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INTRODUCTION
Many organizations, such as the US Army, require vehicles that are capable of avoiding dangerous objects. These objects may be explosive obstacles, booby trapped buildings, or armed personnel. This sponsored project involves students using robots and robotic simulators to design an “Obstacle Avoidance Roomba.”
THE PROJECT: Obstacle Avoidance Roomba Project Sponsored by The Ohio State University and the http://www.nsf.gov/ Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Program
The device used will be a Roomba, a autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner, fitted with lidar (a light based ranging device). The goal of the National Science Foundation funded project is to progam the Roombas to be capable of avoiding randomly placed obstacles. Students will work with a robotic simulator, called player-stage, to design “the brains” of a Roomba through computer programming. After successfully simulating the behavior, the research group will do “real-life” tests of the Roomba in a specially fitted laboratory. This project relates to the NSF Project “Autonomous Driving in Mixed-Traffic Urban Environments” which is under the Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Program. | 
