Future Deliverables 1999 - 2000 | 2000 - 2001 | 2001 - 2002 2002 - 2003: Cog will acquire knowledge of object kinematics through actively segmentation while it observes a person using the object in a task. Cog will recognize objects it previously observed being manipulated. Given an object, Cog will mimic appropriate manipulation of the object. Additional degrees of freedom will be designed for a new robot head to provide it with the ability to express emotions. Four emergency legs or “kick stands” will be developed and mounted on Cardea. They will deploy when a “sniffer” detects software definable error conditions such as the platform starting to fall over. We will commence development of Cardea, a new robot with one arm plus end effector and one camera mounted on a Segway RMP base. Under qualified conditions, Cardea will approach a door, open the handle, enter a room and scan it.