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REU 2008-Building the First USF Small Size Robot Team
Christopher HobbsMentor: Dr. Alfredo Weitzenfeld
Abstract
Methodology and Procedures
Results
There
are
4
essential
internal
components
that
allow
the
programming
It started with the 1997 defeat of chess world champion Garry
Assembled robots competed in RoboCup,
of
the
robot
to
acquire:
Kasparov by Deep Blue, IBM’s chess playing computer. Since this
international soccer competition, in China
Kicker
CardThis
controls
the
kicker
it
charges
power
for
kicks
of
battle of man versus machine, the purpose of robotics was to create
in July
various
strengths.
robots that would advance artificial intelligence (AI) to a level that
replicates the human thought process. RoboCup, an international DSP Card- This card is the brain of the robot it controls the functions of
the other cards.
robotics soccer competition, supported a platform for the
Power card- This sends power through the entire system.
advancement of the AI of robotics.
Motor Card- This controls all functions of the motors and movements of
Project Objective
the robots.
My duties included constructing the individual components of the
To construct the components I had to weld on the individual pieces to
robots and assembling them into 3 complete robots.
their specified positions such as the power converter on kicker card,
and the two regulators on the Motor card. My duties also included
checking the circuits on the power card and uploading the program to
Robotics is the science and technology of developing robots.
the DSP cards. I also assembled the wheels. Each piece had to be place
Robotics is a technology that holds many possibilities for
correctly in order to fit inside the robots casing. I assembled each robot
application. Currently we have robots that build cars, help with
search and rescue, and that aid in education and research. Robots by attaching each card on atop each other in the correct order. Power
card being the base kicker card and motor the middles section and DSP
have the potential to do anything that can and will be done by
Conclusion
on
top.
Because
of
the
robots
nature,
constant
movement,
this
had
to
be
humanity. In the future this list of applications will begin to grow
Future work will include:
done
properly
in
order
to
keep
the
components
from
damaging
without bounds in relation to the development of better AI. The
1. Further development of A.I. system
themselves
while
the
robot
was
in
action.
Motor Card
problem that we face today is creating the AI that will allow robots
governing the robots
Power Card
to echo the reasoning skills of a person. For this reason RoboCup
2. Development of humanoid soccer
was formed. RoboCup is an international competition centered on
playing robots for competition.
designing robots to play soccer. The end goal is for us to construct a
humanoid robot soccer team that can beat the reigning world soccer
Acknowledgements
champs in a game. Constructing robots in order to play soccer might
Special Thanks to.
seem like a waste of time, but in actuality this unique problem will
DSP
Card
Kicker Card
•Dr. Alfredo Weitzenfeld
give us insight on future design problems of such a team.
•Paolo Aguilar Valiente,
•Mr. Bernard Batson
•Dr. Miguel A. Labrador
•FGLSAMP Organization
•RoboCup
Introduction
Department of Computer Science & Engineering