ARM (Autonomous Recognition and Manipulation) was a PAVE project oriented towards combining precise mechanical control with specific object recognition. The project aimed to create a robotic arm capable of recognizing, grasping, and manipulating objects in complex environments. For example, ARM would attempt navigate a messy desktop and then identify and pick up a pencil, when given an instruction to return a pencil. This goal is near the boundary of what has been achieved with robotic manipulation, and required us to overcome the challenges of moving without colliding, identifying individual objects within groups, and determining methods for grasping unknown objects.

Project Manager: Matthew Edwards ’12
Logistics Coordinator: Seth Gordon ’13

Team Members:
Jesse Adams ’12 | William Herlands ’12 | Alexander Pease ’12 | Eric Sum ’12 | Alexander Beebe ’12 | Teodor Georgiev ’13 | Ricky Kearney ’12 | Alexander Rilee ’13 | Kenrick Rilee ’13 | Arul Suresh ’13 | Kyle Wass ’13 | Clayton Whetung ’13 |
Buse Aktas ’14 | Sing Sing Ma ’14