09.12.2021 – Innovative Research Discussion

Meeting on the 9th of December 2021

Location: Chair of CPS

Date & Time: 9th Dec. 2021, 1pm to 1.30pm

Participants: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Elmar Rueckert, Linus Nwankwo, M.Sc.

Agenda

1. Discussion of the research progress
2. Discussion of related literature for robot intention communication and human robot interaction

Topic 1: Robot Intention Communication and Human Robot Interaction

1. Study the given literature to identify the areas of possible improvement
2. Investigate the integration of LED projector for robot intention communication to humans
3. Implement a visual signal algorithm to communicate the robot’s intention and direction of motion to humans

Topic 2: Probabilistic SLAM

1.  Review the  AMCL approach to track the pose of our robot against the map of the environment while mapping.
2.  Design a SLAM algorithm based on the probabilistic framework and evaluate the performance in terms of loop closure detection, accurate pose estimation and computational cost.

Future Steps

Integrate deep Learning approach with Faster R-CNN model to:

• detect for example if the person interacting with robot is wearing a face mask
• classify the face mask worn based on the recommended or not

Next Meeting

Yet to be scheduled