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Previous high school internships at Air Force Research Labs at Tyndall Air Force Base in her hometown of Panama City, Florida, sparked her love of science, but work on the Pyrocopter project, a robotic helicopter that shot flaming paint balls in order to do controlled burns in forest areas, ignited her interest in robotics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs an undergraduate computer engineering major, English joined the Opportunity Research Scholars (ORS) program in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech. The ORS program is an academic enrichment program that matches two or three undergraduate ECE students with a Ph.D. mentor. Undergraduate students broaden on their coursework and apply their skills to real research projects under the guidance of a faculty advisor and graduate mentor during the course of their studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlready fascinated by robotics and space applications from her work at Tyndall, English chose an ORS project in Professor Ayanna Howard\u2019s lab. Her team developed software that allowed a robot to create high-definition topographic maps of Mars and other locations where GPS isn\u2019t an option. When English decided to attend graduate school, the in-depth research under Howard\u2019s tutelage caused her to narrow her focus to robotics, in particular rehabilitative and assistive robotics\u2014a specialization of Professor Howard\u2019s, who now serves as English\u2019s Ph.D. advisor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow English\u2019s graduate research is an ORS project and she is mentoring a fresh new crop of ECE undergraduates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen I was an undergraduate, I benefitted greatly from the ORS program. I was exposed to research in academia for the first time; received guidance with classes, research, and scholarships from my mentor; completed my first publication in an IEEE conference; and got a sneak peek into the life of a graduate student. I decided to become an ORS mentor in order to give similar opportunities to other undergraduate students,\u201d English said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer team, consisting of computer engineering major Jennifer Hunter, and electrical engineering majors Jonathan Tuck and Gueorgui Tzintzarov, recently attended the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Conference where they were finalists in the Student Design Competition for their Robotic Exoskeleton and Tablet Gaming Suite device.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis was an excellent experience for the undergraduates, because it awarded them a publication, experience presenting at a conference, and networking opportunities with other experts in the field,\u201d English said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir wearable device, which fits over the wrist and arm and pairs with an interactive game on a tablet, facilitates physical therapy for patients with limited motor function. It also makes therapy more fun for patients that need to regain strength in their wrists and hands\u2014a key factor in perceived quality of life\u2014allowing them to do exercises at home and keeping them engaged for longer than traditional physical therapy sessions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile wearable robotic prosthetics exist for use in rehabilitation, English\u2019s technology takes them to a new level. Hers is the first solution that is available in more sizes than the current one-size-fits-all wearable that is only effectively used by the average adult male. Because the device\u2019s exoskeleton is 3-D printed, it can be sized for all types of patients, including children. In the future, the hope is that a medical professional can input specific measurements and print out a customized exoskeleton for each user.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile participation in ORS has afforded the undergraduates unique opportunities in the world of research, English has also benefitted. Each student took an active, hands-on role in the research. Tuck and Tzintzarov used Solidworks software to design the exoskeletons and printed them in the Invention Studio. Hunter used Java and Android Studio to develop two interactive games, Robo Blaster and Robo Rock \u2018n Roll, that pair with the devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs an ORS Ph.D. mentor, I wanted to give back and give undergraduates some of the same opportunities I had. It turns out that having these students on my research team has been invaluable. They each brought a unique perspective and specific skills to the table. I only hope I\u2019ve taught them as much as they have taught me,\u201d English said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs an undergraduate computer engineering major, English joined the Opportunity Research Scholars (ORS) program. 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Current AI models for games have a limited number of scenarios, no matter what a player chooses. They depend on a dataset already programmed into a model by experts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EUsing the Georgia Tech approach, one might imagine a Star Wars game using online fan fiction to let the AI system generate countless paths for a player to take.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u201cOur open interactive narrative system learns genre models from crowdsourced example stories so that the player can perform different actions and still receive a coherent story experience,\u201d says Mark Riedl, lead investigator and associate professor of interactive computing at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EA \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=znqw17aOrCs\u0026amp;feature=youtu.be\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etest of the AI system\u003C\/a\u003E, called Scheherazade IF (Interactive Fiction) -- a reference to the fabled Arabic queen and storyteller \u2013 showed that it can achieve near human-level authoring.