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Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

The student-built submarine called the SubjuGator 5 has won first place for two years in a row in competition with other universities.

UF students have been building autonomous mobile robots since 1993 ranging from submarines to helicopters, from planes to snakes, and from hydrofoils to alligators.

When the electric engines of Antoin Baker's robot Cypher roared to life, the device lifted about a foot off a table, tethered by rubber bands.

When the electric engines of Antoin Baker's robot Cypher roared to life, the device lifted about a foot off a table, tethered by rubber bands.

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The other half are students in the Machine Intelligence Laboratory or students in the MIL's National Science Foundation sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduate program.

Robots range from Carlo Pasco's poker robot that deals cards to poker players to Bryan Talenfeld's invention that tells color blind people the color of a traffic light.

Robots range from Carlo Pasco's poker robot that deals cards to poker players to Bryan Talenfeld's invention that tells color blind people the color of a traffic light.

Jeremy Greene, 23, of Panama City, created a robot named Atlas, which balances a blue ping pong ball on a flat piece of wood as it moves across the room.

Students were given free rein in deciding the type of robot to construct.

It has cameras and sensors it uses to follow a simulated pipeline, said student Carlos Francis, 24, of Gainesville.

Gregory Garcia dreamed up the robotic cart to solve a childhood peeve of being accidentally hit with shopping carts by his sister.

His cart, also known as B.O.S.S. for Battery Operated Smart Servant, was one of about 30 robots on display Wednesday by students at the University of Florida, who worked the past semester on the projects using their engineering backgrounds.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

Jeremy Greene, 23, of Panama City, created a robot named Atlas, which balances a blue ping pong ball on a flat piece of wood as it moves across the room.

Jeremy Greene, 23, of Panama City, created a robot named Atlas, which balances a blue ping pong ball on a flat piece of wood as it moves across the room.

The other half are students in the Machine Intelligence Laboratory or students in the MIL's National Science Foundation sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduate program.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

His cart, also known as B.O.S.S. for Battery Operated Smart Servant, was one of about 30 robots on display Wednesday by students at the University of Florida, who worked the past semester on the projects using their engineering backgrounds.

Most of the students showing robots Wednesday were seniors in engineering or graduate students.

It has cameras and sensors it uses to follow a simulated pipeline, said student Carlos Francis, 24, of Gainesville.

Francis said similar robotic submarines could be used to check underwater pipelines and could send back pictures to people on land or in boats.

Cypher, a flat wooden square topped four engines, could be made into a flying device to lift heavy objects in the same way a helicopter does, Baker said.

He said he sees no real world application for his robot other than entertainment.

"An automated poker dealer would take the doubt out of human dealing, alleviating this problem once and for all."

Cypher, a flat wooden square topped four engines, could be made into a flying device to lift heavy objects in the same way a helicopter does, Baker said.

Students were given free rein in deciding the type of robot to construct.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

Topped with a wig of dredlocks and a colorful hat, one of the most popular robots is Koolio.

"If the rubber bands break, run very fast," said Eric Schwartz, one of the two professors in the robot course.

Jeremy Greene, 23, of Panama City, created a robot named Atlas, which balances a blue ping pong ball on a flat piece of wood as it moves across the room.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

His cart, also known as B.O.S.S. for Battery Operated Smart Servant, was one of about 30 robots on display Wednesday by students at the University of Florida, who worked the past semester on the projects using their engineering backgrounds.

When the electric engines of Antoin Baker's robot Cypher roared to life, the device lifted about a foot off a table, tethered by rubber bands.

Robots range from Carlo Pasco's poker robot that deals cards to poker players to Bryan Talenfeld's invention that tells color blind people the color of a traffic light.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

Jeremy Greene, 23, of Panama City, created a robot named Atlas, which balances a blue ping pong ball on a flat piece of wood as it moves across the room.

It then aims and tosses into a basketball net.

Students were given free rein in deciding the type of robot to construct.

