AbstractWe discuss a set of metrics for analyzing human spatial behavior motivated by work in th... more AbstractWe discuss a set of metrics for analyzing human spatial behavior motivated by work in the social sciences; specifically, we investigate individual, attentional, interpersonal, physiological, and organizational factors that contribute to social spacing. We then ...
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, in cooperation with Stanford Univ... more The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, in cooperation with Stanford University's Department of Computer Science, presented the 2016 Spring Symposium Series on Monday through Wednesday, March 21-23, 2016 at Stanford University. The titles of the seven symposia were (1) AI and the Mitigation of Human Error: Anomalies, Team Metrics and Thermodynamics; (2) Challenges and Opportunities in Multiagent Learning for the Real World (3) Enabling Computing Research in Socially Intelligent Human-Robot Interaction: A Community-Driven Modular Research Platform; (4) Ethical and Moral Considerations in Non-Human Agents; (5) Intelligent Systems for Supporting Distributed Human Teamwork; (6) Observational Studies through Social Media and Other Human-Generated Content, and (7) Well-Being Computing: AI Meets Health and Happiness Science.
the Proceedings of The 21st National Conference …, 2006
NSF and NASA sponsored a workshop to discuss harvesting solar power in space. One solution consid... more NSF and NASA sponsored a workshop to discuss harvesting solar power in space. One solution considered was the use of a swarm of robots to form a solar reflector. How can these robots organize to form a large parabolic structure and be effectively controlled? The ...
As robots become more involved in assisting us in large and hazardous operations, such as search ... more As robots become more involved in assisting us in large and hazardous operations, such as search and rescue, we can anticipate that diverse robots will come together with the need to coordinate their efforts. These robots will come from different organizations, ...
Robotics competitions are an educational tool at the middle school, high school, and university l... more Robotics competitions are an educational tool at the middle school, high school, and university levels. The layout, rules, and reward systems of these competitions galvanize students to a specific solution space. From our experiences competing-in and designing such ...
Proceedings of the 23rd national conference on …, 2008
One potentially cost-effective approach to harvesting solar power from space is the use of thousa... more One potentially cost-effective approach to harvesting solar power from space is the use of thousands of individual robots moving in formation, each with a piece of solar panel attached, to form a solar panel array. In previous work, we demonstrated an algorithm that ...
Wheeled robot platforms have reached an ease of use that allows AI educators to easily incorporat... more Wheeled robot platforms have reached an ease of use that allows AI educators to easily incorporate them into their course to provide an opportunity for students to program physically embodied agents. This invites an opportunity for students to learn AI techniques for dealing with the physical environment and, just as importantly, brings an added interest and excitement to the course. Legged robot platforms have yet to reach the same ease of use. These robots add interesting problem dimensions and an additional level of inspiration to the AI class. This paper describes SkwelZone, a generalized system that brings affordable, programmable, legged robot platforms with reusable sensors, a microcontroller, and a common computing platform into AI curricula.
National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2007
Coordinating a group of robots to work in formation has been suggested for a number of tasks, suc... more Coordinating a group of robots to work in formation has been suggested for a number of tasks, such as urban search- and-rescue, traffic control, and harvesting solar energy. Algorithms for controlling robot formations have been inspired by biological and organizational systems. In our approach to robot formation control, each robot is treated like a cell in a cellular automaton, where
National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2000
Coordinating a group of robots to work in formation has been suggested for a number of tasks, suc... more Coordinating a group of robots to work in formation has been suggested for a number of tasks, such as urban search- and-rescue, traffic control, and harvesting solar e nergy. Algorithms for controlling robot formations have be en inspired by biological and organizational systems. In our approach to robot formation control, each robot is treated like a cell in a cellular
In previous work, we demonstrated an algorithm that treats a group of robots as a 1-dimensional c... more In previous work, we demonstrated an algorithm that treats a group of robots as a 1-dimensional cellular automaton, which is able to establish formations defined by a single mathematical function. We now extend the algorithm to establish grid formations.