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cWhen enough data is available and that data sufficiently covers all aspects of the game experience, the system was able to meet or come close to meeting human performance in creating a playable story,\u201d says Riedl.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EThe researchers evaluated the AI system by measuring the number of \u201ccommonsense\u201d errors (e.g. scenes out of sequence) found by players, as well as players\u2019 subjective experiences for things such as enjoyment and coherence of story. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EThree test groups played through two interactive stories \u2013 a bank robbery and a date to the movies \u2013 in order to measure performance of three narrative generators: the AI story generator, a human-programmed generator or a random story generator.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EFor the bank robbery story, the AI system performed identically to the human-programmed generator in terms of errors reported by players, with a median of three each. The random generator produced a median of 12.5 errors reported.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EFor the movie date scenario, the median values of errors reported were three (human), five (AI) and 15 (random). This shows the AI system performing at 83.3 percent of the human-programmed generator.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EAs for the play experience itself, the human and AI generators compared favorably for coherence, player involvement, enjoyment and story recognition.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EThe creators say that they are seeking to inject more creative scenarios into the system. Right now, the AI plays it safe with the crowdsourced content, producing what one might expect in different genres. But opportunities exist to train Scheherazade (just like its namesake implies) to surprise and immerse those in future interactive experiences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EThe impact of this research can support not only online storytelling for entertainment, but also digital storytelling used in online course education or corporate training.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EThe research paper \u201cCrowdsourcing Open Interactive Narrative\u201d (co-authored by Matthew Guzdial, Brent Harrison, Boyang Li and Mark Riedl)\u0026nbsp;was presented at the 2015 Foundations of Digital Games Conference in Pacific Grove, Calif.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant 1350339. Any conclusions expressed are those of the principal investigator and may not necessarily represent the official views of the NSF.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new artificially intelligent system that crowdsources plots for interactive stories, which are popular in video games and let players choose different branching story options.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new artificially intelligent system that crowdsources plots for interactive stories, which are popular in video games and let players choose different branching story options."}],"uid":"27592","created_gmt":"2015-09-01 11:49:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:29","author":"Joshua Preston","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"443661":{"id":"443661","type":"image","title":"Mark Riedl","body":null,"created":"1449256205","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:10:05","changed":"1475895182","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:02","alt":"Mark Riedl","file":{"fid":"203133","name":"5-mark_riedl.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/5-mark_riedl_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/5-mark_riedl_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7209470,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/5-mark_riedl_0.jpg?itok=T0dyacR8"}}},"media_ids":["443661"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71901","name":"Society and Culture"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoshua Preston\u003Cbr \/\u003EGVU Center, College of Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003E678.231.0787\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jpreston@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"447031":{"#nid":"447031","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Origami Cardboard Could Make Buildings, Furniture, Mini Robots","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2015-09-12 01:45:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:41","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Delta Jacket","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/tech\/gear-and-gadgets\/origami-cardboard-could-make-buildings-furniture-mini-robots-150909.htm","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"667","name":"robotics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"446641":{"#nid":"446641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ayanna Howard Named to The Root 100","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAyanna Howard has been named to The Root 100 2015, a list of 100 African-Americans ages 25 to 45 who are responsible for the year\u2019s most significant moments, movements, and ideas. The Root is the premier news, opinion, and culture website for African-American influencers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHoward placed at #92 on the list and was recognized for her innovations in robotics research and education. She was also lauded for her work as founder and chief technology officer at Zyrobotics, a startup company focused on robotics education and assistive technologies, especially as they relate to children with disabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA faculty member in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) since 2005, Howard holds the Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair in Bioengineering and leads the Human-Automation Systems Lab. 