It has cameras and sensors it uses to follow a simulated pipeline, said student Carlos Francis, 24, of Gainesville.

Francis said similar robotic submarines could be used to check underwater pipelines and could send back pictures to people on land or in boats.

"My friends and I play poker all the time, but there is one kid who we do not deal because he is notorious for dealing from the bottom of the deck," Pasco wrote in his introduction about his robot.

Topped with a wig of dredlocks and a colorful hat, one of the most popular robots is Koolio.

"At this university, every piece of the robot puzzle has been solved," Schwartz said.

About half of the students are registered for the summer 2005 semester of the Intelligent Machine Design Laboratory course.

Jeremy Greene, 23, of Panama City, created a robot named Atlas, which balances a blue ping pong ball on a flat piece of wood as it moves across the room.

"At this university, every piece of the robot puzzle has been solved," Schwartz said.

"The immediate thing that jumped to my mind was all those times as a kid when my sister would accidentally hit me with a cart," Garcia said.

Robots range from Carlo Pasco's poker robot that deals cards to poker players to Bryan Talenfeld's invention that tells color blind people the color of a traffic light.

Gregory Garcia dreamed up the robotic cart to solve a childhood peeve of being accidentally hit with shopping carts by his sister.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

Cypher, a flat wooden square topped four engines, could be made into a flying device to lift heavy objects in the same way a helicopter does, Baker said.

He said students have designed flying, walking and swimming robots.

When the electric engines of Antoin Baker's robot Cypher roared to life, the device lifted about a foot off a table, tethered by rubber bands.

Gregory Garcia dreamed up the robotic cart to solve a childhood peeve of being accidentally hit with shopping carts by his sister.

He said he sees no real world application for his robot other than entertainment.

Gregory Garcia dreamed up the robotic cart to solve a childhood peeve of being accidentally hit with shopping carts by his sister.

"An automated poker dealer would take the doubt out of human dealing, alleviating this problem once and for all."

UF students have been building autonomous mobile robots since 1993 ranging from submarines to helicopters, from planes to snakes, and from hydrofoils to alligators.

His cart, also known as B.O.S.S. for Battery Operated Smart Servant, was one of about 30 robots on display Wednesday by students at the University of Florida, who worked the past semester on the projects using their engineering backgrounds.

Robots range from Carlo Pasco's poker robot that deals cards to poker players to Bryan Talenfeld's invention that tells color blind people the color of a traffic light.

Adam Grieper has a similar robot called the Beertender, which senses people and offers them a beer.

When the electric engines of Antoin Baker's robot Cypher roared to life, the device lifted about a foot off a table, tethered by rubber bands.

Gregory Garcia dreamed up the robotic cart to solve a childhood peeve of being accidentally hit with shopping carts by his sister.

"My friends and I play poker all the time, but there is one kid who we do not deal because he is notorious for dealing from the bottom of the deck," Pasco wrote in his introduction about his robot.

"The immediate thing that jumped to my mind was all those times as a kid when my sister would accidentally hit me with a cart," Garcia said.

Robots range from Carlo Pasco's poker robot that deals cards to poker players to Bryan Talenfeld's invention that tells color blind people the color of a traffic light.

Adam Grieper has a similar robot called the Beertender, which senses people and offers them a beer.

"My friends and I play poker all the time, but there is one kid who we do not deal because he is notorious for dealing from the bottom of the deck," Pasco wrote in his introduction about his robot.

Cypher, a flat wooden square topped four engines, could be made into a flying device to lift heavy objects in the same way a helicopter does, Baker said.

He said students have designed flying, walking and swimming robots.

Gregory Garcia dreamed up the robotic cart to solve a childhood peeve of being accidentally hit with shopping carts by his sister.

He said students have designed flying, walking and swimming robots.

Robots range from Carlo Pasco's poker robot that deals cards to poker players to Bryan Talenfeld's invention that tells color blind people the color of a traffic light.

