Evolution 4.0 Ir. Dr. C.J.M. (Chris) Verhoeven

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1 Evolution 4.0 Ir. Dr. C.J.M. (Chris) Verhoeven Associate Professor TU Delft Robotics Institute / Theme leader Swarm Robots TU Delft Space Institute / Theme leader Space Robots TU Delft Faculty of Aerospace Engineering / Dept. Space Engineering TU Delft Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science/ Dept. Micro Electronics

2 TU DELFT ROBOTICS INSTITUTE Robots that work Swarm Robots Interactive robots Under water robots (Planetary) Rovers Micro drones Sounding rockets Nano-satellites

3 Prion Virus DNA 1 2 Evolution 4.0? 1-cell organism Multi-cell organism Creative and Independent Thinking 3 4 Intelligent Design time Prion credits: AJ Cann, Virus credits: Virus VIH by CSIC, DNA Credits: E. coli Bacteria credits: NIAID, Fat cat credits: 紫流,cStudying credits: mer chau

4 Robots are animals Electroids Faster : Stronger : Telepathic : Electronic nervous system Electric muscles Radio contact 4 Evolution

5 Faster : Stronger : Telepathic : Electronic nervous system Electric muscles Radio contact

6 (Photo: Clinton Hussy/NASA) 42 Data Correlation Information

7 (Photo: Clinton Hussy/NASA) Correlation Big Data makes the future predictable

8 Faster Know all : there Electronic is to knownervous system Stronger See all correlations : Electric muscles Telepathic Excellent Fortune : Radio tellers contact

9 Robots share information worldwide We will own behavior and share hardware Every robot can be your robot It s me It s me s10.thisnext.com

10 Robots Omnipotent Big Data Tip of the iceberg Omniscient Internet Of Things Omnipresent The Robotic Trinity

11 Impact

12 Robots are animals Autonomous drone Autonomous car Autonomous truck Not in control but in command Autonomy is normal

13 Robots are animals We have always been in command Autonomy is normal Shepherd by Nick Amoscato

14 We have always been in command Autonomy is normal

15 if (person == OLD_LADY) then {kill(old_lady);} else {kill(me);} if ( #OLD_LADIES_KILLED < 5 ) then {kill(old_lady);} else {kill(me);} B A

16 Today

17 More expensive car with autonomous collision avoidance Normal less expensive car

18 Autonomous systems make cars safer be forced to Should you choose a more expensive car with autonomous collision avoidance system?

19 Tomorrow

20 Excellent Fortune Teller (the car) Autonomous cars are Robots share information worldwide safer than horses

21 Autonomy is a solution not a problem

22 Photo: Ed Dunens Photo: Brook Ward Not in control but in command Autonomy is normal

23 Robots share information worldwide Every car becomes your car Every car is used to you You are an experienced team Not in control but in command Autonomy is normal First Contact

24 You are an experienced team

25 Will the robots take your job? You are an experienced team

26 So you will keep your job? You are an experienced team

27 Robots change jobs for the better! Every robot is used to you Every robot becomes your robot You are an experienced team

28 First contact

29 Autonomous drones

30 Actors Credit: Jacom Stephens E+ Getty Images

31 Faster : Stronger : Telepathic : Credit: Jacom Stephens E+ Getty Images Electronic nervous system Electric muscles Radio contact Know all there is to know Autonomous drones, safer than birds Fully autonomous drones will safely avoid aircraft See correlations Excellent Fortune tellers Humans must leave the control loop Humans must stay in command

32 Autonomous drones, safer than birds Humans must leave the control loop Humans must stay in command

33 Full drone eco system Autonomous drones, safer than birds Robots are animals Team of small birds chases falcon away

34 Full drone eco system Autonomous drones, safer than birds Robots are animals Not in control but in command Team of small birds drones chases falcon trespasser away away First Contact

35 Intelligence

36 Inspiration Autonomous Self-propelled sensor system that becomes effective by cooperation with little processing power Credits Wasp: AJ Marx (Flickr)

37 Intelligence? with little processing power

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39 How smart stupid must can it be? No ``thinking`` Limited repertoire No persistence No helping (on purpose), no help expected Use the large number advantage

40 Primitive behavior 1. Identify target 2. Move towards target

41 Intelligent behavior 1. Identify target 2. Estimate: a) Target speed b) Target direction c) Distance to target 3. Plan trajectory

42 Simple rules 1. Identify target 2. Keep target at same pixels Credits Guido de Croon

43 Simple rules 1. Identify target 2. Keep target at same pixels Credits Guido de Croon

44 Primitive behavior with well selected simple rules

45 4-grams stereo vision system 20 grams DelFly Explorer

46 S. Tijmons, G. C. H. E. de Croon, B. D. W. Remes, C. De Wagter and M. Mulder, "Obstacle Avoidance Strategy using Onboard Stereo Vision on a Flapping Wing MAV, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 33, no. 4, pp , Aug

47 Inspiration Autonomous Self-propelled sensor systems with well selected simple rules that become effective by cooperation Credits Wasp: AJ Marx (Flickr)

48 Inspiration Autonomous Self-propelled sensor systems with well selected simple rules that become effective by cooperation Credits Wasp: AJ Marx (Flickr)

49 Swarm Omnipresent Self-deploying network Indestructible Redundant Self repairing

50 3 grams DelFly Micro

51 Silicon Nanowire (SiNW) Based Devices for Gas-Phase Sensing Nanowire thin-film transistors on plastic Silicon Nanowire Based Devices for Gas-Phase Sensing Anping Cao, Ernst J.R. Sudhölter and Louis C.P.M. de Smet * Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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53 Self-deploying, self-repairing fire sensor swarm

54 0 Potential field navigation Not to a location, but to an event User 2 3 The swarm robots are not aware of the global situation

55 Self-organization Drone rule 1 No packages here Drone rule 2 No empty carriers here Drone rule 3 No full carriers here Drone rule 4 No empty boxes here Carrier rule 1 No full carriers here The swarm robots are not aware of the global situation Carrier rule 2 No empty carriers here

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57 Self-organizing logistic swarm Simple rules No coordination No infrastructure Complex swarm behavior Scalable

58 Scalable Omnipresent Self-deploying robotic network Indestructible Redundant Self repairing

59 Conclusions Robots change jobs for the better!