1. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 1 LTU AIBO Research Group Alumni Association Support Request Tuesday February 8, 2005

2. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 2 Introductions LTU: Home of the first AIBO soccer team in Michigan! Team: Jason Lo, AJ Ureel, John Girard, Steve Kryskalla, Jeremiah Savage, Rick Dudley Faculty Advisor: Chan-Jin Chung

3. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 3 Agenda RoboCup and Educational Research About AIBO Support Request Student and University Benefits Demo Q&A

4. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 4 RoboCup RoboCup is an international medium to advance research and education in the areas of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision. RoboCup –Simulation –Small Size –Middle Size –Four-Legged –Humanoid

5. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 5 RoboCup The Challenge: Utilizing the selected standard platform (AIBO), develop a team of fully autonomous robots that can effectively demonstrate independent decision within the context of a game of soccer. LTU Team Focus: –Computer Vision (Object Recognition) –Artificial Intelligence (Autonomy & Strategy) –Motion –Inter-Robot Communication

6. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 6 About AIBO

7. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 7 About AIBO Sony Proprietary OS Complex Object Communication

8. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 8 About AIBO Object Recognition –LTU Approach: AIBO Camera Image LTU Median Filter LTU Color Recognition

9. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 9 Support Request $2,050 for travel expenses to the American Open and for the Mind 2 Memory Stick. –RoboCup American Open 2005, Atlanta May 7 - 10 –RoboCup World Championship 2005, Osaka July 11-19

10. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 10 Benefits Educational Research –Hands On Implementation of Robotics and Computer Science Theory Artificial Intelligence Robotic Vision Kinetics (Motion) Multi-Agent Collaboration Real-Time Decision Making Personal & University Benefits –Team Work –International Exposure

11. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 11 Demo Box Step

12. 2/8/2005 TEAM: L.A.R.G.E. Slide: 12 Q&A