Project Heads Hanebeck, Uwe D. ;  Wörn, Heinz )
• K02 - Human-Robot-Cooperation - Proactive Action Planning and Role Agreement (Project Heads Hanebeck, Uwe D. ;  Wörn, Heinz )
• K03 - Erkennung und Behandlung von Ausnahmesituationen (Project Heads Hanebeck, Uwe D. ;  Steusloff, Hartwig )
• L01 - Learning of Practical Knowledge, Episodes and Context (Project Heads Dillmann, Rüdiger ;  Schultz, Tanja )
• M01 - Simulation der Mensch-Maschine-Kooperation inklusive Mechanik, Dynamik und Sensorik mit den Techniken der Virtuellen Realität (Project Heads Schmitt, Alfred ;  Wittenburg, Jens )
• M02 - Modelling Scenes and Situations (Project Heads Azad, Pedram ;  Beyerer, Jürgen ;  Dillmann, Rüdiger ;  Steinhaus, Peter )
• M03 - Motion and Action Models (Project Heads Bös, Klaus ;  Dillmann, Rüdiger ;  Schultz, Tanja ;  Schwameder, Hermann ;  Wörner, Annika )
• M04 - Kinematik- und Dynamiksimulation von Mensch und Roboter (Project Head Seemann, Wolfgang )
• M05 - Modeling of Task-oriented Full Body Movements (Project Heads Schwameder, Hermann ;  Seemann, Wolfgang )
• P01 - Multimodal Interaction and Dialog (Project Head Waibel, Alexander )
• P02 - Interactive Multimodal Exploration (Project Heads Beyerer, Jürgen ;  Kroschel, Kristian ;  Stiefelhagen, Rainer )
• P03 - Akustische Szenenanalyse (Project Head Kroschel, Kristian )
• P04 - Situation and Intention Recognition (Project Heads Hanebeck, Uwe D. ;  Stiefelhagen, Rainer )
• R01 - System Integration, Sensorimotor Coordination and Task Execution (Project Heads Asfour, Tamim ;  Dillmann, Rüdiger ;  Henkel, Jörg )
• R02 - Whole-Body Control (Project Heads Kuntze, Helge-Björn ;  Mikut, Ralf )
• R03 - Touching and Grasping (Project Heads Bretthauer, Georg ;  Schulz, Stefan ;  Wörn, Heinz )
• R04 - Sensitive Haut und haptische Sensoren zur Unterstützung der sicheren Mensch-Maschine-Kooperation (Project Heads Burghart, Catharina R. ;  Wörn, Heinz )
• R05 - Entwicklung und Einsatz von Methoden und Werkzeugen zum Konzipieren, Entwerfen und Optimieren humanoider Robotersysteme (Project Head Albers, Albert )
• R06 - Body Balancing for Humanoid Robots (Project Heads Asfour, Tamim ;  Schulz, Stefan )
• Z01 - Zentrale Aufgaben des Sonderforschungsbereichs (Project Heads Dillmann, Rüdiger ;  Steinhaus, Peter )
• Z02 - Production Preparation and Assembling of the Demonstrators (Project Head Burger, Wolfgang )
• Ö - Inside Science (Project Head Robertson-von Trotha, Caroline Y. )

• Applicant Institution: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ; Campus Süd (aufgelöst)
• Participating Institution: FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik; Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung IOSB; Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Dillmann