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Networks of Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles
Prof. Schwartz
Presentation to Dr. Ponsford of Raytheon
May 20, 2008
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Research and Development Areas
Autonomous Robot Construction. Cooperating Mobile Autonomous Robots. Vision Systems. Robot Flocking and Swarming Robot swarms that adapt and learn (game theory and evolution). Robot teams and learning.
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Autonomous Vehicles
Built from low cost robot kit.
HandyBoard HC11 controller
Bluetooth communication channel.
Sonar sensor.
Able to control over internet.
On board navigation control.
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Robotic Boat developed by 4th-year students The boat can be controlled over a
wireless network User with a PC and a web browser
can control the boat from anywhere
The web server is placed on the on-board microcontroller, which has not be done before by others
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Cooperative robots and intelligence• Robots have own control and navigation algorithms
• Robots only know their position and others
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Video Processing and Understanding
Tracking of video objects
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Networks of Robots and Sensor Swarms
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Vehicles Playing the Evader – Pursuit Game
Research Topics
• Vehicles Learn Each Others Dynamics.
• Vehicles Adapt Behaviour.
• Coalition and Team Formation
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Robots following each other and avoiding obstacles.
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Multiple Robots
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Swarm Intelligence and Personality Evolution Game Theory, Coalition formation. Evolutionary Game Theory. Learning (fuzzy, adaptive, genetic). Personality Traits.
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This is a smart robot
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Conclusion
Capability in Building Autonomous Vehicles Autonomous Vehicle Control
– Swarming
– Evader/Pursuer
• Learning and Adapting Networks
• Robots leaving a room
• adapting personalities