Search And RescueSearch And RescueAn AIBO StoryAn AIBO Story

By:By:

Sheena SandsSheena Sands

Nate HomitskyNate Homitsky

Trevor PatrieTrevor Patrie

Becky VerebBecky Vereb

InjuryInjury

• One day an AIBO decided to go out for a walk. While out the AIBO got lost and while trying to find it’s way back it got stuck under a rock slide

The Search and Rescue TeamThe Search and Rescue Team

• An elite team of Search and Rescue AIBOs were dispatched to find the injured AIBO when it did not return home at the end of the day

Basic Project DescriptionBasic Project Description

• 1 ‘Injured’ AIBO– Stuck under a rock slide until the two

searching AIBOs find it and dig it out

• 2 ‘Searching’ AIBOs– Tandem mapping the area that the injured

AIBO was last seen in, in attempts to rescue it and return it home safely

Criteria For EndingCriteria For Ending

• 2 Ways to determine that the injured AIBO has been rescued– Successful Ending

• Getting back to the starting point (the point the Searching AIBOs start at) within the allotted time

– Unsuccessful Ending• Timer runs out and the injured AIBO does not

make it out alive

Point SystemPoint System

• Injured AIBO’s life timer– Needs to be found within the first X minutes in

order to be rescued• If found able to be assisted out of the maze• If not found in time dead on arrival

– Definition of Found

– Checkpoints• Color coded

EnvironmentEnvironment

• Checkpoints

• Obstacles

• Starting Location

Data ExchangeData Exchange

• How to Exchange The Data– TCP

• What Messages– The Map– The “orders”

• To whom– The Map = Server– The orders = the injured AIBO

Statistical SignificanceStatistical Significance

• Mapping Error

FairnessFairness

• Time to get out of the maze– Determined by the size of the room– Will be communicated to the searching AIBOs

• Checkpoint/Goal deadline– Time to Goal– Number of checkpoints to go through

• Checkpoint recognition (for the injured AIBO)– Using the IR sensor to identify the distance to

the checkpoint

Questions?Questions?