Robots

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Robots (Wheres Hal?)
Patrick Prosser
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One mans narrow view of robotics
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Where are robots going?
My collection
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Tommy
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Furby
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Poochie Texta
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Mousie (Didi)
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I-cybie
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I-cybie spec

• i-cybie
• low cost aibo
• whats aibo?
• 16 engines
• 3 in each leg
• 3 in head
• 1 in tail
• real walker
• collision avoidance
• orientation detection
• future proof
• up to a point
• geesus a demo big man

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AIBO? Whats that then?
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Show us the video!
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Technicalities

• Vision
• detecting the ball
• seeing other players
• detecting the goal
• location on pitch
• Collision avoidance
• Computing trajectories
• around moving objects
• Beliefs
• Baysian?
• What happens when lifted?
• Communication and coordination
• loop detection
• the corner
• time to think v time to act

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• Also table top
• on a table tennis table
• play with orange golf ball
• overhead camera
• both sides share camera imags
• team is controlled by a single agent
• very fast game

• Also 4 legged
• sony dog
• autonomous agents
• cant kick, lunge instead
• communicate via barking
• detect position
• design of the pitch helps
• primitive vision triangulation
• can program gait
• some trot, some on elbows
• speed of movement is an advantage

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Was it fun? Where was it? What was the site
like? Who were the spectators?
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• Also virtual
• on large screen
• each player is a software agent

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A piece of the action

• Honda
• Sony
• Hasbro
• Irobot
• NEC
• Is there a trend?

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Applaud if you want