Abstract: A computer implemented method for generating a motion-driven sound effect includes: determining, via a processor, a mechanical characteristic of a mechanical system; modifying, via the processor, an audio clip based on the mechanical characteristic; and outputting, via the processor, the audio clip based on the mechanical characteristic.

Abstract: A method of training a robotic device includes: parameterizing, via a processing element, an input to the robotic device. The parameterizing comprises defining a range of values of the input. The method further includes generating, via the processing element, a plurality of samples of the parameterized input from within the range of values; training a control policy, via the processing element. The training includes: providing the plurality of samples to the control policy, wherein the control policy is adapted to operate an actuator of the robotic device, and generating, via the processing element, a policy action using the control policy; transmitting the policy action to a robotic model, wherein the robotic model includes a physical model of the robotic device. The method further includes deploying the one or more trained control policies to an on-board controller for the robotic device.

Abstract: A system includes a hardware platform, at least one driver, a plurality of devices connected to the hardware platform, a middleware interface, and a plurality of software services. Each of the plurality of devices is selected from the group consisting of sensors and actuators. The plurality of software services is generated by the at least one driver, wherein a software service associates with a device, and wherein each of the software services complies with the middleware interface. A method for interfacing a plurality of devices to a hardware platform includes communicably connecting each of the plurality of devices to the hardware platform, converting each of the plurality of devices into a programmable software service using a driver, and programming each of the software services to comply with a middleware interface.