International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, AbuDabi 2024
The Platonics won the euROBIN Manipulation Skill Versatility Challenge
The team from TU Delft won the competition with their innovative approach to the challenge using the Franka Emika Panda robot. The human friendly controller and approach to robot teaching allowed to quickly adapt to skill to unknown tasks live during the competition. The team proposed a novel approach to increase reliability of the skill execution by combining vision, tactile and proproceptive sensing while being able to adapt to different tasks thanks to human demonstrations and corrections.
About the competition
Robotics and automation promise to alleviate repetitive, dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks but often require an expertly engineered deployment to operate in the real-world. Versatile skills allow machines to operate autonomously and for longer periods allowing them to adapt to unforeseen situations which are currently resolved with direct human assistance or teleoperation. If we can program robots to solve problems by leveraging their previous experience, they can operate more independently and potentially be more effective. What should the core curriculum for robots to be successful in the real-world? This is what this event seeks to find out.