OpenBots: Open world autonomy of robots by common sense AI.

Advanced robots are remarkable successful in conducting a specific task, yet only when operating in static and predictable environments. Unfortunately, the operability of existing robotics stalls catastrophically when significant or unpredictable events occur, as it breaks their closed world assumption. We propose the OpenBots project to turn robots from automated systems operating in a closed-world into autonomous systems that operate in the real, open world. We will do so by injecting common sense principles into the perception and planning processes of robots to extend their artificial intelligence abilities, so that robots may solve newly encountered situations autonomously.

A collaboration with University of Amsterdam, TU Delft, Royal Marechaussee and TNO.

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Sponsored by NWO Open Technology Programme, Royal Marechaussee and TNO. Press release. News item.