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Evolve - Shaping the digital world
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Robots in retail
prof	dr	ir	Bram	Vanderborght		
Brubotics	-	Vrije	Universiteit	Brussel	
BramVDBorght
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Paradox of Moravec
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Societal challenges
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New Markets
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20/05/16
Rehabilita)on	
robo)cs
Social	Robots
Collabora)ve	
robots
Companion

robots
Exoskeletons
Self	healing	
robots
Human-robot	

interac)onBionic	
prosthe)cs
Physical human-robot interaction
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Robots in retail: logistics
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Kiva systems Amazon
Tally
Fetch & Freight
Robots in retail: exoskeletons
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Robots in retail: Delivery
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Starship Technologie Google drone delivery Piaggio robot luggage
Robots in retail: Social interaction
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Social robots mostly used for elderly care and children
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Supervised autonomous interaction
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http://probo.vub.ac.be/HackingKeepon/
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ARCHITECTURE
SOCIAL COGNITIVE CONTROLLER WITH PERSONAL ADAPTATION
Move away from Wizard of Oz testing
▪ Personalized behaviour
▪ Therapist supervision
▪ Scenario-dependence
▪ Platform-independence
IoT + Cloud computation + AI + Robots
Preliminary experiment
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collaboration with Prof Brengman, Prof Willems, De Gauquier
Home robots (robots next app platform)
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Brussels Human Robotic research center
Brubotics
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BruBo%cs	
Human	
Physiology	
Rehalita%on	
Research	
Robot	
engineering	
Industrial	
Engineers	
Electronics	&	
Informa%cs	
Ar%ficial	
Intelligence	
Belgian	
Ageing	
Studies	
Studies	on	
media	&	
technology		
Truly multidisciplinary
Where	does	the	human	body	need	assistance?	
How	effec%ve	is	robo,c	
rehabilita,on?	
Can	we	develop	
novel	robots?	
Can	we	build	robots	for	
challenging	environments?	
Can	robots	be	used	to	improve	our	
health?	
Can	we	make	robots	
‘smart’?	
How	can	robots	help	
older	people?	
How	can	we	help	society	
and	businesses	deal	with	
the	many	changes?
Conclusion
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• Robots	will	be	ubiquitous,	so	will	also	impact	retail	sector	
• Still	several	technological	challenges,	but	experiments	possible	
• Still	a	big	novelty	effect	
• Companies	need	to	prepare	themselves	
• Human	centered	approach	
• Solve	research	challenges	in	a	multidisciplinary	approach	

		(www.brubotics.eu)
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Interdisciplinarity is crucial

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