A Multi Agent Approach to Vision Based Robot Scavenging

This paper proposes a design for our entry into the 2006 AAAI Scavenger Hunt Competition and Robot Exhibition. We will be entering a scalable two agent system consisting of off-the-shelf laptop robots, capable of monocular vision. Each robot will demonstrate the ability to localize itself, recognize a set of objects, and communicate with peer robots to share location and coordinate exploration. Overview Our goal is to produce two fully autonomous robots which will compete as a team in the scavenger hunt and exhibition categories of the 2006 AAAI Robot Competition and Exhibition. In the scavenger hunt, the robots will attempt to look for the target items by bisecting the search space. To facilitate efficient search space coverage, the robots will update each other on their respective positions and findings via ad-hoc wireless connection. In the exhibition, we plan to display some of the advanced features of these robots in more detail. Each robot will operate independently and will con...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: AAAI
• Authors: Kamil Wnuk, Brian Fulkerson, Jeremi Sudol
• Keywords: AAAI 2006, Intelligent Agents, Off-the-shelf Laptop Robots, Robot, Scavenger Hunt