We would like to extend an invitation to you (and any guests you might
like to bring) to our robot demonstrations on Wednesday, April 25th, at the
University of Florida. Most of these
robots have been designed and built by undergraduate and/or graduate students
for the Intelligent Machine Design Laboratory (IMDL) course.
The demonstrations will include a showcase of previous national and
international award winning robots (including a submarine and a lawnmower), a
“Mars” Rover, a small Dune Buggy, and an ATV.
There will be demonstration of more than 13 robots built by students in
this semester’s Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory (IMDL) course. See http://mil.ufl.edu/imdl/robot_info_s12.htm
for more info.
A few of these robots have been designed and built by students in the
Machine Intelligence Laboratory (MIL).
Students of UF's Machine Intelligence Lab (MIL) and IMDL, predominately
from the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and the Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering department, have been building autonomous mobile robots
since 1993. Our robots have been
featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, the Science Channel, a BBC TV
science show, the Discovery Channel, MSNBC's Countdown with Olbermann,
USA Today, Discover Magazine, Make Magazine, Servo Magazine, hundreds of
newspaper articles, thousands of websites, and in many other places. We have built autonomous robots ranging from
submarines to helicopters, from planes to snakes, and from hydrofoils to
alligators. MIL regularly hosts visitors
that include elementary, middle and high school students, UF students,
prospective UF students, UF dignitaries, and representatives from the business
community. We have also routinely hosted
various media representatives.
Some of the robots that will be demonstrated include a metal-detecting
hover craft, a robot that can help train and play with a cat, a robot that can identify human faces, a robot bartender,
and a robot that can make an egg breakfast.
InstiGator 1, a lawn mower robot that won the novice division of the ION
Robotic Lawn Mower Competition in June 2011 will be on display, as will a new
robot lawnmower, InstiGator 2. Our
latest robot submarine (SubjuGator 7) will also be shown. Our submarines have won three of the last seven
AUVSI/ONR international robot submarine (RoboSub)
world championships.
You can find an evolving description of each of the robots that we will
demonstrate on the web at
http://mil.ufl.edu/imdl/robot_info_s12.htm
Parking information is available at
http://mil.ufl.edu/imdl/parking.html
Demo days are very exciting for both guests and media
representatives. There will be over a
dozen robots at this event. The
demonstrations will be held in the New Engineering Building (NEB) Harris
Rotunda from noon until about 4pm on Wednesday, April 25th. (The NEB is on center drive. A map can be found at http://campusmap.ufl.edu/ .) We welcome your attendance!
Sincerely,
Dr. Eric M. Schwartz
Associate Director, Machine Intelligence Lab
EEL 4665/5666 Instructor and Demonstrations Coordinator
Faculty Advisor, SubjuGator and InstiGator Projects
Dr. A. Antonio Arroyo
Director, Machine Intelligence Lab
EEL 4665/5666 Instructor