AbstractWe discuss a set of metrics for analyzing human spatial behavior motivated by work in th... more AbstractWe discuss a set of metrics for analyzing human spatial behavior motivated by work in the social sciences; specifically, we investigate individual, attentional, interpersonal, physiological, and organizational factors that contribute to social spacing. We then ...
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, in cooperation with Stanford Univ... more The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, in cooperation with Stanford University's Department of Computer Science, presented the 2016 Spring Symposium Series on Monday through Wednesday, March 21-23, 2016 at Stanford University. The titles of the seven symposia were (1) AI and the Mitigation of Human Error: Anomalies, Team Metrics and Thermodynamics; (2) Challenges and Opportunities in Multiagent Learning for the Real World (3) Enabling Computing Research in Socially Intelligent Human-Robot Interaction: A Community-Driven Modular Research Platform; (4) Ethical and Moral Considerations in Non-Human Agents; (5) Intelligent Systems for Supporting Distributed Human Teamwork; (6) Observational Studies through Social Media and Other Human-Generated Content, and (7) Well-Being Computing: AI Meets Health and Happiness Science.
the Proceedings of The 21st National Conference …, 2006
NSF and NASA sponsored a workshop to discuss harvesting solar power in space. One solution consid... more NSF and NASA sponsored a workshop to discuss harvesting solar power in space. One solution considered was the use of a swarm of robots to form a solar reflector. How can these robots organize to form a large parabolic structure and be effectively controlled? The ...
As robots become more involved in assisting us in large and hazardous operations, such as search ... more As robots become more involved in assisting us in large and hazardous operations, such as search and rescue, we can anticipate that diverse robots will come together with the need to coordinate their efforts. These robots will come from different organizations, ...
Robotics competitions are an educational tool at the middle school, high school, and university l... more Robotics competitions are an educational tool at the middle school, high school, and university levels. The layout, rules, and reward systems of these competitions galvanize students to a specific solution space. From our experiences competing-in and designing such ...
Proceedings of the 23rd national conference on …, 2008
One potentially cost-effective approach to harvesting solar power from space is the use of thousa... more One potentially cost-effective approach to harvesting solar power from space is the use of thousands of individual robots moving in formation, each with a piece of solar panel attached, to form a solar panel array. In previous work, we demonstrated an algorithm that ...
Wheeled robot platforms have reached an ease of use that allows AI educators to easily incorporat... more Wheeled robot platforms have reached an ease of use that allows AI educators to easily incorporate them into their course to provide an opportunity for students to program physically embodied agents. This invites an opportunity for students to learn AI techniques for dealing with the physical environment and, just as importantly, brings an added interest and excitement to the course. Legged robot platforms have yet to reach the same ease of use. These robots add interesting problem dimensions and an additional level of inspiration to the AI class. This paper describes SkwelZone, a generalized system that brings affordable, programmable, legged robot platforms with reusable sensors, a microcontroller, and a common computing platform into AI curricula.
National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2007
Coordinating a group of robots to work in formation has been suggested for a number of tasks, suc... more Coordinating a group of robots to work in formation has been suggested for a number of tasks, such as urban search- and-rescue, traffic control, and harvesting solar energy. Algorithms for controlling robot formations have been inspired by biological and organizational systems. In our approach to robot formation control, each robot is treated like a cell in a cellular automaton, where
National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2000
Coordinating a group of robots to work in formation has been suggested for a number of tasks, suc... more Coordinating a group of robots to work in formation has been suggested for a number of tasks, such as urban search- and-rescue, traffic control, and harvesting solar e nergy. Algorithms for controlling robot formations have be en inspired by biological and organizational systems. In our approach to robot formation control, each robot is treated like a cell in a cellular
In previous work, we demonstrated an algorithm that treats a group of robots as a 1-dimensional c... more In previous work, we demonstrated an algorithm that treats a group of robots as a 1-dimensional cellular automaton, which is able to establish formations defined by a single mathematical function. We now extend the algorithm to establish grid formations.
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