Project's information

Project's title Research, design and manufacture intelligent humanoid robot IVASTBot applied in communication and serving humans
Project’s code VAST01.01/20-21
Research hosting institution Institute of Physics
Project leader’s name PhD. Ngo Manh Tien
Project duration 01/01/2020 - 01/12/2021
Project’s budget 600 million VND
Classify Excellent
Goal and objectives of the project

Research, design and manufacture intelligent humanoid robot IVASTBot applied in communication, instruction, introduction to guests, self-propelled, obstacle avoidance, basic communication and providing information information to the user in the existing database, identify and store the communicator data, and take some context-appropriate communication actions.

Main results
- Applied results: 
  • Omni-directional four-wheel self-propelled moving robot, avoiding dynamic and static obstacles based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (Deep Reinforcement Learning) artificial intelligence algorithm. The system is embedded on a dedicated high-performance Nvidia Jetson TX2 processor circuitry for AI processing. The overall system is programmed on the basis of the programming operating system for Robot ROS (Robot Operating System)
  • Basic Vietnamese communication, face recognition based on AI algorithms and embedded programming on Nvidia high-performance processing circuitry specializing in AI processing Jetson TX2
  • The robot has two hands with 3 joints, the head of the robot has 2 joints, Can greet guests by raising hands, waving, and head gestures with guests appropriate communication and context logic with image and sound recognition process and actually communicate with customers.
  • Identify a preset number of individuals in the database. Store and potentially identify people you have met in a database.
- Scientifically published products
  • 01 journal article “International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems IJCAS, SCI-E Q2 IF: 3.3.
  • 02 journal articles "International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research", catalog Scopus, Q3.
  • 01 international paper “the Springer-Verlag book series “Computational Intelligence”, ISSN 1860-9503.
  • 01 papers from the International Conference on Mechatronics, Robotics and Systems Engineering, Indexing: SCOPUS, IEEE Xplore.
  • 01 scientific paper published in the Proceedings of the National Conference of the Scientific Conference to celebrate the 45th Anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, the Subcommittee on Information Technology, Electronics, Automation and Space Technology.
  • 01 papers at domestic scientific conferences.
Novelty and actuality and scientific meaningfulness of the results
  • Omni-directional four-wheel self-propelled moving robot, avoiding dynamic and static obstacles based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (Deep Reinforcement Learning) artificial intelligence algorithm.
  • Basic Vietnamese communication, face recognition based on AI algorithms and embedded programming on Nvidia high-performance processing circuitry specializing in AI processing Jetson TX2.
  • intelligent humanoid robot IVASTBot applied in communication, instruction, introduction to guests, self-propelled, obstacle avoidance, basic communication and providing information
Products of the project
- Scientific papers in referred journals (list):
International journal scientific articles: 3 paper
1. Duyen Ha Thi Kim, Tien Ngo Manh, Cuong Nguyen Manh, Nhan Duc Nguyen, Manh Tran Van, Dung Pham Tien, Minh Phan Xuan, Adaptive Control for Uncertain Model of Omni-directional Mobile Robot Based on Radial Basis Function Neural Network, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems IJCAS, SCI-E Q2, IF: 3.3, 4.2021.
2. Hiep Do Quang, Tien Ngo Manh, Cuong Nguyen Manh, Dung Pham Tien, and Manh Tran Van, Kiem Nguyen Tien, Duy Nguyen Duc, An Approach to Design Navigation System for Omnidirectional Mobile Robot Based on ROS, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research (Scopus Q3), Vol. 9, No. 11, November 2020, ISSN: 2278-0149.
3. Ha Thi Kim Duyen, Ngo Manh Tien, Pham Ngoc Minh, Thai Quang Vinh, Phan Xuan Minh,  Pham Tien Dung, Nguyen Duc Dinh, Hiep Do Quang, “Fuzzy Adaptive Dynamic Surface Control for Omnidirectional Robot”, the Springer-Verlag book series “Computational Intelligence” , ISSN 1860-9503, 6.2020.
Articles of international and domestic scientific conferences: 
1. Ngo Manh Tien, Nguyen Manh Cuong,  Pham Tien Dung,Tran Van Manh, Ha Thi Kim Duyen, Nguyen Thi Thanh van, Hiep Do Quang, “Mapping and Navigation with Four-wheeled Omnidirectional Robot based on Robot Operating System”, International Conference on Mechatronics, Robotics and Systems Engineering (MoRSE 12/2019). ISBN: 978-1-7281-3984-5, SCOPUS, IEEE Xplore.
2. Ngo Manh Tien, Nguyen Manh Cuong,  Pham Tien Dung,Tran Van Manh, Ha Thi Kim Duyen, Pham Van Bach Ngoc, Nguyen Tien Kiem, “Adaptive Dynamic Surface Control for Car Driving Simulator Based on Artificial Neural Network”, International Conference on Mechatronics, Robotics and Systems Engineering (MoRSE 12/2019). ISBN: 978-1-7281-3984-5, SCOPUS, IEEE Xplore.
3. Ngô Mạnh Tiến, Nguyễn Mạnh Cường, Lưu Xuân Định , Hoàng Văn Tuấn, Nguyễn Thị Thanh Vân, Hà Thị Kim Duyên, Nguyễn Đức Duy, “Xây Dựng Hệ Thống Điều Hướng Thông Minh cho Robot Tự Hành AGV dựa Trên Học Sâu Tăng Cường”, Hội nghị Khoa học kỷ niệm 45 năm thành lập Viện Hàn lân KH&CN Việt Nam Tiểu ban Công nghệ thông tin, Điện tử, tự động hóa và Công nghệ vũ trụ, 14/10/2020
- Technological products (describe in details: technical characteristics, place): IVASTBot intelligent humanoid robot product applied in communication, serving people.
Research area

The research product is an effective experimental tool used in human resource training and in-depth research in the direction of mastering and developing technology to apply AI, Deep Learning in image processing, audio, IoT and technology. Robots.

Recommendations
In the coming time, the project team wishes to develop and upgrade some more powerful and advanced features for the product to meet the increasingly high operational requirements in reality, including:
  • Further research on embedding artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms to optimize Vietnamese speech and image recognition activities, and at the same time integrate synchronous tasks of Robot activities.
  • Improved mechanics, housing and robot appearance.
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