| Robot | Creator | Description | Final Paper |
GatorVac
|
Gabriel Jiva | GatorVac will vacuum a room, and then return to it's home base. |
Final Report |
Mr. Tool
|
Max Koessick | Mr. Tool picks up where you don't. He patrols the garage floor at night (avoiding things like cars, babies and engine blocks) looking for the sockets, wrenches and any other metallic tools that you have left on the ground. He then kindly picks them up and holds them in a basket for you. |
Final Report Electromagnet Hall Effect Video Clip |
Pet Pal
|
Seth Lakritz | Pet Pal will feed and entertain pets with a variety of gadgets at certain programmable intervals during the day and night. |
Final Report Voice IC |
MADR
|
Scott Oetke | MADR (Minefield Annihilation and Detection Robot) is designed to be representative of an autonomous minefield sweeping robot by searching for metallic objects while avoiding objects. Once a detection occurs, MADR deploys a "demolition pack" to represent neutralizing the threat. |
Final Report Metal Detector |
CHiPS
|
Kevin Phillipson | CHiPS (Card Handling Programmable System) is a blackjack dealer controlled by a totally custom CPU. It will take bets, deal cards, interact with players and disperse winnings. |
Final Report |
TDR
|
Fred Reitberger | TDR (Treasure Detection Robot) is a treasure hunting robot. It wanders around using a metal detector to find buried treasure. When it finds treasure, it tells the world. |
Final Report Metal Detector |
OGG
|
Jate Sujjavanich | OGG (Oscar the Grouchy Garbageman) finds you and disposes of your trash. |
Final Report CMUCam |
Abbott and Costello
|
Chad Sylvester | Abbott uses position feedback to find Costello. When they meet, they tell jokes back and forth. |
Final Report Tracking System Videos |
ValetBot
|
David Wynacht | ValetBot will find a vacant parking spot and park itself there. |
Final Report CMUCam |