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CARMEL
File:CARMEL.jpg
ManufacturerUniversity of Michigan
Year of creation1987
Derived from[CARMEL]]

CARMEL was a research robot developed by the University of Michigan's Mobile Robotics Lab. It won first prize at the first Mobile Robot Olympics held in July 1992 in San Jose, California.

Software

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Mention Vector Field Histograms and Virtual Force Field were written in Lisp, with some lower-level code written in C.[1] The code maintains a "Local Perceptual Space" that is updated by the sensors and acted on by planning algorithms.[2]

Hardware

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It was about 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide, and included 12 sonar sensors, optical wheel encoders, a video camera, and a depth-finding laser.[3]

Research results

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Flakey was used to demonstrate fuzzy logic and goal-oriented behavior - it would take what it knew and work towards one of several goals.[4] At the first AAAI robotics competition in July 1992, Flakey took second place and the University of Michigan's CARMEL took first, above Georgia Tech's "Buzz" and IBM's "TJ2".[1][4]

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  1. ^ a b University of Michigan; SRI International. "CARMEL vs. Flakey: A Comparison of Two Robots". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.87.1641. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Saffiotti, Alessandro. "Some Notes on the Integration of Planning and Reactivity in Autonomous Mobile Robots" (PDF). SRI International. Retrieved 2013-03-06. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Mims, Jim. "Flakey". Alp Centauri. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  4. ^ a b Saffiotti, Alessandro; Ruspini, E.; Konolige, Kurt G. (March 1993). "A Fuzzy Controller For Flakey, An Autonomous Mobile Robot". SRI International. Retrieved 2013-03-06. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Category:SRI International Category:Historical robots Category:Rolling robots Category:Robots of the United States Category:1987 robots