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The graduate program will build on the highly successful multidisciplinary robotics Ph.D. program at Georgia Tech. \u201cWe\u2019re excited about this opportunity to further enhance and grow our world-class educational programs in robotics,\u201d said Kemp, who has served on the robotics Ph.D. program\u2019s leadership team since its inception in 2007.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003EA sampling of these courses include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Interfacing Engineering and Rehabilitation, taught by Trumbower, engages both engineering and clinical students. They will learn equally from clinical experts about their target demographics and the issues they face and from engineering faculty about how robotics can address these challenges. 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This course provides a novel learning approach for this type of collaborative interaction.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; A course on ethics, privacy, and regulations in medicine and biomedical robotics will be offered, where students learn about considerations that must be addressed when designing and deploying robotic systems for health. \u201cWhile engineering students at Tech are required to take ethics courses, certain areas like privacy or statistical analysis have different nuances in the healthcare arena,\u201d said Howard. \u201cFor instance, what does \u2018good\u2019 mean as a healthcare roboticist vs. a traditional roboticist? 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Research reported October 9 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EBioinspiration \u0026amp; Biomimetics\u003C\/em\u003E shows how the design of appendages \u2013 whether legs or wheels \u2013 affects the ability of both robots and animals to cross weak and flowing surfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing an air fluidized bed trackway filled with poppy seeds or glass spheres, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology systematically varied the stiffness of the ground to mimic everything from hard-packed sand to powdery snow. By studying how running lizards, geckos, crabs \u2013 and a robot \u2013 moved through these varying surfaces, they were able to correlate variables such as appendage design with performance across the range of surfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe key measure turned out to be how far legs or wheels penetrated into the surface. What the scientists learned from this systematic study might help future robots avoid getting stuck in loose soil on some distant planet.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou need to know systematically how ground properties affect your performance with wheel shape or leg shape, so you can rationally predict how well your robot will be able to move on the surfaces where you have to travel,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/daniel-goldman\u0022\u003EDan Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWhen the ground gets weak, certain animals seem to still be able to move around independently of the surface properties. We want to understand why.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was supported by National Science Foundation, Army Research Laboratory and Burroughs Wellcome Fund.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor years, Goldman and colleagues have been using trackways filled with granular media to study the locomotion of animals and robots, but in the past, they had used fluidized bed only to set the initial compaction of the media. In this study, however, they used variations in continuous air flow \u2013 introduced through the bottom of the device \u2013 to vary the substrate\u2019s resistance to penetration by a leg or wheel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoldman compares the trackway to the wind tunnels used for aerodynamic studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy varying the air flow, we can create ground that is very, very weak \u2013 so that you sink into it quite easily, like powdery snow, and we can have ground that is very strong, like sand,\u201d he explained. \u201cThis gives us the ability to study the mechanism by which animals and robots either succeed or fail.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing a bio-inspired hexapedal robot known as Sandbot as a physical model, the researchers studied average forward speed as a factor of ground penetration resistance \u2013 the \u201cstiffness\u201d of the sand \u2013 and the frequency of leg movement. The average speed of the robot declined as the increased air flow through the trackway made the surface weaker. Increasing the leg frequency makes the speed decrease more rapidly with increasing air flow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe five animals \u2013 with different body plans and appendage features \u2013 all did better than the robot, with the best performer being a lizard collected in a California desert. The speed of the \u003Cem\u003EC. draconoides\u003C\/em\u003E wasn\u2019t slowed at all as the surface became easier to penetrate, while other animals saw performance losses of between 20 and 50 percent on the loosening surfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe think that this particular lizard is well suited to the variety of terrain because it has these ridiculously long feet and toes,\u201d Goldman said. \u201cThese feet and toes really enable it to maintain high performance and reduce its penetration into the surface over a wide range of substrate conditions. On the other hand, we see animals like ghost crabs that experience a tremendous loss of performance as the substrate changes, something that was surprising to us.