metrobots videos page

3-minutes.mov
this is our 3 minutes of non-stop video. there are three players on the pitch and the video demonstrates the players both localizing in the "zones" described in the 2004 qualification paper, and carrying out dynamic role assignment as they switch between occupying the zones and trying to move the ball into the goal. although all 6 markers are still installed on the pitch, the robots are not configured to recognize the green so they are ignoring the middle markers.
short-startup.mov
this short video shows our early attempts at getting the players to autonomously go to their staring positions, using a markov localization method and only 4 markers. the robots get there eventually, albeit slowly. our current work involves speeding this up considerably. although two of the robots are dressed in blue and one is dressed in red, they are all configured to be on the same team.

02apr2003.mov
this is our first video of the team. while we have working code for the individual components (Behavior, Control, Localization and Perception), as of the date of this video, the components are not working together -- as amply demonstrated in the approximately 3 minutes of video. more video will be posted in the next few days and weeks as these components are connected to each other.
05apr2003.mov
this is our second team video. we have been working on connecting the individual components (Behavior, Control, Localization and Perception). as of the date of this video, Perception is talking to Behavior, but there are still issues getting Control and Localization to talk to Behavior as we intend. as can be seen by this video, the robots can now respond to seeing the ball by going to it, although they don't yet know where they are on the field.