Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Autonomous Quadrupedal Robots: Adaptable To The Unpredictable.

People Involved

Project Description

In controlled settings such as factories, robots are able to achieve many tasks efficiently and accurately. However, it is still a challenge to design robots that operate in unstructured, dynamic and outdoor environments without human supervision (i.e. are not remote-controlled). In such settings, \textit{unpredictable changes} can occur that can render the \textit{robot ineffective at best} and in the worst case, useless.
Robots must therefore be able to \textit{autonomously adapt} previously learned behaviours to new tasks and settings if they are to be exploited in more challenging environments. Using a quadrupedal mobile robot the size of a small dog, the goal of this project is to identify the weaknesses in current state-of-the-art learning methods in this setting, using a mixture of simulation and physical testing, and then evaluate potential solutions. This will lay the foundations for a future ambitious proposal to EPRSC in conjunction with a team of ecologists that proposes to utilise robots in the wild for long-term monitoring and conservation activity in Scotland.

Status Project Live
Funder(s) Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
Value £14,951.00
Project Dates May 1, 2024 - Sep 30, 2024



You might also like

FOCAS

FOCAS Jan 1, 2013 - Feb 28, 2016
FOCAS is a coordination action in the area of collective adaptive systems. It provides increased visibility to the research carried out by projects funded by the FOCAS FET Proactive Initiative and others in research fields related to collective adapt... Read More about FOCAS.

Ensembles for Optimisation Sep 1, 2015 - Aug 31, 2016
Optimisation – finding cost-effective or high-performing solutions - is a key economic driver for business today. However, academic literature on search-based optimisation techniques reflects an escalating arms race to produce highly specialized algo... Read More about Ensembles for Optimisation.

SIGNAL

SIGNAL Oct 1, 2001 - Dec 31, 2004
This is an EU-funded research project to develop basic methodologies and principles of systemic intelligence for artefacts such as robots that will be capable of steadily growing their knowledge through continued experience. The project involves four... Read More about SIGNAL.