Atlanta, Georgia, United States
As a researcher, I'm immersed in a groundbreaking project focused on the social navigation of humanoid robots, split into two pivotal modules. The first module involves crafting a modified YOLO-based model tailored to process point cloud data, ensuring precise detection of human coordinates pivotal for seamless navigation. Transitioning to the second module, I dive into datasets like ZARA, Student, and multiple trajectory prediction datasets to engineer a specialized deep learning model. This empowers our robot to intricately learn human movement patterns within bustling environments. By applying this knowledge, our Digit humanoid robot adeptly navigates, generating and following waypoints derived from learned human navigation behaviors in dense settings. This elevates its adaptability, enabling fluid movement in crowded environments.