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe robot lost 70 percent of its speed even with wheels designed to lighten its pressure on the surface.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESkiers and beachcombers can certainly understand why. As the surface becomes easier for a ski or foot to penetrate, more energy is required to move and forward progress slows. Human and skiers haven\u2019t evolved solutions to that problem, but desert-dwelling creatures have. The research, Goldman says, will help us understand how they do it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe magic for us is how the animals are so good at this,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a clear practical application to this. If you can get the controls and morphology right, you could have a robot that could move anywhere, but you have to know what you are doing under different conditions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the research, Georgia Tech graduate students Feifei Qian and Tingnan Zhang used a terradynamics approach based on resistive force theory to perform numerical simulations of the robots and animals. They found that their model successfully predicted locomotor performance for low resistance granular states.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis work expands the general applicability of our resistive force theory of terradynamics,\u201d said Goldman. \u201cThe resistive force theory, which allows us to compute forces on limbs intruding into the ground, continues to work even in situations where we didn\u2019t think it would work. It expands the applicability of terradynamics to even weaker states of material.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, co-authors include Wyatt Korff from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia, Paul Umbanhowar from Northwest University, and Robert Full from the University of California at Berkeley.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA) under cooperative agreement number W911NF-08-2-0004, and by the National Science Foundation Physics of Living Systems CAREER and Student Research Network and ARO Grant No. W911NF-11-1-0514. Any conclusions or opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the sponsoring agencies.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECITATION: Feifei Qian, et al., \u201cPrinciples of appendage design in robots and animals determining terradynamic performance on flowable ground,\u201d (Bioinspiration \u0026amp; Biomimetics, 2015). \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1088\/1748-3190\/10\/5\/056014\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1088\/1748-3190\/10\/5\/056014\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia 30332-0181 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) (404-894-6986).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHaving a light touch can make a hefty difference in how well animals and robots move across challenging granular surfaces such as snow, sand and leaf litter. 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Jennifer Lawrence stumbled on her way to accept an Oscar. Even \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RQ-3vgLruNI\u0022\u003Erock stars, world leaders and presidential candidates\u003C\/a\u003E have fallen in front of the crowd or completely off stage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ASoCJTYgYB0\u0022\u003EAnd robots can too\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech have identified a way to teach robots how to fall with grace and without serious damage. The work is important as costly robots become more common in manufacturing alongside humans. The skill becomes especially important, too, as robots are sought for health care or domestic tasks \u2013 working near the elderly, injured, children or pets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. graduate Sehoon Ha and Professor Karen Liu developed a new algorithm that tells a robot how to react to a wide variety of falls \u2013 from a single step to recover from a gentle nudge, to a rolling motion that breaks a high-speed fall. As a result, robots can minimize the damage or injury they might cause to themselves or others while falling by learning the best sequence of movements to slow their momentum. The planning algorithm was validated in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/cQ1c_N9ejk8\u0022\u003Ephysics simulation and experimentally tested\u003C\/a\u003E on a BioloidGP humanoid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA fall can potentially cause detrimental damage to the robot and enormous cost to repair,\u201d said Ha, who graduated in summer 2015 and is now a postdoctoral associate at Disney Research Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. \u201cWe believe robots can learn how to fall safely. Our work unified existing research about how to teach robots to fall by giving them a tool to automatically determine the total number of contacts (how many hands shoved it, for example), the order of contacts, and the position and timing of those contacts. All of that impacts the potential of a fall and changes the robot\u2019s response.