Flakey the robot

Flakey the robot was a research robot created at SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center and was the successor to Shakey the robot.

Flakey the robot
ManufacturerSRI International
Year of creation1985
Derived fromShakey the robot

Software

Most of Flakey's routines were written in Lisp, with some lower-level code written in C.[1] The code maintains a "Local Perceptual Space" that is updated by the sensors and acted on by planning algorithms.[2]

Hardware

It was about 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide, and included 12 sonar sensors, optical wheel encoders, a video camera, and a depth-finding laser.[3]

Research results

Flakey was used to demonstrate fuzzy logic and goal-oriented behavior - it would take what it knew and work towards one of several goals.[4] At the first AAAI robotics competition in July 1992, Flakey took second place and the University of Michigan's CARMEL took first, above Georgia Tech's "Buzz" and IBM's "TJ2".[1][4]

References
  1. University of Michigan; SRI International. "CARMEL vs. Flakey: A Comparison of Two Robots". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.87.1641. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Saffiotti, Alessandro. "Some Notes on the Integration of Planning and Reactivity in Autonomous Mobile Robots" (PDF). SRI International. Retrieved 2013-03-06. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Mims, Jim. "Flakey". Alp Centauri. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  4. Saffiotti, Alessandro; Ruspini, E.; Konolige, Kurt G. (March 1993). "A Fuzzy Controller For Flakey, An Autonomous Mobile Robot". SRI International. Retrieved 2013-03-06. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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