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Tim Craig
Jun 20, 2012, 2:31:25 PM6/20/12
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The inaugural Floorbot Challenge is only a week away. If your robot
isn't ready to go, time is getting short to have it ready to show off.
Anyone can drive around on a tabletop, show everyone what it takes to
operate in the real world, the floor. :)
Tim
isn't ready to go, time is getting short to have it ready to show off.
Anyone can drive around on a tabletop, show everyone what it takes to
operate in the real world, the floor. :)
Tim
Alex Bravo
Jun 20, 2012, 8:03:36 PM6/20/12
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Hello fellow robot builders,
Can somebody point me to rules or add them there, please? :)
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Tim Craig <TimC...@druai.com> wrote:
The inaugural Floorbot Challenge is only a week away. If your robot isn't ready to go, time is getting short to have it ready to show off. Anyone can drive around on a tabletop, show everyone what it takes to operate in the real world, the floor. :)
Tim
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Tim Craig
Jun 21, 2012, 3:16:20 AM6/21/12
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Alex,
There's nothing on the website yet because I've been busy with pylons
and my robot. Here's the original post describing what we have so far.
First, to establish the rules. There are no rules. As with the
Tablebot Challenge, there are guidelines but participants are merely
demonstrating the prowess of their robot, not competing. Participants
are free to use their own "accessories" and devise their own exercises
for their robots. Robots are free to use whatever computing and sensor
suites they wish (can afford?). Currently in the club we have a number
of robots that fit into this category, the Turtlebots and direct clones,
Neato based robots, Maxwell, Brutus (when I get him going), some of
Camp's creations, John & John's robots.... Basically, anything too big
to effectively be a Tablebot.
Camp has suggested that initially the Floorbot Challenge uses
essentially the same exercises as the Tablebots.
1. From a starting location drive to some location (specified or not)
and return. If an objective measure is desired, the error in reaching
the starting point could be used and possibly the error in hitting the
intermediate point if it's specified.
2. Have the robot locate an object in the designated "world".
3. Have the robot locate an object and return it.
However, since the Floorbots typically have much greater compute power
and carry a larger sensor suite, I feel we need some more difficult
exercises to provide more "challenge".
4. For navigation prowess, pick a regular polygon and drive it. The
vertices could be physically marked or virtual. As with #1, an
objective measure would be how close to the vertices and the start point
the robot comes.
5. Slalom. This one received some interest with I first proposed it.
Slalom could take several forms. (As it turns out since I "invented
it", I've found that several universities have robot slaloms as part of
courses or competitions. Check YouTube) I'm in the process of making
some pylons (described later) to use as marker for slalom. The pylons
will be in two colors. The first form of slalom could be to lay out a
course using single pylons. The robot would pass one color to the right
and the other color to the left. Another form would be to use two
pylons, one of each color, to form a "gate". The robot will have to
navigate the course passing through the gates keeping one color on the
left and the other on the right. This gives a bit of flexibility in
making simple to complex courses to confound our mechanical friends.
SAFETY!!! Since these robots are on the large and heavy side, safety is
important. Speeds should be kept "reasonable" to prevent injury should
a robot become "confused".
Tim
There's nothing on the website yet because I've been busy with pylons
and my robot. Here's the original post describing what we have so far.
First, to establish the rules. There are no rules. As with the
Tablebot Challenge, there are guidelines but participants are merely
demonstrating the prowess of their robot, not competing. Participants
are free to use their own "accessories" and devise their own exercises
for their robots. Robots are free to use whatever computing and sensor
suites they wish (can afford?). Currently in the club we have a number
of robots that fit into this category, the Turtlebots and direct clones,
Neato based robots, Maxwell, Brutus (when I get him going), some of
Camp's creations, John & John's robots.... Basically, anything too big
to effectively be a Tablebot.
Camp has suggested that initially the Floorbot Challenge uses
essentially the same exercises as the Tablebots.
1. From a starting location drive to some location (specified or not)
and return. If an objective measure is desired, the error in reaching
the starting point could be used and possibly the error in hitting the
intermediate point if it's specified.
2. Have the robot locate an object in the designated "world".
3. Have the robot locate an object and return it.
However, since the Floorbots typically have much greater compute power
and carry a larger sensor suite, I feel we need some more difficult
exercises to provide more "challenge".
4. For navigation prowess, pick a regular polygon and drive it. The
vertices could be physically marked or virtual. As with #1, an
objective measure would be how close to the vertices and the start point
the robot comes.
5. Slalom. This one received some interest with I first proposed it.
Slalom could take several forms. (As it turns out since I "invented
it", I've found that several universities have robot slaloms as part of
courses or competitions. Check YouTube) I'm in the process of making
some pylons (described later) to use as marker for slalom. The pylons
will be in two colors. The first form of slalom could be to lay out a
course using single pylons. The robot would pass one color to the right
and the other color to the left. Another form would be to use two
pylons, one of each color, to form a "gate". The robot will have to
navigate the course passing through the gates keeping one color on the
left and the other on the right. This gives a bit of flexibility in
making simple to complex courses to confound our mechanical friends.
SAFETY!!! Since these robots are on the large and heavy side, safety is
important. Speeds should be kept "reasonable" to prevent injury should
a robot become "confused".
Tim
Tim Craig
Jun 25, 2012, 10:25:55 PM6/25/12
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Post a note to yourself. Two days from right now, the robot better be
running.
Tim
running.
Tim
Patrick Goebel
Jun 27, 2012, 10:17:14 AM6/27/12
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The robot is running, but the human is broken. Pi Robot's human
assistant took a header off his mountain bike and broke his collarbone.
Too bad Trossen Robotics doesn't carry replacements ...However, both
robot and human should be fully operational by next month's challenge.
--patrick
assistant took a header off his mountain bike and broke his collarbone.
Too bad Trossen Robotics doesn't carry replacements ...However, both
robot and human should be fully operational by next month's challenge.
--patrick
anfed...@comcast.net
Jun 27, 2012, 10:37:23 AM6/27/12
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Sorry to hear it Patrick, see you next month. I am going to have to punt on this meeting as well. New Job + jet lag + tech shop classes + long commute = overload of human components.
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Camp Peavy
Jun 27, 2012, 2:11:49 PM6/27/12
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> Pi Robot's human assistant took a header off his mountain bike and broke his collarbone.
Ouch! Really sorry to hear but glad you're okay and further confirming my contention that bicycling is not good for your health. ;-) See you next month, Patrick.
- Camp
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Camp Peavy
Jun 27, 2012, 2:15:20 PM6/27/12
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Congratulations on your new job, Alan. I know you're digging it... hopefully we'll see you next month.
- Camp
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Sorry to hear it Patrick, see you next month. I am going to have to punt on this meeting as well. New Job + jet lag + tech shop classes + long commute = overload of human components.
From: "Patrick Goebel" <pat...@pirobot.org>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 7:17:14 AM
Subject: Re: [HBRobotics] Floorbot Challenge
The robot is running, but the human is broken. Pi Robot's human
assistant took a header off his mountain bike and broke his collarbone.
Too bad Trossen Robotics doesn't carry replacements ...However, both
robot and human should be fully operational by next month's challenge.
--patrick
On 06/25/2012 07:25 PM, Tim Craig wrote:
> Post a note to yourself. Two days from right now, the robot better be
> running.
>
> Tim
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Tim Craig
Jun 27, 2012, 3:02:02 PM6/27/12
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Right up there with the dog ate my homework! :))
Tim
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