ABSTRACT
Team A developed a heterogeneous team of five robots-one iRobot® ATRV-Mini and four Sony AIBOs®, for the primary purpose of research in computer vision and multiagent systems.3 They spent 3 months developing their system for the rescue competition. All robots were teleoperated serially. The AIBOs were mounted on a rack at the back of the ATRV-Mini. The AIBOs needed to be undocked to start their usage and redocked after they were used if the operator wanted to continue to take them with the larger robot.Team A developed two custom UIs, which were created for use by the developers and were not tested with other users before the competition. There was one UI for the ATRV-Mini and another for the AIBOs. The UIs ran on separate computers. Communication between the UI and the robots was accomplished using a wireless modem (802.1 lb). 2. When chance was not factored out, the agreement was .8.3. The identification of any commercial product or trade name does not imply endorsement or recommendation.
