Robots Alive

60 Minutes

 

Fifth annual AI conference in Portland Oregon

 

    Maze contest - robot had to find 2 conference rooms that were unoccupied and then notify participants of the meeting location and time.

    Multiple versus single robots - speed versus coordination difficulties

    Cameras and other sensors

    Reasoning

 

NAVCHAIR

 

    AI wheelchair

 

Find tennis balls and place them in a designated location

 

    AI - room navigation and target sensing

 

Road Navigation

 

    Following lines and edge of road

    Navigation under uncertainty

 

Carnegie Mellon

 

    Balancing robots

 

MIT

 

    Toddler robot

    Cog robot

 

Randy Brooks - Subsumption Approach

 

Helicopter Contest

 

    Propulsion options

    Inherent difficulties