University of Windsor School of Computer Science

60-572 Topics in Artificial

Intelligence  Fall 2008

23/4/20

• Course outline

• Feature of the course:– Study state-of-the-art technology

in mobile robots– Hands-on project with real robots– Project-based Evaluation

Introduction to the course

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• Probabilistic robotics

– DARPA Grand Challenge (2004, 2005)

– DARPA urban challenge (2007)

• Paper:Stanley: The robot that won the DARPA Grand

Challenge

State-of-the-art technology

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Robots– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

VUqc-uxcJgg&feature=related

– iRobot Create/Roomba

• http://www.irobot.com/create

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT2bPx9k7D4

• http://hackingroomba.com/

Project with real robots

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• Robots– Lego Mindstorms NXT

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3574kmjIcdY&feature=related

• http://mindstorms.lego.com/eng/Ljubljana_dest/Default.aspx

• Books, http://mindstorms.lego.com/Books/

Project with real robots

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• Project is the most important piece for evaluation.

• Successful project translates to successful mark

• Start/plan early

• Not a paper reading/presenting project, show me the working robot

Project based Evaluation

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• Achieving Artificial Intelligence Through Building robots

• An army of Small Robots

• Editorial-Advances in Multi-Robot Systems

• Robots, After All

• Stanley The Robot that Won the DARPA Grand Challenge

Readings for now

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Sounds like a fun course, be part of the fun!

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