Robots to the Rescue (feat. MDS robot Nexi)

The Personal Robots group presents a scenario demonstrating mixed-initiative human-robot teaming for disaster response. The humanoid robot Nexi and a team of robot helicopters are deployed in response to a simulated fire aboard a Navy ship. Working together with a remote human operator, the robots search for survivors and guide them to safety. A mixed-initiative tasking system allows the human operator to specify team goals via a tasking interface, and also allows goals to be generated by the robots as a result of local observations and interactions with victims.

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MIT's Nexi MDS Robot

MIT's Nexi MDS Robot More info: http://robotic.media.mit.edu/projects/robots/mds/overview/overview.html

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MIT's Nexi MDS Robot: First Test of Expression

This video shows an initial test of the MDS (Mobile Dexterous Social) Robot designed
and built in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab's Personal Robots Group, UMASS Amherst's Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics, Xitome Design, and Meka Robotics. It illustrates the robot's expressive range of movement using scripted animations and pre-recorded speech.

For more information see http://robotic.media.mit.edu

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