Portland Chapter
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Thursday February 21st, 2008 at 7 PM
Practical Challenges for Machine Vision Deployment in Industrial Automation
Jerry Entrikin
This presentation will explore some of the
diverse machine vision applications encountered at ATS Systems
Oregon, a leading custom automation company. Application
of lighting, optics, cameras, software and motion can often be
used Outline:
Jerry graduated from Reed College and Columbia University in 1983 with degrees in physics and electrical engineering. He is a 20 year veteran of the industrial automation industry with interests in high precision machine vision guided automation. Free and open to the public. Please register here. For further information please contact Nelson Bridwell at (503) 740-5102 or Bridwell@MirageRobotics.Com
OHSU/OGI Wilson Clark Center
20000 NW Walker Road
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Thursday January 17th, 2008 at 7 PM Robotic Planetary Exploration and Sample Return
Nelson Bridwell ATS Systems Oregon
A team from the Portland chapter of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society will be competing in the ICRA Robot Challenge, a simulated autonomous planetary exploration and sample return mission, at the 2008 ICRA International Conference on Robots and Automation in Pasadena. This will be a serious university/professional level event. At our January meeting we will discuss the design and development of our robot, Lurch, a CoroBot that will be equipped and programmed to utilize stereo vision, structured lighting, and texture-based segmentation of landmarks in order to perform 3D mapping, navigation, exploration, object recognition, and manipulation.
Nelson Bridwell is a senior vision engineer with ATS Systems in Corvallis, Oregon.
Free and open to the public. Please register here. Individuals who would like to participate in this competition are invited to immediately contact Nelson Bridwell. We are particularly interested in engineers who have worked with machine vision and 3D models.
For further information please contact Nelson Bridwell at (503) 740-5102 or Bridwell@MirageRobotics.Com
OHSU/OGI Wilson Clark Center
20000 NW Walker Road
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Wednesday December 5th, 2007 at 7 PM Microsoft Robotics Studio A Technical Introduction
Joseph Fernando
Microsoft has created a new software development kit for the robotics community – Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS). MSRS provides a software platform that enables the development of a wide variety of applications which can be used across a variety of hardware, applicable to a wide audience of users. This talk will provide an overview of Microsoft Robotics Studio and will outline Microsoft's motivation for robotics in the hobbyist, academic and commercial markets. The content is suited to both novices as well as advanced robotics professionals. Microsoft Robotics Studio delivers in three areas of software and all will be described in this technical introduction:
Joseph Fernando is a Principal Program Manager and Architect at Microsoft. Joseph has over 17 years experience in the computer industry in engineering and software product development. Previously, Joseph has driven initiatives to enhance software architecture, design, and development practices at Microsoft. Further, he has architected productivity tools, has served as a Development Manager in the Digital Media Division, and has led multiple teams in Visual Studio/Development Division. He has helped ship over 16 products while at Microsoft Corporation
Free and open to the public. Please register HERE
For further information please contact Nelson Bridwell at (503) 740-5102 or Bridwell@MirageRobotics.Com
OHSU/OGI Wilson Clark Center
20000 NW Walker Road
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Thursday November 15th, 2007 at 7 PM DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 Videos and Interviews Nelson Bridwell
Nelson will present video highlights and interviews from the DARPA Urban Challenge that will take place at the Southern California Logistics Airport (formerly George Air Force base) in Victorville, California on Saturday November 3rd. Twenty robots will launch starting at 7:00 AM, attempting to complete a challenging 60-mile course in under 6 hours. $3.5M in prizes will be awarded to the fastest and best vehicles that are able to finish while obeying traffic laws and performing maneuvers such as merging into traffic, navigating traffic circles, negotiating busy intersections, and avoiding obstacles.
(For those who are not able to attend the Urban
Challenge or this meeting, beginning at 6:30 AM on Nov 3rd the
Urban
Challenge website will host a live webcast of the event.)
Nelson Bridwell is a senior vision engineer with ATS Systems in Corvallis, Oregon.
Free and open to the public. Please register here.
For further information please contact Nelson Bridwell at (503) 740-5102 or Bridwell@MirageRobotics.Com
OHSU/OGI Wilson Clark Center - Room 407
20000 NW Walker Road |
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Tuesday March 13th, 2007 7-9 PM
FPOAs Meet the Challenges of Image Processing for Machine Vision
Ron Bell Chief Technology Officer
Today's system requirements compel designers to develop faster ICs in less time. As a result, designers are increasingly turning towards programmable logic devices rather than custom silicon or ASICs. While FPGAs have served this role, several factors have prevented them from addressing many high-performance applications.
