Rescue Robots

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Rescue Robots

• Joint International Master
• Project
• Dennis Böck Dirk C. Aumueller

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Agenda

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

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Basic Project Goals

• 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

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Detection of Humans

• Ways of detection
• Contact
• Visibility
• Motion
• Infrared
• Sound
• Heartbeat

• Reasons are
• Security
• Observation
• Finding
• Rescue

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Detection of Humans
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RoboCup Challenge

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

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Communication Architecture
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Remote-controlling via Bluetooth

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

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Research Domains

• 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

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Mapping and Position Estimation

• 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

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Evaluation of a basic Robot Layout
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Summary

• Interesting and challenging project
• Reallife scenarios
• Not the standard university project
• Lots of theoretical learning
• Students from different universities work together