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Center for Distributed Robotics, University of Minnesota
http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/cots.php
U of M Home. The Scout robot has been developed at the University of Minnesota in partnership with MTS, Honeywell, and ATC. The Scout is designed to operate alone or in conjunction with Scouts or other robots. 45 mm (main body). The COTS scout in action. (14MB mpeg). The COTS Scout in a variety of use scenarios (60 MB WMV). A narrated description of the COTS Scouts. (43MB mpeg). A COTS Scout dropped from an RC Aircraft. (25MB mpeg). Casey Carlson, Andrew Drenner, Ian Burt, Apostolos Kottas, Charles Hays,...
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Center for Distributed Robotics, University of Minnesota
http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/mission.php
U of M Home. The emphasis is on the creation of inexpensive reconfigurable robotic systems which consist of physically separate units that communicate via a wireless communication network. These individual robots can work independently but in cooperation to complete the common goal. The ultimate objective is that the individual robots can combine forces to accomplish a class of tasks in a more robust and cost effective manner than a single robot. Which is part of the NSF I/UCRC.
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Center for Distributed Robotics, University of Minnesota
http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/publications.php
U of M Home. E Kadioglu, N. Papanikolopoulos, "A Method for Transporting a Team of Miniature Robots," Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. P E Rybski, F. Zacharias, J. F. Lett, O. Masoud, M. Gini and N. Papanikolopoulos, "Building Topological Maps with Sensor-Limited Miniature Mobile Robots," Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. S A Stoeter, P. E. Rybski, M. Gini, N. Papanikolopoulos, "Aut...P Rö&szl...
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Center for Distributed Robotics, University of Minnesota
http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/megascout.php
U of M Home. The MegaScout is a wholly new robot platform developed at the University of Minnesota to work in conjunction with a Scout team. The MegaScout is intended to provide command and control support for a Scout team as well as perform independently. The MegaScouts are still in their early prototyping stages, and more information will be provided as it becomes available. 13 cm (main body). 250 Wh Lithium Polymer. Approx. 20 hours. Approx. 5-7.5 hours. A standard equipped MegaScout.
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Center for Distributed Robotics, University of Minnesota
http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/aquapod.php
U of M Home. The Aquapod is a small amphibious tumbling robot capable of traversing a combination of terrestrial and aquatic environments using its high terrainability. Various prototypes have been built to respond to specific needs. Some of these prototypes are capable of remote control while others are built to accommodate small external controllable modules that extend the Aquapod's functionality.
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Center for Distributed Robotics, University of Minnesota
http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/adelopod.php
U of M Home. The Adelopod is a small two-armed tumbling robot developed by the University of Minnesota Center for Distributed Robotics. Tumbling is achieved through the use of two rigid arms that rotate about its body. Another degree of freedom is achieved by each arm by adjusting the plane in which that arm rotates. Brett Hemes and Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos "Frictional step climbing analysis of tumbling locomotion" IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2012.
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Center for Distributed Robotics, University of Minnesota
http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/loper.php
U of M Home. Sam D Herbert, Andrew Drenner, and Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, "Loper: A Quadruped-Hybrid Stair Climbing Robot", Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pasadena, CA, May 19-23, 2008.
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Center for Distributed Robotics, University of Minnesota
http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/education.php
U of M Home. One of the goals for the Center for Distributed Robotics is to foster the understanding of computer science through the application of robots in the classroom. While the initial trials are being done in robotics related classes, it is the goal of the Center for Distributed Robotics to introduce Computer Science students of all levels to robotics. Robotics In The Classroom. The initial applications of robotics in the classroom started in Fall of 2002 with the introduction of the PPRK robot.
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Center for Distributed Robotics, University of Minnesota
http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/hybrid.php
U of M Home. Miniature ground robots often encounter impassable obstacles due to a mismatch between the size of the robots and the scale of the objects in their mission environment. For instance, robots operating in urban environments may frequently come across stairs. Larger robots can typically scale stairs without issue, but for robots lower on the size spectrum, similar performance is much more difficult to achieve. The robot is primarily meant for use on the ground; the intent of the flight mode is ...
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Center for Distributed Robotics, University of Minnesota
http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/explorer.php
U of M Home. The Explorer robot was designed to provide research scientists with an advanced, safe, and easy to use mobile robotic platform. While it may look deceptively similar to its predecessor, the eROSI, it is different in all aspects of design - from the mechanical structure and electrical hardware, to its software processing capabilities. Analog Camera with Transmitter. 400 MHz Verdex Gumstix. 1320 mAh LiPoly Battery.
