Machine Common Sense
DARPA-sponsored egocentric tool-use task — 2nd place vs. CMU, UC Berkeley, MIT, and IBM.
Developed a maneuver for a robot to retrieve a ball surrounded by an untraversable “lava” region, using a tool it must locate and use correctly, based solely on egocentric vision in an unknown environment. This DARPA-sponsored project had our Oregon State University team compete against teams from CMU, UC Berkeley, MIT, and IBM, placing 2nd.
