Marsupial robotics is a field which requires a high initial investment prior to experiments. We present a new simulation tool used for marsupial actions, enabling research in the area of marsupial robotics. A flexible...
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The University of Minnesota center for distributed robotics and the Digital Technology center hosted the second annual Technology Day Camp, a week long camp targeting underrepresented students such as girls, African A...
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(纸本)1595936106
The University of Minnesota center for distributed robotics and the Digital Technology center hosted the second annual Technology Day Camp, a week long camp targeting underrepresented students such as girls, African Americans, and Hispanics from the Twin Cities metro area. Students were surveyed prior to the camp revealing a strong proclivity towards math and science, but a resistance to the perceived lifestyle of computer scientists. With an emphasis on the college experience, building hardware, creating software, and interacting with robots, the camp implemented proposed changes from the previous year as well as new activities with a special emphasis on robotics. The successes and failures are discussed in an effort to provide insight for organizations hosting similar programs, new research questions are presented, and a materials list is provided. Copyright 2007 ACM.
A framework has been developed to address difficulties in controlling teams of heterogeneous robots built around the integration of spatial data used with GPS-enabled robots. The spatial data is in the form of an aeri...
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The University of Minnesota's Scout robot a small cylindrical robot capable of rolling and jumping. In this paper, models describing the robot's motion under its modi of actuation are developed. These models c...
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The University of Minnesota's Scout robot a small cylindrical robot capable of rolling and jumping. In this paper, models describing the robot's motion under its modi of actuation are developed. These models can be employed for Scout motion prediction and simulation. The models suggest that the determining factor of the Scout's behavior is the length of the winch cable. The validity of the models is verified with empirical data.
In this study, a new approach for modification of membership functions of a fuzzy inference system (FIS) is demonstrated, in order to serve as a pattern recognition tool for classification of patients diagnosed with m...
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The paper describes a system that servos a miniature robot toward a. marked target based on visual information from the robot's own camera. This task is divided into two subtasks: recognition of the target and dri...
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Search and rescue operations in large disaster sites require quick gathering of relevant information. Both the knowledge of the location of victims and the environmental/structural conditions must be available to safe...
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Search and rescue operations in large disaster sites require quick gathering of relevant information. Both the knowledge of the location of victims and the environmental/structural conditions must be available to safely and efficiently guide rescue personnel. A major hurdle for robots in such scenarios is stairs. A system for autonomous surmounting of stairs is proposed in which a Scout robot jumps from step to step. The robot's height is only about a quarter step in size. Control of the Scout is accomplished using visual servoing. An external observer such as another robot is brought into the control loop to provide the Scout with an estimation of its pose with respect to the stairs. This cooperation is necessary as the Scout must refrain from ill-fated motions that may lead it back down to where it started its ascend. Initial experimental results are presented along with a discussion of the issues involved.
This paper addresses the problem of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for the case of very small, resource-limited robots which have poor odometry and can typically only carry a single monocular camera. We ...
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This paper addresses the problem of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for the case of very small, resource-limited robots which have poor odometry and can typically only carry a single monocular camera. We propose a modification to the standard SLAM algorithm in which the assumption that the robots can obtain metric distance/bearing information to landmarks is relaxed. Instead, the robot registers a distinctive sensor "signature", based on its current location, which is used to match robot positions. In our formulation of this non-linear estimation problem, we infer implicit position measurements from an image recognition algorithm. The Iterated form of the Extended Kalman Filter (IEKF) is employed to process all measurements.
We are conducting research and development in technology for unifying the information of a large number of intelligent sensors distributed in a disaster-stricken area. Operating effectively as a system in real time, n...
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(纸本)9781424402588
We are conducting research and development in technology for unifying the information of a large number of intelligent sensors distributed in a disaster-stricken area. Operating effectively as a system in real time, network household electric appliances, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a robot, etc. provided information and an action plan for a stricken area's situation. In this paper we introduce ubiquitous device "Intelligent Data Carriers for Rescue (IDC-R)" and formation of a dynamic network, and development of a means of disaster information communication (a group of people, a robot, an ad-hoc network, a home network, etc.). Target experiment for actual proof is also introduced.
A distributed surveillance task using miniature robots was discussed. Results showed the effects of communication bottlenecks on the overall performance of robots that were controlled over a low bandwidth communicatio...
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A distributed surveillance task using miniature robots was discussed. Results showed the effects of communication bottlenecks on the overall performance of robots that were controlled over a low bandwidth communications channel. The initial results of system degredation under increased load were also presented.
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