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the latest finding, Ha builds upon Liu\u2019s previous research that studied \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/cats-and-athletes-teach-robots-to-fall\u0022\u003Ehow cats modify their bodies\u003C\/a\u003E in the midst of a fall. Liu knew from that work that one of the most important factors in a fall is the angle of the landing. She also knew that a well-designed robot has the \u201cbrain\u201d to compute a softer landing, but hadn\u2019t yet optimized the sequence of motions that take place during a fall, like she and Ha were able to do in their latest research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom previous work, we knew a robot had the computational know-how to achieve a softer landing, but it didn\u2019t have the hardware to move quickly enough like a cat,\u201d Liu said. \u201cOur new planning algorithm takes into account the hardware constraints and the capabilities of the robot, and suggests a sequence of contacts so the robot gradually can slow itself down.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow the robots may fall more gracefully than people and possibly cats, too. Imagine that.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research, entitled \u201cMultiple Contact Planning for Minimizing Damage of Humanoid Falls,\u201d was presented this month at the IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Hamburg, Germany.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have identified a way to teach robots how to fall with grace and without serious damage. The new algorithm tells a robot how to react to a wide variety of falls \u2013 from a single step to recover from a gentle nudge, to a rolling motion that breaks a high-speed fall. 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In January 2015, CNN signed an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to share the results of the research. The project is now gaining momentum as researchers shift their focus from evaluating UAV equipment to developing potential protocols for safe operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe issue: Hobbyists can fly drones without FAA oversight as long as the aircraft weighs 55 pounds or less, flies in unpopulated areas, and remains within line of sight of the operator. Yet flying drones for commercial purposes requires review and approval by the FAA. The only way to get a thumbs-up from the FAA is to pursue airworthiness certification (an expensive and complicated process that can take up to a year), or secure a \u201cSection 333 exemption.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA Section 333 exemption allows the FAA to waive the airworthiness requirement as long as the commercial UAV flights are conducted under a number of restrictions. Among these restrictions: Drone operators must notify local aviation authorities two or three days prior to flight \u2014 and operations over people or near airports are off-limits.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSecuring a 333 exemption is doable for the movie industry since obtaining aerial footage can be planned far in advance,\u201d observed Mike Heiges, a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGTRI\u003C\/a\u003E principal research engineer who leads the CNN project. \u201cYet journalists can\u2019t operate under these rules for breaking news and chaotic situations where there may be emergency responders, police helicopters, or the National Guard.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGranted, drones aren\u2019t needed for every news story, but they provide a unique perspective in many situations, said Greg Agvent, senior director of news operations for CNN\/US.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing able to fly over an area after an earthquake or tornado hits would provide a deeper understanding of how widespread the devastation is,\u201d Agvent explained and pointed to the May 12 Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia. \u201cPart of the issue with the accident was the speed going into the curve. The ability to get footage from 200 feet in the air would have presented a better sense of the curve \u2014 context that you simply couldn\u2019t get from the ground.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESafety of news personnel is another benefit of drone journalism, Agvent added. \u201cIn many cases, such as a flood, safety would trump context. We could capture footage of an event without putting our people in harm\u2019s way.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome of the research that comes out of the project will be helpful beyond newsgathering, observed Dave Price, a GTRI senior research technologist working on the project. \u201cCommercial drones are of interest for crop monitoring and inspection of bridges and railroad tracks,\u201d he explained. \u201cRailroads and agriculture agencies will be able see the results of CNN\u2019s camera selection and stabilization systems and take advantage of this for their own applications.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Right Stuff\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the past year, the researchers, including GTRI and CNN staff, have been investigating different UAVs that could carry the type of camera systems journalists need to shoot and transmit aerial footage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s easier said than done. For one thing, the commercial drone industry is in its infancy. Manufacturers come and go, and there aren\u2019t a great number with a long track record. Another challenge is finding the right equipment \u2014 airframes and payloads that match up. \u201cIt\u2019s a trade-off,\u201d Heiges explained. \u201cYou have to factor in size, weight, and power of what you want to put on the aircraft with what the aircraft can carry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFlight times for many commercial drones aren\u2019t long enough for CNN\u2019s purposes, nor is video quality high enough. \u201cTo install a better camera, you need a bigger vehicle for endurance,\u201d Heiges said. \u201cAnd that means stepping up to UAVs that were developed for the military, which dramatically increases price.