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\F1\CPROSPECTUS FOR

\CTHE STANFORD ROBOTICS INSTITUTE



\CSTANFORD UNIVERSITY

\CFebruary 1982



\Thomas O. Binford,
Director and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
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\F2\CTHE STANFORD ROBOTICS INSTITUTE


\JThe Stanford Robotics Institute 
invites industrial participation in its programs of basic and applied
research, education, and technology transfer.
The Stanford Robotics Institute is
an interdisciplinary activity among:\.
\j⊗ the Stanford Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory (SAIL) of the Computer Science Department;\.
\j⊗ the Design Division of the Mechanical Engineering
department;\.
\j⊗ the Guidance and Control Laboratory of the Department of Aeronautics and
Astronautics.\.
\JThe Robotics Institute is a part of the Stanford Center for Automation and
Manufacturing Science (SCAMS).\.

\JThe Institute is a critical mass effort which includes
world-class research in many areas of robotics.
Areas of strength include:
\j⊗ design of manipulators and versatile grippers;\.
\j⊗ dynamics and control of robots;\.
\j⊗ programming systems for robots;\.
\j⊗ sensory technology for force and contact sensors;\.
\j⊗ 

This robotics research program has made a profound contribution to education.
We estimate that Stanford has led the world by far
in educating robotics experts.

oombining robotics, computer vision, sensory systems, and computer-aided-design.
The Center
is intended to provide adequate computation and experimental facilities for these
research areas, particularly for computer-aided-design.
The Center would also coordinate a joint Master's Degree, MS-CSME,
between Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering.  The specifics of
this academic program will be developed and submitted to the Graduate
Division for the appropriate review and approvals.\.

\JThe activities of the Center will concentrate on basic research
oriented toward applications in manufacturing, rehabilitation of 
handicapped people, electric power generation, space, and cartography.
A selection of potential applications illustrates the range of choice
of research and applications.\.


\C\F2RESEARCH ACTIVITIES\F0

\JThe proposed Center would include research supported at the
level of about $700,000 now, and additional support estimated at
$450,000  in the next 18 months from several new sources of support.
This is in addition to other
research support of members of the proposed Center for activities
not included in the Center.  Current support comes from
National Science Foundation (Division of Applied Research), NASA,
and ARPA-DOD.  Funding is anticipated from the Veterans 
Administration for rehabilitation,
from NSF (Engineering) and from the Electric Power Research Institute
for teleoperator research.\.

\JThe applications discussed below center on basic research in a few
key areas, involving sensors, computers and mechanical systems.\.

\JCurrent research in robotics at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
has produced the Scheinman arm, which may become the first mass-produced robot.  
Work in manipulator design has proceeded in collaboration with Prof. Roth
of mechanical engineering.  The software system for
that robot is based on an early programming system developed at the
AI Lab.  The AI Lab has developed a Very High Level Language for industrial
assembly, the AL language. 
Development of an export version of AL to be distributed by a manufacturer
of robots will be investigated.\.