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The development of cheap robot platforms with on-board vision remains one of the key challenges that robot builders have yet to surmount. In this paper we describe the prototype development of a low cost (<US$1000), on-board vision based, robot platform that has been used in robot soccer competitions as a test of its capabilities. The robot platform, named the VIPER robot, represents an integration of state of the art embedded technology to produce a robot that has reasonable computational abilities without compromising its size, cost or versatility. We describe the hardware architecture of the system, its motivation through to its implementation. In addition, we reflect upon the performance of a team of VIPER robots that participated in the RoboCup2000 competition as a measure of the robustness and versatility of the robot platform. Based on these reflections, we describe what remaining developments are required to evolve the system into a truly capable and versatile research platform.
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Chang, M.M., Browning, B., Wyeth, G.F. (2002). ViperRoos: Developing a Low Cost Local Vision Team for the Small Size League. In: Birk, A., Coradeschi, S., Tadokoro, S. (eds) RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup V. RoboCup 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2377. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45603-1_35
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