Robot Demonstration and Meeting

Wed, Sep 7
6:30-8:30
FREE

Join us this Wednesday for an exciting demonstration on rolling robot
platforms.

Dr. Khalid M. Al-Ali, Senior Fellow and Director of Robotics at
Carnegie Mellon University, will showcase an example of their new
MAX rover - a inexpensive camera-based robot currently used by NASA
Ames for intelligent and adaptive robotics/avionics research and
development. This robot has stereo vision cameras, sensors all
around, and can be operated remotely - all in a nice small R/C truck
sized platform!

The CMU group developed software components that can be easily
integrated - their aim is to enable users to test different behavior-
based algorithms on actual robots with minimal time investment in
learning the details of the robot and robot specific programming
environments. In addition to NASA, the low-cost, high performance
robot platform is also being used by high school students and
colleges - but can also be made into a great hobbyist platform. This
past summer students built their own robots from kits in just a few
weeks at CMU's RoboCamp West.

Even if you don't want to build one, it's a great robot to come and see!

Venue:

San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway St
San Francisco

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Additional Info:
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