IEEE Robotics & Automation Society Southeast Michigan Chapter Meeting

JUNE 6, 2006 6:30 PM LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

MEETING CALLED BY	Robert Sealy, Chair of IEEE R&A SEM
TYPE OF MEETING	General Meeting
FACILITATOR	Robert Sealy
NOTE TAKER	Robert Sealy and Douglas Czinder
TIMEKEEPER	NA
ATTENDEES

Agenda topics

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW

PRESENTER: ROBERT SEALY,CHAIR

MEMBERS

DISCUSSION	New attendees introduced themselves and gave background information.


CONCLUSIONS

PR OFFICER RECRUITMENT PRESENTER: ROBERT SEALY, CHAIR

DISCUSSION	What the PR officer‘s position would entail.


CONCLUSIONS	Doug Czinder will send his coworker‘s contact information to Robert Sealy for the PR position.


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WEBSITE PRESENTER: ROBERT SEALY, CHAIR

Robert noted that Meeting Minutes will be posted immediately after the meeting, to the chapter website.

New members were given the URL for the website.

CONCLUSIONS


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NEWSLETTER PRESENTER: ROBERT SEALY, CHAIR

DISCUSSION


CONCLUSIONS


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ROBOT BUILD PRESENTER: ROBERT SEALY, CHAIR

DISCUSSION Ideas from attendees
1. Miriam œ ”Pack Mule‘ Robot for people who are not able to carry heavy objects. Voice recognition, RFID, collision avoidance.
2. Competitions œ what competitions are desirable for professionals, which are ”doable‘ on a part-time basis.
3. Robotic Demonstrations œ
4. Walking Wheelchair œ
5. Buy a Kit œ
6. Swarm Team œ Multiple robots working together. Doug MacKenzie discussed the technology areas necessary for robot building and suggested an approach that would allow all technical specialties to work together.
7. Interactive Toy œ reading to children.
CONCLUSIONS

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SELF-GUIDED SYSTEMS TOUR PRESENTER: ROBERT SEALY, CHAIR SHOW OF HANDS VOTE FOR BUILD PROJECT PRESENTER: ROBERT SEALY, CHAIR

DISCUSSION
Tops votes ”Pack Mule Robot‘ 9 votes, Kit 7 votes, Swarm Team 7 votes.

CONCLUSIONS Kit could be used as ”proof of concept‘ for either Pack Mule or Swarm Team. Offers chance of early
success. Competitions have benchmarks and rules that allow for ”measurement‘ of capabilities and progress.
We will call the pack mule the —Follow Me“ robot.
Architecture: wheeled, follow (omni-directional) with voice recognition, collision avoidance, emergency stop, fault recovery, maximum speed, audio output,
Divide groups into: Hardware, Mechanical; Hardware, Electrical (Control, Perception;
Software,
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First BUILD meeting, August 3rd, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Build ideas due July 21st .