Joint International MasterProject

Dennis Böck & Dirk C. Aumueller

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Basic Project Goals RoboCup Challenge Communication Architecture Remote Controlling via Bluetooth Research Domains Mapping and Position Estimation Evaluation of a basic Robot Layout Summary

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robot swarm to cover an area and search for a defined target

Area to cover is a flat surface which likely contains obstacles such as chairs, boxes, tables, etc.

range to construct the robot should be $100 - $200

preferred prototyping platform is the LEGO NXT

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Reasons are ◦ Security◦ Observation◦ Finding◦ Rescue

Ways of detection◦ Contact◦ Visibility◦ Motion◦ Infrared◦ Sound◦ Heartbeat

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International research and education initiative

Goal is the fostering of AI and intelligent robotics

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RCNavigationControl, a control program◦ Opens a listening port for Bluetooth connections◦ Executes the commands it receives

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Computer Vision◦ Determine position of a robot with image

recognition Sensor Evaluation

◦ Acceleration Sensor◦ Gyro Sensor◦ Infrared/Ultrasonic Sensor◦ Compass Sensor

Swarm Search Inertial Navigation

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Algorithm allows to localize the robots global position together with the possibility to build a map of its environment

Two key operations◦ Generate a map of the environment while

processing through◦ Pose estimation based on relative movement

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Interesting and challenging project Reallife scenarios Not the standard university project Lots of theoretical learning Students from different universities work

together

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