These factors have led to a new category of very-high performance, programmable logic ICs such as the FPOA from MathStar, Inc. The FPOA™ (Field Programmable Object Array™) is an array of building blocks called “objects,” which are programmed at a higher abstraction level than with finer-grained FPGAs. MathStar’s Arrix FPOA provides an array of 400 objects operating at rates up to 1-GHz, along with with on-board memory, external memory controllers and high-speed I/O. The FPOA’s synchronous architecture and deterministic timing ensure 1 GHz operation, with no reduction in maximum frequency due to timing problems. The result is higher throughput than what is available in other reprogrammable architectures.
· Color space conversion 1 Giga pixel per second · 2D convolution filter 1 Giga pixel per second · Sobel edge detection 500 Mega pixels per second · Flat field error correction 500 Mega pixels per second · JPEG2000 Encoding 150 Mega pixels per second
Because the FPOA is a reprogrammable device it is well suited to machine vision applications, where both flexibility and performance are critical..
Machine Vision Related Press Releases by MathStar:
MathStar in Machine Vision
Since the onset of the semiconductor industry, Mr. Bell has been deeply involved with chip development and design, beginning with early research and development of cell libraries and simulations, and later (while associated with CalTech) becoming a key early developer of silicon compilation tools that are the basis of standard current day EDA tools.
Mr. Bell's early career was launched at Sperry/Univac where he helped develop the first integrated circuit based mainframe. At Unisys, Mr. Bell was awarded the position of Unisys Fellow. As Vice President of the Unisys UNIX Division, he was responsible for creating a complete Unix hardware and software product line based on the Intel Processor Architecture and the Unix open standard, and later served as Chief Technical Officer and Vice President for Unisys Computer Systems Group. At LSI Logic he led the Semiconductor Product Development Group (first ASICs to support Fibre Channel) and the Consumer Markets Group (set top boxes, PlayStation I.) Mr. Bell also served as CEO for a small company leading the development of highly parallel multi-processing solutions to address digital multi-media applications. Recently Mr. Bell served as Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technical Officer for Micro Linear Technology, developing highly integrated wireless solutions for networking and digital voice applications. Mr. Bell joined MathStar as Chief Technology Officer in May 2003.
Mr. Bell served IEEE as Technical Chairman, Computer Elements Group, and is a Chairman and a perennial member of the IEEE Vail Computer Elements Workshop. Through his industry positions, he actively funded university research programs at Carnegie Mellon, Penn State and the University of Utah. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Utah.
Free and open to the public. Please register at: http://www.cpd.ogi.edu/coursespecific.asp?pam=2206
For further information please contact Nelson Bridwell at (503) 740-5102 or Bridwell@MirageRobotics.Com
Oregon Graduate Institute Wilson Clark Center Hillsboro, Oregon
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Monday May 1st, 2006, 7-9 PM
Mobile Robotics Software Competition Team Strategy Meeting
Nelson Bridwell
In order to allow more time for serious design, development, and testing, the date for the first Mobile Robotics Software Challenge has been rescheduled to Saturday August 12th. At this meeting we will weight several options and finalize key decisions for the robot competition in August. For the Visual Odometry Event we will decide which platform will be used to test the entries, how it will be driven and controlled, and how we will determine the actual trajectory of this platform in order to evaluate the accuracy of estimates from each team. Based upon these decisions, we will immediately publish size and weight limits for each team, as well as the mechanical specifications for mounting their systems on the mobile test platform. Nelson will bring along and demonstrate the autonomous capability of some platforms. For the Obstacle Course event we will determine the method by which the distance traveled by each entry will be determined. For the first competition our Portland team will focus exclusively on the Visual Odometry task and not enter the obstacle course event. Nelson will discuss sensor placement, optical flow, and strategies for making the most accurate motion determination. At this meeting we will also decide upon the best time(s) and location(s) for weekly working meetings in order to maximize our progress in the remaining 15 weeks. Free and open to the public.
For further information please contact Nelson Bridwell at (503) 740-5102 or Bridwell@MobileRobot.Org
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Wednesday February 22nd, 2006, 7-9 PM Advanced Workshop for the Mobile Robotics Software Competition
Using the OpenCV Computer Vision Library
Sam Siciliano
Sam Siciliano will discuss and demonstrate Interactive Space, a real-time computer vision application for automatically tracking moving humans with spotlights that he developed for OMSI. It makes use of the Intel OpenCV computer vision library to obtain high-contrast trackable points and implement optical flow. Video capture and image display are handled with Microsoft Direct Show and Direct X. Sam will also discuss calibration schemes to correct for fish-eye camera lens distortion and how the overall system works from a systems perspective.
Sam received his Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering from Portland State University in 2004 and currently works as an Embedded Systems Engineer for Logic Product Development. Before joining Logic Product Development, Sam was an exhibit software developer for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Free and open to the public.
