Robots Wheres Hal Patrick Prosser 2001 1 One

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 spec 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

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

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

Applaud if you want