{"id":19516,"date":"2020-06-22T09:02:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=19516"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:55","slug":"model-helps-robots-think-more-like-humans-when-searching-for-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/22\/model-helps-robots-think-more-like-humans-when-searching-for-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"Model helps robots think more like humans when searching for objects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-700x558.png\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-700x558.png 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-251x200.png 251w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-176x140.png 176w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-768x612.png 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-1536x1224.png 1536w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-665x530.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2.png 1948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>A lab at U-M demonstrated that reference objects can help a robot more quickly find something in complicated environments. (Image courtesy U-M College of Engineering)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.engin.umich.edu\/2020\/06\/model-helps-robots-think-more-like-humans-when-searching-for-objects\/\">The model is a practical method for robots to look for target items in complex, realistic environments<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robots can learn how to find things faster by learning how different objects around the house are related, according to work from the University of Michigan. A new model provides robots with a visual search strategy that can teach them to look for a coffee pot nearby if they\u2019re already in sight of a refrigerator, in one of the paper\u2019s examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work, led by Prof. Chad Jenkins and CSE PhD student Zhen Zeng, was recognized at the 2020 International Conference on Robotics and Automation with a Best Paper Award in Cognitive Robotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A common aim of roboticists is to give machines the ability to navigate in realistic settings \u2013 for example, the disordered, imperfect households we spend our days in. These settings can be chaotic, with no two exactly the same, and robots in search of specific objects they\u2019ve never seen before will need to pick them out of the noise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The model is a practical method for robots to look for target items in complex, realistic environments. Robots can learn how to find things faster by learning how different objects around the house are related, according to work from the University of Michigan. A new model provides robots with a visual search strategy that can teach them to\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/22\/model-helps-robots-think-more-like-humans-when-searching-for-objects\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[852,421],"class_list":["post-19516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-engineering","tag-robot"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2.png",1948,1552,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-176x140.png",176,140,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-251x200.png",251,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-768x612.png",665,530,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-700x558.png",600,478,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-1536x1224.png",1536,1224,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2.png",1948,1552,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-658x300.png",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2-665x530.png",665,530,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/robo-search-content2.png",314,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The model is a practical method for robots to look for target items in complex, realistic environments. Robots can learn how to find things faster by learning how different objects around the house are related, according to work from the University of Michigan. 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