1. Robots (Where’s Hal?) Patrick Prosser2001 + 1

2. One man’s narrow view of robotics

3. Where are robots going? My collection

4. Tommy

5. Furby

6. Poochie & Texta

7. Mousie (Didi)

8. I-cybie

9. i-cybie low cost aibo what’s aibo? 16 engines 3 in each leg 3 in head 1 in tail real walker collision avoidance orientation detection future proof up to a point geesus a demo big man I-cybie spec

10. AIBO? What’s that then?

19. Show us the video!

20. Technicalities Vision detecting the ball seeing other players detecting the goal location on pitch Collision avoidance Computing trajectories around moving objects Beliefs Baysian? What happens when “lifted”? Communication and coordination loop detection the corner time to think v time to act

21. Also table top on a table tennis table play with orange golf ball overhead camera both sides share camera imags team is controlled by a single agent very fast game Also 4 legged sony dog autonomous agents can’t kick, lunge instead communicate via barking detect position design of the pitch helps primitive vision & triangulation can program gait some trot, some on elbows speed of movement is an advantage

22. Was it fun? Where was it? What was the site like? Who were the spectators?

23. Also virtual on large screen each player is a software agent

31. Honda Sony Hasbro Irobot NEC Is there a trend? A piece of the action

34. Applaud if you want