Scavenging with a Laptop Robot Ben Tribelhorn, Susanna Ricco, Mac Mason, and Alan Davidson AAAI Robotics Workshop 7/13/05
Constraints Emphasis on vision Python/C++ in Windows basic ER1 ER1 reloaded
Basic Components ER1 $200 & thanks to Yau Lam Yiu for Evolution-independent code! Devantech $35 MPI 5V $10Pontech SV203 I/O $60 USB $25
Together Pan/tilt laser pointer Beach ball beater Single sonar unit Circuit board for sonars, servos, and laser
Sonar Capacitors… Single sonar circuit Scratch work for circuit
Laser Panning laser pointer Adjustable- exposure camera Extremely precise whiteboard model of laser triangulation NASA take note!
Vision Connected components, color, size, and shape recognition
Objects Ellipse Fitting: coordinate-free least squares Angle Diameters Pixel Count Centroid Roundness = Color
MCL and Waypoints A simple demo
State Machine
Not Quite Pan/Tilt servo motors for camera Visual Odometry Visual Environmental Map Oops!