Hi. We have a
couple of projects that we would still like to submit abstracts to for
Swarmfest this year.
The first
involves a graduate thesis on UAV swarm: a detailed study, an
involved simulation tool, including multiple layers FROM RF COMM to an
optical layer. Finally and based on swarm concepts, we suggest a new
approach to UAV design and build (different species, etc...). We would
also demonstrate the new simulation tool and make it available for all
participants.
The second
abstract involves a swarm of ROBOSAPIEN bipedal robot to fight
fires. This project involves 25 students doing design and
implementation of a bipedal robotic swarm to fight fires. Subsystems
include SONAR, CAMERA, Optical Navigation, B/T communications, and
Integration design. Should this abstract also be accepted, we would like
to actually bring the robots with us. The project is very involved and
sheds much light into the actual implementation of a swarm and how much
work is involved in it. It also discusses some aspects of the trade-off
between AI and swarm and what decision had to be made for this particular
application. We also discuss how such a micro-model can be generalized to
more advanced applications. Please let
me know if these two concepts are acceptable. I apologize for the delay
in sending in the abstracts, but I still think that they would both be a
very nice fit for your conference and would hope that you would let us
submit them late. Take
care. Tarek.
Tarek El
Doker
Research Faculty and Director of the NAU Machine Perception Lab
Department of Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ, 86001
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