SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE DARPA ROBOTICS CHALLENGE
Journal of Field Robotics JFR
INTRODUCTION
The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) is a world-wide contest focused on
the design and semi-autonomous control of highly dexterous humanoid
robots operating in austere, unstructured environments. The DRC tasks
teams with designing robotic hardware and/or control software to enable
robots to complete challenging, practical tasks such as walking on
uneven terrain, entering and driving a passenger vehicle, climbing a
ladder, opening doors, breaking through barriers, and more. The DRC aims
to spark a significant growth in the technical capabilities of
humanoids, particularly for application to humanitarian, disaster relief
and related operations. More information about the DRC, including a list
of current competitors, is located at
http://www.theroboticschallenge.org/ .
The DRC is similar in spirit to the previous DARPA Grand and Urban
Challenge autonomous vehicle races, which received world-wide attention
and sparked major R&D investment in the area of ?self-driving cars,? a
topic with broad commercial and societal implications.
The DRC is structured in three stages: an initial simulation-based
?virtual challenge,? held in June, 2013, followed by the DARPA Robotics
Challenge Trials in December, 2013, and concluding with the DARPA
Robotics Challenge Finals in December, 2014.
AIM OF SPECIAL ISSUE
This special issue aims to serve as a scientific repository of
developments by DRC competitors, describing their innovative
developments in hardware and software design and development.
Contributors are encouraged to broadly describe their approaches to
competing in the DRC, including description of field testing and contest
results, and analysis of lessons learned. While treatment of detailed
topics is also welcome (e.g. design of a novel mechanism, or control
algorithm), all contributions should include experimental results
derived from practical implementations.
* Note that this special issue will focus on reports from the DRC Trials
(to be held in December, 2013). A future special issue will focus on
results from the DRC Finals (to be held in December, 2014). *
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- System architectures (both hardware and software)
- Detailed hardware design solutions
- Supervisory control architectures and algorithms for guiding high-DOF
systems
- Feedback control methods for mobility over uneven terrain, grasping,
and manipulation
- Low-bandwidth communication methods
- Novel robotic sensory approaches, and methods for providing sensory
feedback to the human operator
- Human factors considerations, and operator interface design approaches
- Ethical considerations and implications of robotics for disaster relief
- Experimental testing methodologies, and analysis of results from field
trials
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS
This special issue will feature a foreword by DARPA Program Manager and
DRC Director, Dr. Gill Pratt, along with commentary from outside experts
including Dr. Robin Murphy, director of the Center for Robot-Assisted
Search and Rescue at Texas A&M University, and Dr. Yoshihiko Nakamura,
Professor at the University of Tokyo.
IMPORTANT DATES
- June, 2013 -- DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge
- December, 2013 -- DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials
* December, 2013 -- Paper submission opening
* March 1, 2014 -- Paper submission deadline
- May 1, 2014 -- Notification of review results
- July 1, 2014 -- Final manuscript deadline
- September 1, 2014 -- Target publication date
SPECIAL ISSUE CO-EDITORS
- Karl Iagnemma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
(corresponding co-editor:
kdi@mit.edu)
- James Overholt, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
- Yoshihiko Nakamura, University of Tokyo, Japan
JOURNAL OF FIELD ROBOTICS EDITOR
- Sanjiv Singh, Carnegie Mellon University
For further information about the aims and scope of the JFR, see:
http://www.journalfieldrobotics.org/Home.html
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Karl Iagnemma, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Robotic Mobility Group
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave., Room 35-237a
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
tel: (617) 452-3262 fax: (617) 253-1556
email:
kdi@mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/mobility
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