aibo at ltu Steven Kryskalla Emily Trudell

intro Steven Kryskalla Emily Trudell Also appearing today: –Aibo 2 –Aibo 3 Aibo 4: “Laika” IP: S/N: MAC: 0010C6244C16 Model: ERS-7M1 Age: 10 months old Aibo 1: “Rufus” IP: S/N: MAC: 0010C6244C08 Model: ERS-7M1 Age: 1 year old

hardware Camera –30 fps –56.9° wide, 45.2° high LEDs –Illume-face panel –26 other LEDS Sound: –Speaker –MIDI Memory stick reader / writer 576 MHz MIPS Processor 64 MB RAM b Wireless LAN 18 independent PID joints

sensors IR Sensors –Chest (edge) –Nose (near) –Nose (far) Stereo Microphones –Left ear –Right ear Accelerometer –x, y, and z movement Buttons / Touch sensors –Four paws –Head –Chin –Back Environmental sensors: –Battery level –Temperature –Voltage –Current Sensor update every 32ms

platform features Impressive package of features Full control over the system –Motion –Sound –Vision

development Where??? Platform: Tekkotsu Environment: Cygwin Language: C++ Tools: –Creating motions –Training the vision system –Monitoring / debugging

opportunity Great undergraduate research opportunity Have fun Learn a lot Travel Work on a ‘big’ project

and now… Our main attraction Some example behaviors

white color demo

penalty goalie

chase & kick state machine Search Track Kick Wait

maze

dance!

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