Major Robotics and Machine Intelligence Projects

(ONLY SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS LISTED)

Courses:

EGR 491/492 (or 494) = Computer Engineering Senior Project

CS 490 = CS Senior Project

EGR/CS 484 = Directed Study in Robotics and Machine Intelligence

EGR/CS 434 = Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

EGR/CS 433 = Advanced Computer Engineering

CS 344 = Simulation/Modeling Physical systems

EGR/CS 333 = Digital Design and Interfacing

EGR/CS 230 = Microcomputer Architecture

EGR 280 = Engineering Research

NOTE: Over 100 smaller projects in EGR/CS 230, 333, 433, 434; and CS 375 and 344 are not listed

SEMESTER	PROJECT	STUDENTS	FUNDED BY	MAJOR COMPONENTS	Advisors	Comments
Spring 2011 Fall 2010	First retooling of Wunderbot 6 to become GREEN Then present it at major corporate “Kick-off” meeting of 160 top executives from all over the world	Dan Fenton, Elizabeth Starkey, Mark Yorgey, Zachary Johnson, James Kelly , Chris Janssen EGR/CS 333	P&E department	Major re-coding to allow robot to be videotaped and presented at large corporate gathering New C test-driver for wireless communication;	J. Wunderlich	In January 2011 Wunderbot6 demonstrated to 160 top executives of Phoenix Contact; a 10,000-member, multi-billion dollar International Corporation
Fall 2010	Prototype Environmental Sampling Arm added to Wunderbot 6	Dan Fenton, Jackie Westman EGR 491	P&E department	One Degree Of Freedom (DOF) Prismatic actuator	J. Wunderlich
Fall 2010	New Wunderbot6 website	Andrew Sides EGR/CS 333	No cost	NEW WEBSITE: www.etown.edu/wunderbot6 Made from site: WUNDERBOT V	J. Wunderlich
Spring 2009	nanoLC PLC Contest: “Shower Preheat System” “Closed-loop Motor Controller for Monorail” “New Mobile Robot”	Matt Drob Brittany Bolling Joe Macus Than Aung Michael Conlow Thomas Krauss Mike Patrick Tim Stepp Chris Ramos Jeremy Cain EGR/CS 333	Phoenix Contact USA: ~$2000	PLC kits, relays, etc.	J. Wunderlich
Spring 2009	Electric Car with Digital Motor Controller	Nick Diaduk EGR 494	Student: >$8000 Phoenix Contact: ~$500	Full scale working Electric Car	J. Wunderlich
Spring 2009	CAD Architectural drawings for Space Station	Bryan Kuppe EGR 280	None needed	Rhinoceros 3.0 and Flamingo 1.1 Software	J. Wunderlich
Spring 2009	Contest: CREATIVE CONCEPTS of Space-Exploration Robots, Space Crafts, or AI-Containing Computer Systems for Space	Kevin Christie Michael Fleming Todd Lewellen Kamron Malik Christine Miller Craig Rixham David Tileston EGR/CS 230	None needed		J. Wunderlich
Spring 2009	Pencil and Ink Robot Sketches	Eric Peifer EGR 280	Student	High Quality works of Art	J. Wunderlich
Spring 2008	Path planning for WUNDERBOT IV TEAM	David Coleman EGR 494	For travel: Dean of Faculty: $1,500 P&E department: $750	Sophisticated new path planning (Simulations, and real-time control tested for competition)	J. Wunderlich	Peer-reviewed paper published and presented in Italy. David selected by P&E dept. to be highlighted for Scholarship Day David presently is a Ph.D. student at the University of Arkansas
Spring 2008	Image Processing for WUNDERBOT IV TEAM	James Painter EGR 494	Phoenix Contact USA: $17,000 vision system	Complex image processing development. Complete testing for competition.	J. Wunderlich	Peer-reviewed paper published and presented in Florida. James accepted to Stanford University EE graduate program, and presently working for Intel in Silicon Valley, CA
Spring 2008	JAUS packetized wireless communication WUNDERBOT IV TEAM	Jeremy Crouse EGR 494	Phoenix Contact USA	Sophisticated wireless communication developed	J. Wunderlich	Research won prize at 2008 Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC)
Spring, 2008	Laser Range finder for WUNDERBOT IV TEAM	Chris Yorgey RMI Club	Sick Company: two units valued at ~$10,000 total	Two “Sick” laser range finders	J. Wunderlich	2008 Elizabethtown College Valedictorian
Spring 2008	WUNDERBOT IV Mobile robot Modifications and final testing for national competition in May, 2008 TEAM	David Coleman James Painter Jeremy Crouse EGR 280 Chris Yorgey Mike Patrick RMI Club	Many, see website		J. Wunderlich Consulting faculty: T. Mcbride T. Leap
Fall, 2007	Selected Outstanding Semester AI Projects	Mike Patrick EGR 434 Kimberly Greenwald CS 434	Student Student	AI Expert System to predict NFL football game outcomes. AI Expert System to select a college major	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2007	Selected Outstanding Robotics Semester Projects	Mike Patrick EGR 434 Kimberly Greenwald CS 434	Student Student	Robotic Arm Design for Wunderbot V Robotic Arm theory and simulations	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2007	Image Processing for WUNDERBOT IV TEAM	James Painter EGR 280	Phoenix Contact USA	$17,000 vision system	J. Wunderlich	Paper preparation for peer-review
Fall, 2007	Path planning for WUNDERBOT IV TEAM	David Coleman EGR 280	In progress	Mathematical theory	J. Wunderlich B. Thorson Consulted
