2006 URE OMS - KU Robotic Simulation Team
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ABSTRACT
The primary objective of our project is, to successfully create a robotic simulation that shows how numerous robots will assemble in order to collect seismic data. In contrast to the human approach of physically deploying and receiving seismic data, robots would instead be used to collect data. Once a designated location has been determined, the robot will plant the geosensor and collect the vibration data after the seismic source has taken place. With the use of robots, human life is not at risk. Due to the harsh and dangerous weather conditions in the Antarctic and Greenland environment, robots would replace manual labor. With an abundance of robots, we will be able to collect a large amount of data over a short period of time.

We have used a 3-D graphical interface program called "Webots" to simulate how a team of mobile robots will assemble into grid formation and migrate from one location to another. Webots is a mobile robotic simulation software package that allows one to model robots and test in a world created by the user. This program uses physics as well as code to validate and test different methods when an action is declared. As we continue our knowledge within Webots, we plan to create and test different formations using the robots in the program. The formations will work in different shapes and patterns in order to follow their desired paths.