iRobot Mapping & Localization

Three UC Berkeley students see to hacking the iRobot Create - including automation, Bluetooth communication, parabolic lasers, light detectors, and artificial intelligence control.

The final goal is to have the robots locate each other in a room and begin to map.

Demonstrated here is the localization procedure where the robots identify each other.

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Science & Technology

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• berkeley
• california
• eecs
• irobot
• create
• bluetooth
• laser
• localization
• wireless
• distributed
• sensors
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[elgeeko1]

The general idea is that any number of robots can start in an unknown room with unknown locations, and using time synchronization and line-of-sight, the robots determine distances between each other, a fixed origin, and a coordinate system.

Applications include distributed mapping, sensor networks, and really, really fast vacuuming.

[drajzman]

This is amazing. What does the localization procedure let you do? I can see how it would be useful for mapping Mars or the Moon. Does it have any Earth based applications? (like mine sweepers, etc?)