Mars rover

By Sharon Lauback

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Tags: Aerospace, Design, Performance, Robotic planning, Robotics, Theory

RoboCup

By Hiroaki Kitano, Minoru Asada, Itsuki Noda, Hitoshi Matsubara

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Tags: Computing organizations, Design, Human Factors, Performance, Robotic planning, Robotics, Theory

CMUnited

Robotic soccer is a challenging research domain involving multiple agents that need to collaborate in an adversarial environment to achieve specific objectives. This article describes CMUnited, the team of small robotic agents that we developed to enter the RoboCup-97 competition. We designed and built the robotic agents, devised the appropriate vision algorithm, and developed and implemented algorithms for strategic collaboration between the robots in an uncertain and dynamic environment. The robots can organize themselves in formations, hold specific roles, and pursue their goals. In game situations, they have demonstrated their collaborative behaviors on multiple occasions. The robots can also switch roles to maximize the overall performance of the team. We present an overview of the vision processing algorithm which successfully tracks multiple moving objects and predicts trajectories. The paper then focuses on the agents' behaviors ranging from low-level individual behaviors to coordinated, strategic team behaviors. CMUnited won the RoboCup-97 small-robot competition at IJCAI-97 in Nagoya, Japan.

By Manuela Veloso, Peter Stone, Kwun Han, Sorin Achim

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Tags: Algorithms, Design, Distributed artificial intelligence, Human Factors, Measurement, Performance, Robotic planning, Robotics, Theory

Evolutionary control via sensorimotor input and actuation

By Todd M. Schrider

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Tags: Design, Performance, Robotic planning, Robotics, Theory

Protecting Java code via code obfuscation

The Java language is compiled into a platform independent bytecode format. Much of the information contained in the original source code remains in the bytecode, thus decompilation is easy. We will examine how code obfuscation can help protect Java bytecodes.

By Douglas Low

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Tags: Compilers, Design, Language types, Languages, Performance, Theory

A practical crash course in Java 1.1+ programming and technology: part II

By George Crawford

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Tags: Design, Human Factors, Language types, Languages, Management, Model curricula, Theory

Ask Jack: Internet career

By Jack Wilson

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Tags: Computing occupations, Design, Human Factors, Management, Theory, Web applications, Web services, Web-based interaction

Book Review

By Lynellen D. S. Perry

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Tags: Artificial intelligence, Design, Philosophical/theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence, Theory

Road crew

By John Cavazos

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Tags: Computing education, Design, Education, Historical people, Human Factors, Professional topics, Theory