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SUBJECT: Lego Robotics Demo on MARS: Nov 15  11:30-12:30 in the UC
>On November 15th General Robotics (24-354) will be launching mobile
>robots to land on "Mars" and drive across its surface. Teams of
>undergraduate engineering and computer science students have built a
>variety of "Mars Rovers" for this in-class design competition.
>
>The challenge is that the teams never directly see the Martian terrain
>while driving their robots. Instead, they are given terrain maps (see
>www.generalrobotics.org/labs/lab07/) and some "satellite" photos of the
>terrain. The only available "on-line" information is visual feedback
>from a camera placed on the lander module in the Martian
>terrain. Students will most likely use this information as if they are
>remotely driving their robots on Mars from Earth, but subject to some
>of the constraints of remote teleoperation (time lags, no clear field
>of view, etc.) Some groups will have limited autonomy.
>
>PLACE: University Center in Kirr Commons (but the Connan Room is our
backup)
>TIME: 11:30-12:30 EST
>DATE: Nov 15, 2000
>SPONSOR: Caterpillar
>URL: http://generalrobotics.org/labs/lab07
>     http://generalrobotics.org
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