Fall, 2007	CAD Architectural perspective drawings for new lab space	Bryan Kuppe EGR 280	None needed	Rhinoceros 3.0 and Flamingo 1.1 Software	J. Wunderlich	Bryan selected by FAPA dept. to be highlighted for Scholarship Day
Spring, 2007	CAD Architectural perspective drawings for new lab space	Bryan Kuppe Amilia Alft Mathew Loman EGR 280	$400 by Fine and Performing Arts department	Rhinoceros 3.0 and Flamingo 1.1 Software	J. Wunderlich P. Ricci
Spring, 2007	Laser Range finder for WUNDERBOT IV TEAM	Mark Dinse EGR 494	Sick company: two units valued at ~$10,000 total	Two “Sick” laser range finders	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2007	International Robotics	Juan P. Rodriguez EGR 280	Student	Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, Italy: case studies	J. Wunderlich	Travel to Italy
Spring, 2007	Fix Mitsubishi robotic arm for PENNDOT	Andrew Graybill EGR 280	PENNDOT	Part of a $250,000 system for materials testing	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2006	WUNDERBOT IV Mobile robot for national robotics competition TEAM	David Coleman James Painter Jeremy Crouse EGR 280	Many, see website	Under development. Many new simulations to test path planning and obstacle avoidance. New vision algorithms. New JAUS packetized wireless communication for unmanned vehicles.	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2005 Spring, 2006	WUNDERBOT III Mobile robot for national robotics competition	T. Yeager J. Shade A. Kanjilal J.P. Rodriguez B. Moran M. Dinse D. Coleman EGR 491 S. Rosencrance CS 490	Many thousands of dollars by Provost, Student Senate, Phoenix Contact (major-donor), JLG, Trimble, Labview, and many others – see web site: WUNDERBOT III	All new systems and software including $17,000 vision system, new computers, and all code changed to Labview	J. Wunderlich	Robot facilitated T. Yeager and J. Shade hired by Phoenix Contact
Spring, 2006	Internet Game Development	Edmond Bates CS 490	Student	Distributed software and hardware, server-side scripting, AI	J. Wunderlich
Fall 2005	Streaming video for WUNDERBOT II Campus Tours	Adam Steiner CS 490		Web Cam, Server-side scripting	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2005	Autonomous Home Assistant (AHA)	Snehesh Shreshtha EGR 491 Sudip Shreshtha, B. Moran-Bernard RMI Club			J. Wunderlich K. DeGoede I. Grave T. McBride
Spring, 2005	Vision for WUNDERBOT II	S. Sanko EGR491		LabView	J. Wunderlich	Robot facilitated S. Sanko accepted to Notre Dame Grad School
Spring, 2005 Fall, 2004	Machine intelligence into WUNDERBOT II	S. Sanko S. Sreshtha J. Groff M. Barley EGR 484		Investigate Artificial neural networks and symbolic AI programming for obstacle avoidance, environmental mapping, and robot path-planning	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2005	Path planning for WUNDERBOT II	Dan Keane CS 491		Dykstra Algorithm and code for robot path-planning	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2005	Bio-feedback into existing video games	Matt Fleischer CS 491		Created electronic interface; Obtained and edited source code.	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2004	Robot insects for Search and Rescue	J. Vincent EGR 491	Student	“NERVOUS Networks” for autonomous control	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2004	Neural Network for Harmonizing Melodies	K. Eiser EGR 491	Student		J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2004	Robotic submarine for ocean exploration	S. Henderson EGR 491	$5,000 U.S. Navy	~6 feet long	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2003	WUNDERBOT II Overall design, coordination, construction, and fund raising	D. Kepshire S. Downing EGR 491 S. Sreshtha RMI Club	Various Companies: ~$25,000, Physics & Engr $1,500, Comp.Sci. $400	RF communication, digital compass, ultrasonic and IR sensors, web-cam, GUI’s	J. Wunderlich I. Grave for Control theory and Analog systems	Robot facilitated D. Kepshire accepted to Dartmouth Grad School
Fall, 2003	WUNDERBOT II Obstacle avoidance subsystem	S. Sreshtha S. Sanko RMI Club	above	Ultrasonic and IR sensors. OOPIC and GUI programming. Concurrent interactive simulation written in C	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2003	WUNDERBOT II Compass subsystem	Dinesh Jeraman Jonas Groff RMI Club	$800 compass donated by PNI corporation	Systems integration of high-performance digital compass	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2003	WUNDERBOT II Bump subsystem	M. Barley EGR 491	D. Kepshire $100	Mechanical and IR sensors, digital logic design	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2003	A.I. expert system program for analysis of psychological disorders	V. Pepe CS 490	Student	Excellent GUI’s. Written in Visual C+.	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2003 Fall, 2002	An object-oriented, scalable, back-propagation neural network simulation	Duane Simione CS 490	To present results at conference in Jamaica: Physics & Engr $1000, Comp.Sci. $250, Student Life $250)	Neural network software development system including excellent GUI’s. Written in Delphi. Duane also helped a Graduate School’s robotics team compete (by reprogramming their path planner in Java).	J. Wunderlich	Peer-reviewed paper published and presented in Jamaica.  Project facilitated D. Simione hired by government think-tank
