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- CSGO Research Seminar
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- Behavioral Based Architecture of USC's
- Autonomous Flying Vehicle
-
- Speaker : Tony Lewis
- PhD student EE-Systems
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- Abstract:
-
- In recent years there has been a lot of interest shown in
- behavioral based architectures. These architectures have typically
- been used to control relatively simple robots with relatively
- unsophisticated processing requirements.
-
- In contrast to this situation, a group at USC has begun to
- explore the control of a model helicopter called the Autonomous
- Flying Vehicle (AFV). The AFV is an example of a complex robot with
- complex processing requirements.
-
- The robot's controller must generate good decisions
- quickly that satisfy many requirements. In addition, all of the
- computation power to make decisions must fit into a lightweight
- electronics package weighing no more than a few pounds.
-
- Since the electronics package is so small, the use of vision
- becomes difficult without the use of an active vision system. Our
- version of an active vision system is called Reduced Complexity
- Vision (RCV).
-
- This talk will describe USC's approach to the problem
- of the control of the AFV and the use of RCV within a behavioral
- based architecture. Preliminary results will be shown.
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- Date : Tuesday 11/17/92
- Time : 10:00 a.m.
- Place: SAL 324
- Host : CSGO
- _________________________________________________________________________
-
- CSGO, the Computer Science Graduate Organization,
- sponsors seminars to bring together students and
- researchers in the areas of Computer Science and
- Engineering, introducing the students to the
- researchers and providing a chance for the
- researchers to get to know the students.
-
- Some of the talks during the semester will be given
- by senior Ph.D students.
-
- There will be one seminar every week of approximately
- one hour duration followed by a question and answer
- session.
-
- The seminar is at 10:00 a.m. every Tuesday morning
- in SAL 324.
-