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LTU AIBO Research GroupAlumni Association Support Request

Tuesday February 8, 2005

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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

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Agenda

• RoboCup and Educational Research

• About AIBO

• Support Request

• Student and University Benefits

• Demo

• Q&A

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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

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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

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About AIBO

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About AIBO

• Sony Proprietary OS

• Complex Object Communication

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About AIBO

• Object Recognition– LTU Approach:

• AIBO Camera Image

• LTU Median Filter

• LTU Color Recognition

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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

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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

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Demo

• Box Step

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Q&A