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Page 1: in Humanoids for Research – Rodolphe Gelin · Aldebaran Robotics in a nutshell • Founded in 2005, based in Paris, •Sales operations in Boston, Osaka & Shanghai • Goal : humanoid

Recent developments in Humanoids for Education and Research – Rodolphe Gelin

ICRA 2011 – A New Generation of Educational Robots

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Introducing NAO in Education 

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Robotics : a huge market for the 21st Century

ROBOTS helping the well being of humanity

Millions of jobs in the countries producing robots (hardware, software and services)…

…we need to train the next generation!

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A progressive dissatisfaction for scientist discipline Education & Technology are challenging

EXPLORE AND ACCESS NEW FIELDS OF RESEARCHGENERATE AND TRANSMIT KNOWLEDGE

MERGE SUBJECTS

Why robots in Education?

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Aldebaran Robotics in a nutshell

• Founded in 2005, based in Paris, 

•Sales operations in Boston, Osaka & Shanghai

• Goal : humanoid robots for

‐ Research and Education

‐ Personal Assistance,

• 1500 NAOs in operations in 35 countries

• World Leader in BtoB Humanoid robotics

• 120+ employees

• Founded in 2005, based in Paris, 

•Sales operations in Boston, Osaka & Shanghai

• Goal : humanoid robots for

‐ Research and Education

‐ Personal Assistance,

• 1500 NAOs in operations in 35 countries

• World Leader in BtoB Humanoid robotics

• 120+ employees

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The NAO Community1500 robots sold to about 400 universities and labs, about 50% are using NAO for Education.

Universität of Berlin, FreiburgUniversity of Maastricht

INRIA OrsayUniversity of Wales

Lockeed MartinNASA

Bar Ilan UniversityCarnegie Mellon

HarvardBrown University

KAISTCHINA University of Science and TechnologyTokyo UniversityTsukuba UniversityNational Institute of Astrophysics

Bar Ilan University

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WiFiEthernet/USB

APP STORE

WiFiEthernet

What is NAO? Smart Robot + innovative software + Apps store

Powerful control software

ApplicationsDatabase

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Programming : Choregraphe

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• 35 people• Subjects

– Mechatronics (actuators, power supply, transmission,…)– Control (locomotion, whole body motion)– Speech recognition– Localization and navigation– Grasping– Image processing : objects, faces, gestures…– Vision based control– Learning– Reasoning

• Collaborative projects– ANR (GVLEX, YOJI, RASPO)– FUI (Romeo)– FEDER (Juliette)– Europe (Feelix Growing, HumaVips, Echord : Graspy, Babir)

Research and Development at Aldebaran

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The new development on NAO’s hats

Hokuyo laser range finder Microsoft Kinect ACER Pico‐projector Asus Primesense

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First application of the pico‐projector : education

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NAO in Education

COMMUNICATIONSKILLS

SCIENTIFICPROCESS

PROJECTMANAGEMENT

INTERDISPLINARY PROJECTS

TEAM WORKPROGRAMMING

ROBOTICS

COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING

PHYSICS MATHEMATICS

SCIENCE

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Vision

Multimodal fusionAudio

TrackingPerception

MOVING

CONTROLLING

BEING AUTONOMOUS

INTERACTING

SENSING

THINKING

Exploring Sciences with Humanoids

Autonomy

LocalizationEmbedded SoftwareNavigationPlanningMapping

Human-Robot InteractionCooperation (SWARM…)Learning Social Robotics

PsychologyHealthcare

Manipulation grasping

ControlWhole Body

Motion

AICognition

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RoboCup: Sport is good for students

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NAO in Education: more than robotics

‐Programming‐Vision & audio processing

Computer Sciences

‐Game theory‐Human‐robot interaction

Social sciences

‐Basic principles of physics‐Mathematics

Sciences: Physics & Mathematics

Robotics is a multi‐disciplinary science involving many subjects and levels

‐Mechanical Engineering‐Electronics

Engineering

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For every level

MULTI‐TEACHING Physics, Coding & Project Management at the same time! MULTI‐LEVELWhatever your level in coding, you can program NAOMULTI‐USESLectures assistant, Lab sessions tool, projects, etc…

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• Mechanical Engineering:– Solidworks files of the left arm and right leg to discover NAO’s internal conception– Explain the concept of Torque and the relationship between torque, power and energy

• Electronics:– Control & Automatism using our motion APIs or Choregraphe– Telepathe to see sensors and motors actions (current variations for 

instance)

• NAO’s architecture:– Teach how a robot is built using NAO’s example: mechanical parts, 

communication buses, firmware and software framework

Engineering Education with NAO

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• Programming– Teach basic programming principles (the NAO‐turtle programming) or advanced topics 

(embedded, task planning and scheduling, real‐time)

• Vision & audio processing:– Calculate the distance of a human according the size of the face– Create a line follower module– Extract the BPM and make Nao dance in rhythm

Computer Sciences with NAO

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‐ Game theory in the fields of political science, social psychology, etc.‐ Teach various forms of strategies, equilibrium or games with NAO as the 

animator

‐ Human‐robot interaction:‐ How to express body emotions?

‐ How to interact with a human?

‐ How to teach ethics to a robot?

Social Sciences with NAO

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• Basic principles of physics– Light spectrum: use NAO’s camera to see “invisible” lights

– Waves: teach the concepts of diffraction and reflection of ultrasounds waves

• Mathematics:– From trigonometry (Sound localization) to vector calculus and Jacobian matrix (joint control)

– Show interpolations in action inside Choregraphe and teach the equations behind. 

– Game theory : ask your students to implement algorithms (Nash 

equilibrium for instance) into 2 (or more) NAOs and see the results of 

the different game theories

Sciences Education with NAO

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Educational Partnership Program

Aldebaran Robotics supports the Robotics education development

with the creation of the Educational Partnership Program.

This  program will finance part of selected projects on a win/win basis.

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Program Description

With a system of grants, 

Aldebaran Robotics helps teachers get 

what they need for their ambitious and 

innovative projects

FINANCIAL SUPPORTFINANCIAL SUPPORT

TRAININGTRAINING VISIBILITYVISIBILITY

SUPPORTSUPPORT

Become Ambassadors 

of the Robotic Educational 

Community

Co‐Marketing

Teacher Kits

2‐day training

Step by step tutorials

Examples of class‐room projects

Hot‐line

NAO community

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NAO In Education: Already Reality