S-bot mobile robot: Difference between revisions

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[[Image:Sbots.jpg|thumb|S-bot mobile robot.]]

The '''s-bot''' is a small (15 cm) [[Differential wheeled robot|differential wheeled]] (with additional [[Kégresse track|tracks]]) [[mobile robot]] developed at the LIS (Laboratory of Intelligent Systems [http://lis.epfl.ch/]) at the [[EPFL]] in [[Lausanne]], [[Switzerland]] between 2001 and 2004. Targeted to swarm robotics, a field of [[artificial intelligence]], it was developed within the Swarm-bots project, a Future and Emerging Technologies project coordinated by Prof. [[Marco Dorigo]]. Built by a small team of engineers ([[Francesco Mondada]], [[André Guignard]], [[Michael Bonani]] and [[Stéphane Magnenat]]) of the group of Prof. [[Dario Floreano]] and with the help of student projects, it is considered at the time of completion as one of the most complex and featured robots ever for its size. The s-bot was ranked on position 39 in the list of [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.01/robots.html “The 50 Best Robots Ever”] (fiction or real) by the [[Wired_Wired (magazine)|Wired magazine]] in 2006.

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== Technical details ==

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Sbot_mobile_robot_gripper_closeupSbot mobile robot gripper closeup.jpeg|thumb|Closeup of s-bot fixed gripper, used to hold and lift another robot.]] -->

=== General ===

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* [[Wifi]]

[[Image:Sbot_mobile_robot_passing_stepSbot mobile robot passing step.jpeg|thumb|Image of the s-bot mobile robot climbing a step in the swarm-bot configuration.]]

=== Actuators ===

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* optical barrier in grippers

[[Image:Sbot_mobile_robot_by_nightSbot mobile robot by night.jpg|thumb|S-bot by night showing color ring.]]

=== LEDS ===