Spring, 2003 Fall, 2002	Voice activated smart house	J. Bost CS 490	Student		T. Leap
Spring, 2003	Real-time natural language translator	E. Kaplan EGR 491	Physics & Engr $500		J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2003 Fall, 2002	WUNDERBOT 1 (“MultEbot2”)	J. Gramlimg M. Klepeis B. Mclauphlan W. Schnaue T. Von EGR 491	Physics & Engr $800 Plus using MultiBot1 parts	RF communication, digital compass, ultrasonic sensors, web-cam, GUI’s.	J. Wunderlich	Robot facilitated W. Schnaue hired by UAV robot Company and M. Klepies accepted to U. Mass. Grad School
Spring, 2002	Neural networks machine vision	Brian Holton EGR 491	P.E.C.O. and Physics & Engr $200	Matlab and modified Matlab Neural Network Toolbox files, Image Processing Hardware	J. Wunderlich	Project facilitated B. Holton accepted to RPI Grad School
Spring, 2002	Gollum: a mobile robot.	Andy Zirkel CS 490	Student (~$400)	RF communication, microcontroller control, BASIC and Visual-BASIC programming	J. Wunderlich	Robot facilitated A. Zirkel accepted to Villanova Grad School
Spring, 2002	Neural networks for detecting guitar chords	Don Klein CS 490	Student	Matlab and modified Matlab Neural Network Toolbox files	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2002	Neural Networks for aerospace guidance control	Taruan Mathews CS 490	Student	Matlab and modified Matlab Neural Network Toolbox files	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2002 Fall, 2001	Robotic arms for automated testing of air traffic controllers	Chris Reed EGR 491	Dennis Aldridge Company ($1000)	Robotic arms for testing push- button portable military air traffic control equipment.	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2002 Fall, 2001	Interactive simulation with real-time robots for search and rescue	Diego Campos EGR491, EGR484	Parts: Dr. W. PDF $800 To present results at conference in Japan: Dr. W. $350, Physics & Eng. $1000, Comp.Sci. $250, Student Life $500, Multicultural affairs $500	Distributed mobile robot task planning. Programming in C, Basic, assembly, and Matlab	J. Wunderlich	Peer-reviewed paper published and presented in Japan
Fall, 2001	Neural network character recognition system	Brian Holton EGR 484	None; Using Etown and P.E.C.O. equipment	Matlab and modified Matlab Neural Network Toolbox files. Extension of work done for WUNDERBOT 0 “MultEbot1”	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2002 Fall, 2001 Spring, 2001	WUNDERBOT 0 “MultEbot1”	M. Lister EGR 491, 433 D. Campos T. Costella W. Glasby B. Holton C. Reed B. Servetnick J. Snively S. Werner J. Williams EGR 433	Parts: Physics & Engr $1400 To present results at conference in South Carolina: Physics & Eng. $250, Comp.Sci. $250	Neural network, video, RF communication; microprocessor and microcontroller control; C, and assembly language programming.	J. Wunderlich	Peer-reviewed paper published and presented in North Carolina.  Also, robot facilitated M. Lister hired by UAV robot company
Fall, 2001	WUNDERBOT 0 “MultEbot1” power supply subsystem	M. Lister EGR 484			T. Salem
Spring, 2001	BOEbot	P. Contino EGR 491	Student ($400)	RF communication, microcontroller control, BASIC and Visual-BASIC programming	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2000	Silent Bob	D. Bixler B. Servetnick CS 490	Dr. Wunderlich PDF ($150)	Microcontroller control, BASIC programming	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2000	HewEbot1	M. Lister D. Simione M. Bopp T. Crawford CS 344	Dr. Wunderlich PDF ($220)	Modified Lego kit, Visual-BASIC programming, Matlab simulation	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2000	LewEbot1	W. Allen D. Nikles E. Kaplan J. Winters CS 344	Dr. Wunderlich PDF ($220)	Modified Lego kit, C programming, Matlab simulation	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2000	DewEbot1	B. Pittinger T. Drill W. Glasby K. Shank CS 344	Dr. Wunderlich PDF ($220)	Modified Lego kit, Lego RCX programming, Matlab simulation	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2000	Mobile robot data logging	K. Zabriskie T. Drill EGR 230	None: Used “DewEbot1”	Modified Lego kit, C programming to record robot’s movement	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2000	Neural network voice recognizer	S. Klinefelter CS 490	Student	Neural network simulation trained to differentiate two voices	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2000	BabEbot	D. Simione W. Allen B. Pittinger EGR 433	Dr. Wunderlich PDF ($60)	Simple electronics kit, Matlab simulation	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 1999	Ebot1	T. Thieler E. Vaughan C. Iwanowski EGR 230	Students ($200)	Microcontroller control, BASIC programming	J. Wunderlich

