| Robot | Creator | Description | Final Paper |
Toby the Toybot
|
Michael Collins | Toby the Toy-bot wanders around a child's room at night picking up small toys and storing them on his back. |
Final Report Movie Clip |
StalkerBot
|
Karl Dockendorf | StalkerBot is a robot who chases an object it sees moving and attempts to annoy it. The robot based on an RC toy car. |
Final Report Video Clip Compass |
Mop 'N Bot
|
Michael Hall | Dispenses a cleaning solution, mops the floor, and avoids carpet. |
Final Report Pump |
Daedalus
|
Daniel Kent | Daedalus is a proof-of-concept vehicle demonstrating autonomous flight of a small four-post flying vehicle. Daedalus is capabable of autonomously taking off, hovering at a pre-programmed altitude and then autonomously landing. |
Final Report 3DM-G |
Shooter
|
Jason Metzenthin | Locates and then lines up to a basketball hoop and then proceeds to take multiple shoots at the hoop till he wanders off disinterested. |
Final Report Video Clip |
Sucker
|
Robert Montane | Sucker is an autonomous vacuum cleaning robot. |
Final Report Sensors |
Matilda
|
Harsha Munikoti | Matilda is meant to represent an old woman living in a "smart house" (in UF's CISE department). She can avoid running into obstacles, differentiate colors and sense when her battery power is low. |
Final Report |
Golf Caddy
|
Palani Rathinasamy | The Golf Caddy is every golfers dream! This robot solves the problem of having to constantly load and reload a golf tee at the driving range. The golf caddy will detect if a ball has been hit, drive to the tee, and place a new golf ball on the tee. The only bending over you will be doing is when you reach down to hug the robot. |
Final Report RF/CdS System |
Nigel
|
Brian Ruck | Nigel finds people and offers them candy. If they refuse, Nigel will throw the candy at them. |
Final Report Video Clip CMUCam |
Lil' Mario
|
Taja Sellers | Robotic voice-controlled CD player. |
Final Report |
The Aluminator
|
Kyle Tripician | Finds a coke can, picks it up, and takes it to a trash area. |
Final Report Video Clip CMUCam |
MuleBot
|
Steven Vanderploeg | Carts around a heavy objects so you don't have to. Will automatically follow his master. |
Final Report |
S.N.I.P.E.R.
|
Jordan Wood | Finds a hiding spot and wait for a target. When the target approaches, it tracks the target's movements and shoots the target. |
Final Report Video Clip CMUCam |