IMDL Spring 2010 Final Reports
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Robot |
Creator |
Description |
Final Paper |
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Robo Dumpster
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Alan Hamlet |
Robo-Dumpster locates full trash receptacles and
dumps their contents into his truck bed. Once his truck bed is full, Robo-
Dumpster will find the garbage collection area and dump the contents of the bed
there and continue on searching for other full trash receptacles. |
Final Report
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Ender & Kitten
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Sean Frucht |
Ender & Kitten are two walking robots. Ender is a biped (like a human); Kitten is a quadruped (like a cat). Ender loves to chase Kitten around the room and does so through use of sensors mounted on his waist. |
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Smokey the Bot
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Matthew Bellman |
Smokey the Bot is an autonomous fire-extinguishing robot. He uses ultrasonic range finders to detect obstacles and avoid them as he searches for fire using his Hamamatsu flame detector. When he finds a fire, Smokey will blow it out. |
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OMNI
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Matt Shockley |
OMNI is vision capable omnidirectional autonomous platform. OMNI uses a wireless webcam, a ring of eight infrared sensors, and four bump switches for basic obstacle avoidance and environmental awareness. OMNI's computer vision capabilities are limitless, since all image processing occurs remotely and relevant informations is wirelessly returned to OMNI. |
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Click & Clack
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Jason Monsorno |
Click & Clack are cooperative retrieval robots. They will each use a camera to detect objects and depending on the color, will retrieve the object itself or ask for help and both robots will simultaneously carry the object back to a storage bin. |
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BLaRR
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James Buttice |
BLARR (Bomb Locating and Removal Robot) will search and locate suspicious, possibly threatening, objects. After an object is found, BLaRR will use his robotic arm to seize the object and then dispose of it in a safe area. |
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FRED
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Brian Flatley |
FRED (Feline Roving Entertainment Device) is a play companion for a cat (or dog). FRED will entice an animal to play, then run away. FRED will avoid running into walls and furniture, but will move towards an animal until he gets close, and then he will turn and flee. |
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Seeker
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Timothy Philipp |
Seeker protects a Moon colony from red aliens. Seeker actively searches the Moon colony for a threat, which he then neutralizes them with his laser. |
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BRAD
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Jose Vento |
Brad (Bomb Recovery and Disposal) can locate and track a bomb (that looks like a ping pong ball), retrieves the bomb, and place the bomb in a "bomb disposal unit.". |
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BULL
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Aminatu Oyebanjo |
BULL is constantantly on the lookout for a red object to attack. When BULL sees red flag, his "eye" will glow red and he will attach the red object. |
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The DR
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Diego Mesa |
The DR (DiegoÕs Robot) can play the game of tag. The DR will chase a selected person and try to "tag" them. Once he tags the person, The DR will run away. |
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Solar Ray
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Robert Love |
Solar Ray is an autonomous, bio-mimetic, flapping-wing underwater robot. Solar Ray uses depth finders to avoid obstacles while recording video of underwater wonders. When Solar Ray surfaces, he automatically recharges for the next dive . |
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Emerson
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Crawford Hampson |
Emerson is a nomad, roaming his environment until he is need of energy, at which time he finds and electrical outlet and plugs himself in. |
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Lawntonomous Maximus
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Patrick Connaway |
Lawntonomous Maximus is autonomous lawnmower. He is equipped with a movified weed wacker for grass cutting and uses ultrasonic sensors for collision avoidance. A wireless dog fence is used to confine Lawntonomous to a specific mowing area. |
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