Institute Homepage
Institute Homepage Sign In

Publications

DEPARTMENTS

Emperical Interference

Haptic Intelligence

Modern Magnetic Systems

Perceiving Systems

Physical Intelligence

Robotic Materials

Social Foundations of Computation

Research Groups

Autonomous Vision

Autonomous Learning

Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots

Dynamic Locomotion

Embodied Vision

Human Aspects of Machine Learning

Intelligent Control Systems

Learning and Dynamical Systems

Locomotion in Biorobotic and Somatic Systems

Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems

Movement Generation and Control

Neural Capture and Synthesis

Physics for Inference and Optimization

Organizational Leadership and Diversity

Probabilistic Learning Group

Topics

Robot Learning

Conference Paper

2022

Autonomous Learning

Robotics

AI

Career

Award

Haptic Intelligence Autonomous Learning MPI Year Book Fingerspitzengefühl für Roboter / Sensitive fingertips for robots Sun, H., Kuchenbecker, K. J., Martius, G. January 2022 (Published)
Um den Tastsinn von Robotern zu verbessern, entwickelten Forschende des Max-Planck-Instituts für Intelligente Systeme einen Sensor, der einem Daumen gleicht und im Inneren mit einer Kamera ausgestattet ist. Das Team trainierte ein tiefes neuronales Netz, um aus den Kamerabildern Informationen abzuleiten, wo und wie stark der Sensor berührt wird. Aus den beobachteten Verformungen der flexiblen Außenhülle des Sensors generierte das neuronale Netz ein dreidimensionales Abbild der Kräfte, die auf den Daumen einwirken. Die Erfindung kommt dem Tastsinn unserer Haut einen wesentlichen Schritt näher, funktioniert allerdings ganz anders. ENGLISH: Striving to improve touch sensing in robotics, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems developed a thumb-shaped sensor with a camera hidden inside and trained a deep neural network to infer its haptic contact information. The system constantly constructs a force map – where and how things are touching the flexible outer shell of the sensor – and in this way “sees” the contact deformations. This research invention significantly improves a robot finger’s haptic perception, coming ever closer to the sense of touch of human skin, though it works in a completely different way.
URL BibTeX
Empirical Inference Haptic Intelligence Perceiving Systems Physical Intelligence Robotic Materials MPI Year Book Scientific Report 2016 - 2021 2021
This report presents research done at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems from January2016 to November 2021. It is our fourth report since the founding of the institute in 2011. Dueto the fact that the upcoming evaluation is an extended one, the report covers a longer reportingperiod.This scientific report is organized as follows: we begin with an overview of the institute, includingan outline of its structure, an introduction of our latest research departments, and a presentationof our main collaborative initiatives and activities (Chapter1). The central part of the scientificreport consists of chapters on the research conducted by the institute’s departments (Chapters2to6) and its independent research groups (Chapters7 to24), as well as the work of the institute’scentral scientific facilities (Chapter25). For entities founded after January 2016, the respectivereport sections cover work done from the date of the establishment of the department, group, orfacility. These chapters are followed by a summary of selected outreach activities and scientificevents hosted by the institute (Chapter26). The scientific publications of the featured departmentsand research groups published during the 6-year review period complete this scientific report.
Scientific Report 2016 - 2021 BibTeX
Perceiving Systems Empirical Inference Haptic Intelligence Physical Intelligence MPI Year Book Scientific Report 2016 - 2018 2019
This report presents research done at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems from January 2016 to December 2018. It is our third report since the founding of the institute in 2011. This status report is organized as follows: we begin with an overview of the institute, including its organizational structure (Chapter 1). The central part of the scientific report consists of chapters on the research conducted by the institute’s departments (Chapters 2 to 5) and its independent research groups (Chapters 6 to 18), as well as the work of the institute’s central scientific facilities (Chapter 19). For entities founded after January 2016, the respective report sections cover work done from the date of the establishment of the department, group, or facility.
Scientific Report 2016 - 2018 BibTeX