1. iCat Research Platform research platform for human-robot interaction June 2005 robotics@philips.com June 2005 robotics@philips.com Customer presentation

2. 2 Research Topics Hello iCat! iCat Research Platform Benchmarking Concluding remarks

3. 3 Research iCat – user interface robot Desktop model user-interface robot with mechanically rendered face Purpose: studying social human-robot interaction Our goal: building international research community Our expertise: –Robot middleware –Animated robots –Human-robot interaction iCat

4. 4 Research Topics Hello iCat! iCat Research Platform Benchmarking Concluding remarks

5. 5 Research What is the iCat Research Platform? user-interface robot community support software

6. 6 Research iCat user-interface robot USB iCat Laptop/PC

7. 7 Research iCat user-interface robot

8. 8 Research iCat user-interface robot 11x RC servos

9. 9 Research iCat user-interface robot 11x RC servos 2x DC motors

10. 10 Research iCat user-interface robot 11x RC servos 2x DC motors 4x RGB LEDs 4x capacitive touch sensors

11. 11 Research iCat user-interface robot 11x RC servos 2x DC motors 4x RGB LEDs 4x capacitive touch sensors 1x USB webcam

12. 12 Research iCat user-interface robot 11x RC servos 2x DC motors 4x RGB LEDs 4x capacitive touch sensors 1x USB webcam 1x loudspeaker

13. 13 Research iCat user-interface robot 11x RC servos 2x DC motors 4x RGB LEDs 4x capacitive touch sensors 1x USB webcam 1x loudspeaker 2x microphones

14. 14 Research iCat user-interface robot 11x RC servos 2x DC motors 4x RGB LEDs 4x capacitive touch sensors 1x USB webcam 1x loudspeaker 2x microphones 1x USB soundcard

15. 15 Research iCat user-interface robot 11x RC servos 2x DC motors 4x RGB LEDs 4x capacitive touch sensors 1x USB webcam 1x loudspeaker 2x microphones 1x USB soundcard 1x IR proximity sensor

16. 16 Research Open Platform for Personal Robotics Open Platform for Personal Robotics ConnectivityIntelligence AnimationArchitecture Application

17. 17 Research Open Platform for Personal Robotics Architecture Dynamic Module Library (DML) Share software components Easy integration Easy distribution

18. 18 Research Open Platform for Personal Robotics Animation Animation Editor Animation Engine

19. 19 Research Open Platform for Personal Robotics Intelligence Scripting Engine -- creates DML module port DML:CreatePort ('Input', 'inputportbufferedstring', 1, -1, 'push', 'NewData()'); -- callback function for inputport function NewData() -- read data from input port data = Input:Receive () -- loop until buffer of port is empty while data ~= nil do print (data) data = Input:Receive () end

20. 20 Research Open Platform for Personal Robotics Connectivity Sockets Email RS232

21. 21 Research International research community Open environment for research & innovation Community includes members from international universities and research laboratories Research topics include –robot middleware and services –human-robot interaction & collaboration –smart sensors and actuators Community infrastructure –website –organize events

22. 22 Research Topics Hello iCat! iCat Research Platform Benchmarking Concluding remarks

23. 23 Research Benchmarking AIBO - SonyPaPeRo - NEC Emiew - Hitachi Ifbot - BDLMiro - FujitsuAsimo - Honda

24. 24 Research Benchmarking iCat - Philips

25. 25 Research Topics iCat – user interface robot iCat Research Platform Benchmarking Concluding remarks

26. 26 Research Concluding remarks Limited edition will be made available in 2005 iCat is the only available research platform capable of mechanically rendering facial expressions Shipping starts in Q3 2005 Place orders at robotics@philips.com http://www.research.philips.com/robotics