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| − | ==Wednesday 11th January - Alexandre == |
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| − | # '''Presentation / Discussion''' |
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| − | * I will introduce a new experiment that involves a group of robots trying to estimate collectively |
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| − | the direction of the nest, whereas they can not see it anymore. |
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| − | * After a quick description of the experiment I'll introduce a set of simple behavioural rules devised to produce the desired collective behaviour. |
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| − | * Then I'll present some simulation results, and describe how the group of robots manages to estimate the direction |
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| − | of the nest, and how it behaves in varying conditions (noise of the system, number of robots, duration of the experiment...). |
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| − | * Lastly I will discuss some tradeoff problems : robots estimate better the direction |
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| − | of the nest if they are numerous, but on the other hand they have difficulties to synchronize for achieving a collective prey retrieval. |
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| − | * And I will discuss some scalability and bifurcation features of the system |
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| − | * If I have some time, but it is not likely, I will present you my latest results on optimal foraging |
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| − | and improvements I did, following the suggestions of many of you. |
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| − | # '''Robotics Group Admin''' |
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| − | #* '''Anders:''' Robotics room server |
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| − | #* '''Anders:''' s-bot status (Rehan is going to kidnap the robots?) |
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| − | #* '''Anders:''' BibTeX file for robotics conferences and journals. |
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| − | #* '''Marco:''' Who takes care of the e-pucks?. |
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| − | #* '''Marco:''' NASA wants to cooperate with us. |
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| − | '''''Reading material''''' |
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| − | '''''People who will be absent''''' |
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| − | '''''Results''''' |
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| − | [[Media:Alex_present_11_01_2006.pdf | Download the presentation (.pdf)]] |
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| − | * '''Anders:''' Robotics room server |
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| − | ** There is a new computer in the arena. It needs to be installed and configured. For people who do not have laptops and for the overhead camera, etc. |
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| − | * '''Anders:''' s-bot status (Rehan is going to kidnap the robots?) |
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| − | ** Rehan is (maybe) going to take all the s-bots to Switzerland the final week of January. |
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| − | * '''Anders:''' BibTeX file for robotics conferences and journals. |
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| − | ** A common BibTeX DB is already on the way. In a months time we should be able to test it. |
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| − | * '''Marco:''' Who takes care of the e-pucks?. |
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| − | ** The e-pucks will arrive soon. Noone volunteered to test them. Marco will pick one at random. |
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| − | * '''Marco:''' NASA wants to cooperate with us. |
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| − | ** IRIDIA is likely going to sign a contract with NASA for a number of experiments, in simulation and on the real robots, for transporting (lifting) building material on the moon. |
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==Wednesday 18th January - Rehan == |
==Wednesday 18th January - Rehan == |
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Revision as of 11:50, 23 January 2006
Purpose
- Community. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
- Research. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
- Admin. Lab administration.
Format
- Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
- Work you have been doing
- Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
- Other reading on something you are passionate about
- Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)
Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
- Send round material to be read beforehand.
- Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
- Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
Timing & Attendance
The weekly meetings ALWAYS take place on
Unless:
- A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
- Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.
If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.
Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting (no later than the Friday before).
If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
Previous Meetings
See Minutes and agendas from previous meetings.
Wednesday 18th January - Rehan
Agenda
- Presentation / Discussion
- Sbot Common Interface
- Design Principles Design
- Implementation (Current)
- Live Demonstration
- Robotics Group Admin
Reading material
People who will be absent
Results
Wednesday 25th January - Anders
This meeting is going to be a bit technical.
Agenda
- Presentation / Discussion
- Simulation
- TwoDee: Philosophy, limitations and implementation
- Discussion on simulation
- Robotics Group Admin
Reading material
No reading is required, but I would recommend that people interested in or working with simulation to read Jacobi's "Evolutionary Robotics and the Radical Envelope-of-Noise Hypothesis" (.ps.Z), (1997), Journal of Adaptive Behavior vol. 6, No. 2, 325-368.
People who will be absent Rehan
Results
Wednesday 1st Febuary - Elio
Agenda
- Presentation / Discussion
- Robotics Group Admin
Reading material
People who will be absent
Results
Wednesday 8th January - Christos
Agenda
- Presentation / Discussion
- Robotics Group Admin
Reading material
People who will be absent
Results
Wednesday 15th February - Marco
Agenda
- Presentation / Discussion
- Robotics Group Admin
Reading material
People who will be absent
Results
Wednesday 22nd February - Roderich
Agenda
- Presentation / Discussion
- Robotics Group Admin
Reading material
People who will be absent
Results
Wednesday 1st March - Shervin
Agenda
- Presentation / Discussion
- Robotics Group Admin
Reading material
People who will be absent
Results
