Joint International Master Project Dennis Böck & Dirk C. Aumueller 1

 Basic Project Goals  RoboCup Challenge  Communication Architecture  Remote Controlling via Bluetooth  Research Domains  Mapping and Position Estimation  Evaluation of a basic Robot Layout  Summary 2

 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 3

 Reasons are ◦ Security ◦ Observation ◦ Finding ◦ Rescue  Ways of detection ◦ Contact ◦ Visibility ◦ Motion ◦ Infrared ◦ Sound ◦ Heartbeat 4

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 International research and education initiative  Goal is the fostering of AI and intelligent robotics 6

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 RCNavigationControl, a control program ◦ Opens a listening port for Bluetooth connections ◦ Executes the commands it receives 8

 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 9

 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 10

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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 12