Research Reports (only listed up to Fall, 2002):

SEMESTER	REPORT TITLE	STUDENTS	Comments	Advisor
Fall, 2002	“Breaking through the language barrier: creation of a computer interpreter”	E. Kaplan		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“Telepresence and telemanipulation research in a surgical setting”	T.Trayer		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	Modular self-configuring robotics	P. Horvath		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	Virtual retinal display	A. DiPiano		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“Emotions: a human quality?”	V. Pepe		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“Gaming artificial intelligence”	K. Eiser, S. Downing		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“Wearable computers”	J.Vincent		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“Neural prosthetics”	K. Bryner		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“ASIMO”	M. Shrader, E. McLaine	Honda’s advanced humanoid robot	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“Neural network VLSI wiring router”	E. Bicocchi		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“Computer and the human brain”	A. DiPiano		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“Financial analysis using neural networks”	P. Fedako		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“Smart house”	K. Eiser		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“”Biometric security”	V. Pepe, S. Aguirre”		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2002	“Speech recognition and neural networks”	J. Bost		J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2002	“Humanoids”	E. McLaine, T. Jackson		J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2002	“Humanoids”	C. Moore, P. Fedako		J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2002	“Chaotic robots”	L. Walker		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2001	“Humanoids: Kismet ”	S. Smith, C. Dengler	Case study of an M.I.T. robot that expresses emotions	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2001	“Self-localization techniques of autonomous robots ”	E. Biocchi, J. Gramling, B. Mclaucglin	Path planning and environmental mapping for mobile robots	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2001	“Wireless networks and robotic applications ”	W. Schnaue, T. Vaughn	Communication methods for mobile robots	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2001	“Artificial neural networks ”	M. Klepeis	Theory Paper	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2001	“Smart house”	K. Bonner, R. Bowe, T. Comp		J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2001	“Smart house”	J. Bost, E. Kaplan, D. Simione	House uses neural networks	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2001	“Past, present, and future of robotics for mars exploration”	S. Smith, D. Pappernick		J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2001	“Bridging the electrochemical gap”	C. Dengler, A. DiPiano	Neural networks for prosthetic limbs	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 2001	“Speech recognition”	P. Nguyen	Neural networks for voice recognition	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2000	“AI: computer vs. brain”	E. Gorlenkova, B. Wyse	Biological vs. man-made neural networks	J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2000	“Robots in space”	M. Bopp, Dustin Nikles		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 2000	“Cybernetics”	K. Barton, B. Hartman		J. Wunderlich
Spring, 1999	“Neural network theory”	J. Heller, K. Holton, S. Klinefelter		J. Wunderlich
Spring, 1999	“Ebot communication”	K. Shank, A. Zirkel	IR and RF wireless robot communications	J. Wunderlich
Spring, 1999	“Ebot vision”	D. Campos, B. Holton		J. Wunderlich
Fall, 1999	“Natural vs. digital learning”	K. Holton	Artificial vs. man-made neural networks	J. Wunderlich