Flakey: SRI's Mobile Robot

Overview

SRI's mobile robot, Flakey, is a custom-built platform approximately 3 feet high and 2 feet in diameter operating within SRI's own office environment. Two independently driven wheels provide a maximum velocity of about 2 feet per second. Sensors include a ring of 12 sonar range finders, wheel encoders, and a video camera used in combination with a laser to provide dense depth information over a small area in front of the vehicle. Flakey's on-board computers include a workstation and a number of other processors dedicated to sensor interpretation, motor control, and radio communications.

Demonstrations

• Autonomous vehicle control
• Integrated vision, speech, and action (as seen on TV with Alan Alda)

Kurt Konolige <konolige@ai.sri.com>
Artificial Intelligence Center
SRI International

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