Evaluating the RoboCup 2009 Virtual Robot Rescue Competition

Balakirsky, Stephen; Carpin, Stefano; Visser, A.

doi:10.1145/1865909.1865932

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“…A virtual competition for rescue offers larger, more complex environments and stresses collaborative planning of teams of robots [17]. Teams are required to address elemental tasks that include the autonomous distribution of up to eight robots to form communication repeater networks, autonomous multi-vehicle mapping, and multi-vehicle tele-operation.…”

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The role of competitions in advancing intelligent systems

Messina

Madhavan

Balakirsky

2009

Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems

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In recent years, the number of competitions in the robotic domain has increased tremendously. This growth is spurred by the appealing nature of robots, the flexibility that they afford in competition themes due to the practically unlimited applications, and by the recognition that competitions can yield advances in a technological domain that is immature. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has supported a variety of competitions to help stimulate innovation in certain critical technologies and capabilities needed in robotics. In this paper we present some general views of competitions and discuss the experiences NIST has had with robotics competitions as catalysts for advancing the state of intelligent systems. This paper is a lead-in to others in a special session organized at the 2010 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) workshop that describe in more detail how competitions are used to advance intelligent systems.

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Section: Spectrum Of Competitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of competitions in advancing intelligent systems

Messina

Madhavan

Balakirsky

2009

Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems

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“…This study is meant to include the influence of smoke to measurements of the laser range finders. Laser range finders are used by all teams in the competition for localization and mapping purposes [8]. The findings in this paper are also relevant outside the competition; the explicit model is complete enough to be implemented and contains details needed any study about the relationship between laser range finders and smoke.…”

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Realistic Simulation of Laser Range Finder Behavior in a Smoky Environment

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Dijkshoorn

Noort

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RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV

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The Urban Search and Rescue Simulation used for RoboCup lacks realistic response of laser range finders on smoke. In this paper, the behavior of a Hokuyo and Sick laser range finder in a smoky environment is studied. The behavior of the lasers is among others a function of the visibility level, and in this article this function is quantified into an explicit model. This model is implemented in a simulation environment which is the basis of the Virtual Robot competition of the RoboCup Rescue League. The behavior of both real and virtual laser range finders is compared in a number of validation tests. The validation tests show that the behavior of the laser range finders in the simulation is consistent with the real world.

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“…Multi-agent systems have garnered much attention of late with recent advances in computing and robotics (from [12] to [2]), wherein a single task is achieved by several agents working cooperatively in a distributed fashion [42]. Example applications which could be achieved using this multi-agent platform include robot rescue [5], intruder detection [24] and mobile ad-hoc wireless network research [40]. Historically, the problem of localisation for mobile robots has been addressed in one of two ways: using either global (external) information or local (internal) information to achieve absolute or relative localisation of the robot.…”

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Development and validation of a low-cost mobile robotics testbed

Johnson

Hayes

2011

Open Engineering

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This paper considers the design, construction and validation of a low-cost experimental robotic testbed, which allows for the localisation and tracking of multiple robotic agents in real time. The testbed system is suitable for research and education in a range of different mobile robotic applications, for validating theoretical as well as practical research work in the field of digital control, mobile robotics, graphical programming and video tracking systems. It provides a reconfigurable floor space for mobile robotic agents to operate within, while tracking the position of multiple agents in real-time using the overhead vision system. The overall system provides a highly cost-effective solution to the topical problem of providing students with practical robotics experience within severe budget constraints. Several problems encountered in the design and development of the mobile robotic testbed and associated tracking system, such as radial lens distortion and the selection of robot identifier templates are clearly addressed. The testbed performance is quantified and several experiments involving LEGO Mindstorm NXT and Merlin System MiaBot robots are discussed.

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Evaluating the RoboCup 2009 Virtual Robot Rescue Competition

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

The role of competitions in advancing intelligent systems

The role of competitions in advancing intelligent systems

Realistic Simulation of Laser Range Finder Behavior in a Smoky Environment

Development and validation of a low-cost mobile robotics testbed

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