For further information please contact Nelson Bridwell at (503) 740-5102 or Bridwell@MobileRobot.Org
Oregon Graduate Institute Wilson Clark Center Hillsboro, Oregon
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Thursday February 2nd, 2006, 7-9 PM The "Autonomous" Helicopter Project; Nonlinear Control, Estimation, and Active Vision.
Eric A. Wan, Associate Professor Adaptive Systems Lab
Department of Computer Science and Electrical
Engineering
This talk looks back at the
conclusion of OGI's 5 year Software Enabled Control (SEC)
DARPA project. I will discuss what we set out to do and what
was accomplished in the course of technical hurdles (and
shifting project goals). In addition to the high-level
overview, technical and mathematical details will be
provided on core algorithms developed, including Model
Predictive Neural Control, State-Dependent Riccati Equation
Control, Sigma-Point Kalman filtering, and Active Vision
based control. Future
For further information please contact Nelson Bridwell at (503) 740-5102 or Bridwell@MobileRobot.Org Free and open to the public. Please register: http://www.cpd.ogi.edu/courseSpecific.asp?pam=1996 Oregon Graduate Institute Wilson Clark Center Hillsboro, Oregon
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Tuesday January 10th, 2006, 7-9 PM Mobile Robotics Software Challenge Kickoff Workshop
The lack of robotics algorithms that are effective in a wide variety of situations and environments continues to be the single most significant barrier to the development of successful mobile robots. One of the most effective ways to break this software barrier is to stage mobile robot competitions that are specifically targeted at pushing the software envelope.
On Saturday June 24th, 2006, our chapter of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society will host the very first Mobile Robotics Software Challenge.
Competition problems will favor robust, versatile solutions, rather than problem-specific throw-away code that can only work in highly-constrained environments. Entries will not be rewarded for purely mechanical characteristics such as physical size, maximum velocity, or traction systems that are more effective over irregular terrain. Specialized mechanical components will not be required.
To encourage participation, our competition will focus on problems that can be solved with inexpensive mobile robots and sensors. Because the primary function of this competition is to advance the state of the art, this event will be open to experienced engineers as well as university-level student teams.
At this kickoff workshop, we will discuss: · the objective and organization of our contest, · details for our challenge problems: · Sensor Odometry · Homing Problem · Scavenger Hunt · Find the Bomb · Obstacle Course · options for drive platforms and sensors, · useful software resources, such as the Open Source Computer Vision Library, and · future tutorials and reading groups on useful algorithms and techniques.
This meeting will be an excellent opportunity for all interested participants to introduce themselves and begin organizing into teams.
All interested parties
are welcome to attend and participate in this seminar,
including students. IEEE-RAS membership is not required.
For further information please contact Nelson Bridwell at (503) 740-5102 or Bridwell@MobileRobot.Org Free and open to the public. Registration requested. Oregon Graduate Institute Wilson Clark Center upstairs classroom #403 Hillsboro, Oregon
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Saturday December 3rd, 2005 at 1 PM WaveRunner: Autonomous Vehicle Design Oregon State University entry - DARPA Grand Challenge Vehicle will be on display and will be demonstrated. Matt Knudson and Matthew MacClary
OregonWAVE "Runner"
was the Oregon State University autonomous entry in the 2005
DARPA Grand
Challenge, a $2,000,000 driverless vehicle race across 132 miles of
desert trails that included tunnels, bridges, switchbacks, and cattle
guards.
Oregon Graduate Institute, Wilson Clark Center, Hillsboro, OR Admission: Free - Register Here |
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Wednesday November 16th, 2005 at 6 PM Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Technology
Insitu Group’s SeaScan (Boeing ScanEagle) Aircraft will be on display. Jim Newell
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology progressed at a slow
but steady pace from the 1940s through the 1980's. Since the
1990's, advances in supporting technologies and upheavals in
world affairs have vaulted the UAV to prominence in military and
emerging civilian endeavors.
Prior to joining Insitu, Jim has worked on strategic space-based C4ISR systems for the NRO, CIA, NSA, and NIMA, DOD Future Combat Systems, the Air Force Sensor Box Program, Strategic Defense Initiative Battle Management/C3, and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory was a member of the High Performance Computing Systems and Weapon Design Computational Physics divisions.
Oregon Graduate Institute, Wilson Clark Center, Hillsboro, OR Admission: Free - Register Here |
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Thursday October 20th, 2005 at 7 PM DARPA Grand Challenge 2005 Videos and Interviews Nelson Bridwell
At the startup
meeting for the new Oregon chapter of the IEEE Robotics and Automation
Society Nelson Bridwell will present video clips and interviews from the
DARPA Grand Challenge $2,000,000 autonomous vehicle race across 150+ miles
of desert that is scheduled to commence at 6:30 AM PST on
Saturday October 8th. Oregon Graduate Institute, Wilson Clark Center, Hillsboro, OR |
