Two Hacked Robosapien Toys Autonomously Sumo Wrestle -- GS 07

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Two of my students (Omar Mustardo and Ludovic Gonclaves) and I challenged Dave Peins and Brian Patton (Robodyssey System's President and Vice President) to an autonomous Robosapien Sumo Wrestling match. We hacked the Robosapien toys and added a Sharp IR sensor to its chest and downward-looking IR proximity sensors on its feet. The Sharp sensors are used to detect the presence of another robot and the proximity sensors are used to keep the robots inside the black lines. These Robosapiens are not controlled remotely by humans; rather, these "intelligent" robots make their own decisions. As you can see here, the robots aren't too intelligent; we have a long way to go to make these viable wrestling partners. We must first disable the kill-switches in the robot's hands and feet. (You can hear "Ouch!" or "Uggg!" every time they are hit.) Even then, their center of mass is so low that it is almost impossible to push them or knock them over. Wow-Wee manufactures the Robosapien and Robodyssey Systems manufacturesRAMB II motherboard you see here. The robot's brain is NetMedia's BX-24 microcontroller, which is programmed using the BasicX language. If you want to learn how to hack your own Roboaspien, see Robodyssey's step-by-step tutorial at www.robodyssey.com/resources/HackAToy/HackARobosapien1.htm. Also, see my YouTube video at youtube.com I am the author of the world's only BasicX textbook; if you are interested in learning how to program your own robot, see my website at www ...
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