DPRG mailing list archives: [DPRG] Re: Games

Tue Jun 19 19:27:38 CDT 2007

Hello dpa,

Hmmm Windows Media Player errors out when I try to view these. Is anybody else having this trouble ?

Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 6:20:33 PM, you wrote:

> Howdy,

> Here are some images from The Science Place of the floor
> in the lobby.  I thought they might be useful for visualizing
> how the space can be used as a real-world robot environment.

> <http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robots/dprg/tsp/>

> Here are the inner planets:

> <http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robots/dprg/tsp/planets.jpg>

> The ecliptic and the constallation of Scorpius:

> <http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robots/dprg/tsp/ecliptic_and_scorpius.jpg>

> The ecliptic passing through the constallation of Orion:

> <http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robots/dprg/tsp/orion.jpg>

> The ecliptic is about 3 inches wide:

> <http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robots/dprg/tsp/ecliptic.jpg>

> Here's SR04 calibrating line-following sensors and attempting to line follow
> on the ecliptic (10M mpg):

> <http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robots/dprg/tsp/sr04_ecliptic_m1.mpg>

> Note that these line following sensors are just a pair of CdS cells with a couple
> of white LEDs for illumination, the same setup SR04 uses for the DPRG line following
> contest, unmodified.  Seem to work ok on the TSP reflective floor.  Folks using
> similar technology will might not have any problems, as well as those like David
> Wilson using cameras for line detection.

> Here LegoBot travels through interplanetary space from Earth to Uranus and back home (11M mpg):

> <http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robots/dprg/tsp/legobot_earth_uranus_m1.mpg>

> SR04 travels from Sirius to Hydra to retrieve a Space Pod and return it to Sirius orbit, while
> avoiding Space Creatures (14M mpg):

> <http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robots/dprg/tsp/SR04_sirius_hydra_pod_m1.mpg>

> LegoBot follows the wall from the lobby to the View Space Theatre (formerly the Lucent Lab),
> where the DPRG meets.  It turns out to be locked (83M mpg):

> <http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robots/dprg/tsp/legobot_wall_follow_m1.mpg>

> Here's a shorter excerpt of LegoBot's trip through the East entry hall (23M mpg):

> <http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robots/dprg/tsp/legobot_wall_follow_ex_m1.mpg>

> SR04 takes the Great Reconfigureable Human Wall Challenge with the help of
> some friends from Girl's Inc. (Thanks for the help Girls!) He's attempting to
> get to a spot just eight feet on the other side of the Great Wall (20M mpg):

> <http://geology.heroy.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robots/dprg/tsp/sr04_great_wall_m1.mpg>

> best regards,
> dpa

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