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This project aims to develop a network of multi robot platforms with diverse sensing modalities and re-configurable topologies for environmental surveillance. Recent advances in robotics, computer vision, artificial intelligence, statistical signal processing and control theory, as well as the advent of miniaturized sensors and actuators, powerful embedded processors, and wireless communication systems, have afforded engineers with the methodologies and technologies to actually build such networks of autonomous systems.

Recently, more and more robots are created with intention to interact and communicate with humans while following social rules. Emotions are vital to human interaction, so any robot that has to interact naturally with a human will need to be able to recognize human expressions of emotion and to express its own emotions in ways that humans can recognize. This project aims to develop emotional expression systems for anthropomorphic social robots that engage people in natural and expressive human robot interactions. The project would develop technologies that enable the robot to perceive a variety of natural signs from visual and auditory channels, and deliver expressions to the human through gaze direction, facial expression, body posture, and vocal babbles. The robot is also being studied for potential application in rehabilitation of elderly and disabled.

This project aims to develop a tele-robotics system for educational applications. To support the new master plan of MOE and provide training for RoboCup activities, a tele-robotics system is to be developed for E-learning on robotics. The platform and technology to be developed in this project can also be applied and further developed for tele-assistive robotics system.

Soccer robotics serves as an ideal test bed for development of solutions for social and industrial problems within a competitive framework. ARICC has been participating in RoboCup, SRG and FIRA competitions. ARICC is working on the following soccer leagues,

• RoboCup Humanoid League

• RoboCup Small Size League

• RoboCup Standard Platform League

• SRG/FIRA Mirosot Competition

Key research domains include multi-robot co-operation, object recognition, mapping and robot localization, locomotion and sensor fusion.

The RoboCup@Home league aims to develop service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications. It is the largest international annual competition for autonomous service robots and is part of the RoboCup initiative. A set of benchmark tests is used to evaluate the robots' abilities and performance in a realistic non-standardized home environment setting. ARICC has been participating in @home league since 2009.

SRG has been a top player in pole balancing challenge over many years. The Pole Balancing Robot is an implementation of the classical challenge in control theory to balance a vertical pole. The robots are designed using omniwheels so as to be able to move in any direction. With the proper implementation of the control theory, our robots are able to maintain the pole in the upright position. At the same time, the robot while balancing the pole, also has to move along a curved path as many times as possible.