Robotics
Goal and motivation for robotics at IMS Lab
Robots are developed for the improvement of quality of our lives. Human-Robot Collaboration encompasses developing usable robots that make our everyday lives easier. Collaborative robots share their autonomy with human partners, thus improving the efficiency and quality of work in areas such as flexible manufacturing, logistics, domestic assistance, healthcare, and teleoperation in hazardous environments. We have extensive experience in research and technology of every aspect of robotics: designing electronics, mechanical engineering, software development, system integration, device building, education and training.
Highlights
- TeMoto, a highly intuitive telerobotics platform,
- omnidirectional robotont platform for education and research in ROS,
- Fits.me shape-changing mannequin,
- Self-deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE),
- Massive open online course (MOOC) about robotics in Estonia (https://sisu.ut.ee/robot).
Capabilities
Tools we use
- ROS
- LabVIEW,
- C++
Equipment
Our inventory includes but is not limited to:
- KUKA youBot
- Universal Robot UR5
- Franka Emika Panda
- SoftBank Pepper
- Kinova 3-finger gripper
- robotont
- OSVR
- Oculus Rift
- Intel RealSense, Kinect, Leap Motion Controller
Skills
- Hardware integration
- Software engineering
- Electronics design
- Full system development
- ROS and engineering trainings
Primary contact
Student projects
We always welcome new motivated students who are interested in robotics to join our lab. We offer student projects on the following general topics:
- intuitive teleoperation interfaces,
- collaborative robotics for flexible manufacturing,
- autonomous ground vehicles,
- robotics education.
A full list of potential student projects in robotics can be found here.
Porfolio
Selected projects
- TeMoto - intuitive telerobotics solutions for hazardous environments (in collaboration with the Nuclear and Applied Robotics Group at UT-Austin)
- robotont - educational open source mobile robot
- Self-deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE)
Selected Publications
- Robert Valner, Karl Kruusamäe, Mitch Pryor (2018) TeMoto: Intuitive Multi-Range Telerobotic System with Natural Gestural and Verbal Instruction Interface, Robotics 7(1), 9.
- Veiko Vunder, Robert Valner, Conor McMahon, Karl Kruusamäe, Mitch Pryor (2018) Improved Situational Awareness in ROS using Panospheric Vision and Virtual Reality, 2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI), 471 - 477.
- Andrew Sharp, Karl Kruusamäe, Ben Ebersole, Mitch Pryor (2017) Semiautonomous dual-arm mobile manipulator system with intuitive supervisory user interfaces, 2017 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO).
- Karl Kruusamäe, Mitch Pryor (2016) High-precision telerobot with human-centered variable perspective and scalable gestural interface, 2016 9th International Conference on Human System Interactions (HSI), 190-196.
Outreach
- Massive open online course (MOOC) about robotics in Estonia (https://sisu.ut.ee/robot).
- School Robotics