Robots

(Where’s Hal?)

Patrick Prosser 2001 + 1

One man’s narrow view of robotics

Where are robots going?

My collection

Tommy

Furby

Poochie & Texta

Mousie (Didi)

I-cybie

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

AIBO? What’s that then?

Show us the video!

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

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

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

Also virtual• on large screen• each player is a software agent

• Honda• Sony• Hasbro• Irobot• NEC

• Is there a trend?

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