Research Project
CoHORT
Cooperative Human Operations with Robot Teams
Research Team
Lead Researchers:
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Prof. Amiel Hartman, ME
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Dr. Barry Ridge, CS
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Mr. Subhobrata Chakraborty, CS
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Dr. Nhut Ho, ME
Collaborators:
- Dr. Jean-Pierre de la Croix, JPL
Student Team:
- Hariet Yousefi, ME
Funding
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SYNOPSIS
- Cooperative Human Operations with Robot Teams (CoHORT) is inspired by the NASA JPL CADRE rover system
- Develop hardware and software of compact rover teams for
autonomous exploration tasks - Investigate human and robot team interaction
Research Questions and Research Objectives
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Research resilient system architecture design for scalable multi-robot teaming and autonomous task allocation
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Mechatronic design of compact rover hardware and electronics integration
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Software development integrating robot vision and state estimation for autonomous navigation
Research Methods
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Collaborate with other robotics research projects at ARCS, including CAESARR, CART, and WATCHER for autonomous navigation software stack development
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Use software simulation environment for testing multi-robot autonomous navigation behavior and performance scalability of the system
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Field test state estimation and robot vision software on physical rover, followed by robot team autonomous navigation testing
Research Results and Deliverables
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State estimation software development for unmanned ground vehicles combining visual and inertial odometry
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Stereo vision sensor integration for mapping and visual odometry
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Rover model integrated into simulation environment for performance and scalability testing metrics
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Multiple rover platforms for system field testing
Commercialization Opportunities
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Application: Automated guided vehicles (AGV), remote exploration and inspection
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Key Values: Material transport with reduced human oversight, human robot teaming
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Potential Customers: Warehouses, mining search and rescue, manufacturing
Research Timeline
Start Date:
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Lead Researchers:
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Prof. Amiel Hartman, ME
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Dr. Barry Ridge, CS
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Mr. Subhobrata Chakraborty, CS
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Dr. Nhut Ho, ME
Collaborators:
- Dr. Jean-Pierre de la Croix, JPL
Student Team:
- Hariet Yousefi, ME
Funding
- Funding Organization:
- Funding Program: