National Robotics Initiative Robot Planning in the Real World: Research Challenges and Opportunities Satyandra K. Gupta Program Director Robust Intelligence National Robotics Initiative Division of Information and Intelligent Systems National Science Foundation

Relevant NSF Programs National Robotics Initiative Robust Intelligence

Opportunity #1: Integrating Planning at Multiple Levels of Abstractions Mission Planning Task Planning Path Planning Coverage Planning Trajectory Planning Gait Planning Grasp Planning ….

Opportunity #2: Perception and Planning Integration Perception system performance varies over the workspace Planning has to consider capabilities of the perception system and exploit it

Opportunity #3: Learning and Planning Integration Planning need to include learning and improve performance Learning from demonstrations Reusable plan fragments

Opportunity #4: Human Intention Aware Planning Robots interact with other humans in the environment Planning needs to consider intentions of humans in the environments

Workshop Goals Develop a shared understanding of what are the open problems in robotics planning area Develop a strategy to make progress

Anticipated Outcome Publicly accessible workshop report that can be cited by the community Target deadline: November 30th