IMDL Summer 1999 Final Papers

Robot Creator Description Final Paper
Robospeedy Steve Kerslake RoboSpeedy is an autonomous high speed navigator. It uses sonar and a gimballed compass to implement high speed obstacle avoidance. RoboSpeedy.pdf
Hannibal Marc Poe Hannibal is a six-legged walking robot designed to maneuver across rough terrain. If it detects an object it can step over, it does. Otherwise, it turns around and continues roaming. Hannibal.pdf
Lothar Ben Paul Lothar is a tile locating and identifying robot that has a color sensor mounted on an arm and a tile grabber. He has the ability to follow lines, identify colors, grab tiles, wall follow, and avoid obstacles. lothar.pdf
APB Dan Williams APB is an autonomous pontoon boat that patrols a body of water, taking depth measurements. Uses two types of sonar and microphones. apb.pdf
The 10 Stooges Jose Garcia-Feliu To do research in multi-robot communities to observe behavior changes that one robot alone cannot do. Make a flexible program that would perform: self-diagnostic, self-calibration of sensors and give each robot freedom to choose behavior. The_Ten_Stooges.pdf
thau thau Laurent Houssay thau thau is a robot that cleans the roads. It follows the white line of the road or the curb. Thau_Thau.pdf
Omnibot 2000 Scott Nortman A robotic assistant and entertainer. Can sing and dance to YMCA. Omnibot.pdf
Denise Sean Justice Denise is able to be 'awakened' by smoke. After being awakened, Denise searches for fire. Denise.PDF
The Swarm Bruce Turner To do research in multi-robot communities to observe behaviors that occur in groups of robots. Focus on software to design a flexible program that would perform self-diagnostic, self-calibration of sensors and give each robot moods that are dynamic. Swarm.pdf
Lucid Eugenio Jarosiewicz My goal for this project was to create and research an automous intelligent mobile agent (aka robot) which could interact intelligently in a dynamic environment such as a home and which could execute at least one useful purpose, beyond the intrinsic behaviors necessary to keep it from disturbing or in other ways interfering negatively with its environment. Lucid can randomly wander between rooms, sense for presence of people or other occupants in the room, and turn off the lights in rooms deemed unoccupied. Lucid utilizes X10 technology through a serial port RF module to control the lights in rooms. Lucid.pdf
Navigator Jeff Brigman Navigator was designed as an experiment in autonomous navigation. The robot is equipped with a GPS receiver, compass, and sonar which it uses to navigate along a pre-determined course. Navigator.pdf
Another Forking Robot (AFR) Matt Silverman AFR is a side loading forklift robot that has bidirectional forks. They raise up and extend out. The special sensor is a barcode scanner that uses a phototransistor. AFR.pdf
QT Jawad Khan Your own cute little pet robot, which can live in your room and capable of detecting its home and navigating towards it. QT.pdf
Polyphemus Enrique Bastante Polyphemus uses an array of CdS cells to detect motion and follow lines. It can also detect sounds with a microphone. Polyphemus.pdf
Robot Name Ted Belser MACO is a multiagent platform developed to climb obstacles. MACO_Final.PDF

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