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTRI has been testing drones since 2006 through the FAA\u2019s certificate of authorization process, which enables public institutions to operate drones in national airspace for research purposes. Currently, GTRI holds 28 certificates of authorization for specific locations in five states. For the project with CNN, GTRI provides pilots to fly the drones in approved areas, plans the flight tests with CNN\u2019s participation, collects data, and prepares reports with recommendations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of CNN\u2019s takeaways from the flight tests: Drone journalism is no one-person show. \u201cIn most cases, especially for live video, you need three people,\u201d Agvent said. This includes a pilot to guide the actions of the UAV and an operator for the camera, which is usually suspended under the drone and sits on gimbals for stabilization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe third person, a spotter, is particularly important in urban areas,\u201d Agvent continued. \u201cThe spotter focuses solely on situational awareness and communicates to the pilot about people and other aircraft that may be in the area. In some cases, you could get by with a two- person team \u2014 a pilot\/cameraman and a spotter \u2014 but a trio is best to ensure both high quality and safety.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvancing to Operational Protocols\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve hit a lot of milestones in the past year,\u201d Agvent said. \u201cNow, we begin to work on the finer points of flight operations and coordinating with air traffic control.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of the FAA\u2019s chief concerns with drones is getting the word out to manned aircraft about a UAV\u2019s presence in the area. The current practice is to file a \u201cnotice to airmen\u201d two or three days in advance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA new technology known as automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) could provide a just-in-time alternative to the notice to airmen. Developed by the FAA, this technology enables aircraft to broadcast their GPS coordinates to anyone in the local air space that has ADS-B, and vice-versa, so the drone operator would be able to see other aircraft.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s like having an air traffic radar map inside your cockpit,\u201d Heiges said. \u201cEven better, unlike conventional radar, ADS-B works all the way to the ground.\u201d That\u2019s important, because, in some situations, journalists may need to cooperate with police helicopters or medical aircraft flying at low altitudes to pick up patients.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeo-fencing technologies, which prevent UAVs from entering airport and other restricted areas, could add another layer of safety, Heiges added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause FAA rules prohibit drones from flying over people, crowd-control issues must also be resolved. For example, are journalists responsible for blocking off the area where they wish to fly drones \u2014 or do they communicate with on-scene commanders to find out where they can operate?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the next few months, GTRI and CNN will meet with regional emergency responders and other stakeholders to address these questions and develop an operational framework. Then GTRI will work with law enforcement agencies to test the procedures at remote locations. \u201cWe\u2019ll hold mock trials and simulate circumstances that would happen in a breaking news situation,\u201d Heiges explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECreating appropriate regulations for various types of UAV flights is important, as the flight landscape has changed dramatically in recent years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen people built radio-controlled airplanes out of balsa wood, they learned the rules for flying and flew aircraft at sanctioned sites,\u201d Heiges said. \u201cYet in the past few years, we now have multi-rotors and quad-rotors with automatic stabilization that don\u2019t require the same skills. People are flying them out of the box without knowing the rules. That can be dangerous if flown beyond visual range. Any significant accident will set back the industry, punishing those who do follow the rules.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven small drones could cause a helicopter or aircraft to go down if it gets caught in a propeller or pulled into an engine. Indeed, drones have been in the news this past summer for interfering with firefighting efforts in California, including a San Bernadino wildfire where drones operated by curious hobbyists caused fire pilots to pull out of the fray for 30 minutes, allowing the fire to spread.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe one thing that doesn\u2019t get talked about enough is the differentiation between hobbyists and commercial drone users \u2014 and that most of the problems are caused by laymen,\u201d said Agvent. \u201cOur goal is to create a framework that allows for safe integration of commercial drones for newsgathering. 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