It then aims and tosses into a basketball net.

Cypher, a flat wooden square topped four engines, could be made into a flying device to lift heavy objects in the same way a helicopter does, Baker said.

Jeremy Greene, 23, of Panama City, created a robot named Atlas, which balances a blue ping pong ball on a flat piece of wood as it moves across the room.

Cypher, a flat wooden square topped four engines, could be made into a flying device to lift heavy objects in the same way a helicopter does, Baker said.

"The immediate thing that jumped to my mind was all those times as a kid when my sister would accidentally hit me with a cart," Garcia said.

Adam Grieper has a similar robot called the Beertender, which senses people and offers them a beer.

Rolando Desrets' small robot made of wheels, gears and sensors, picks up pingpong balls.

When the electric engines of Antoin Baker's robot Cypher roared to life, the device lifted about a foot off a table, tethered by rubber bands.

His cart, also known as B.O.S.S. for Battery Operated Smart Servant, was one of about 30 robots on display Wednesday by students at the University of Florida, who worked the past semester on the projects using their engineering backgrounds.

Robots range from Carlo Pasco's poker robot that deals cards to poker players to Bryan Talenfeld's invention that tells color blind people the color of a traffic light.

Most of the students showing robots Wednesday were seniors in engineering or graduate students.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

He said students have designed flying, walking and swimming robots.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

His cart, also known as B.O.S.S. for Battery Operated Smart Servant, was one of about 30 robots on display Wednesday by students at the University of Florida, who worked the past semester on the projects using their engineering backgrounds.

Rolando Desrets' small robot made of wheels, gears and sensors, picks up pingpong balls.

The student-built submarine called the SubjuGator 5 has won first place for two years in a row in competition with other universities.

"The immediate thing that jumped to my mind was all those times as a kid when my sister would accidentally hit me with a cart," Garcia said.

It then aims and tosses into a basketball net.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

The student-built submarine called the SubjuGator 5 has won first place for two years in a row in competition with other universities.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Students were given free rein in deciding the type of robot to construct.

"My friends and I play poker all the time, but there is one kid who we do not deal because he is notorious for dealing from the bottom of the deck," Pasco wrote in his introduction about his robot.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

He said he will later use the robot to compete against other colleges.

Students were given free rein in deciding the type of robot to construct.

The other half are students in the Machine Intelligence Laboratory or students in the MIL's National Science Foundation sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduate program.

Topped with a wig of dredlocks and a colorful hat, one of the most popular robots is Koolio.

The student-built submarine called the SubjuGator 5 has won first place for two years in a row in competition with other universities.

Robots range from Carlo Pasco's poker robot that deals cards to poker players to Bryan Talenfeld's invention that tells color blind people the color of a traffic light.

"If the rubber bands break, run very fast," said Eric Schwartz, one of the two professors in the robot course.

Rolando Desrets' small robot made of wheels, gears and sensors, picks up pingpong balls.

When the electric engines of Antoin Baker's robot Cypher roared to life, the device lifted about a foot off a table, tethered by rubber bands.

The student-built submarine called the SubjuGator 5 has won first place for two years in a row in competition with other universities.

About half of the students are registered for the summer 2005 semester of the Intelligent Machine Design Laboratory course.

Francis said similar robotic submarines could be used to check underwater pipelines and could send back pictures to people on land or in boats.

About half of the students are registered for the summer 2005 semester of the Intelligent Machine Design Laboratory course.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

Cypher, a flat wooden square topped four engines, could be made into a flying device to lift heavy objects in the same way a helicopter does, Baker said.

UF students have been building autonomous mobile robots since 1993 ranging from submarines to helicopters, from planes to snakes, and from hydrofoils to alligators.

"The immediate thing that jumped to my mind was all those times as a kid when my sister would accidentally hit me with a cart," Garcia said.

Jeremy Greene, 23, of Panama City, created a robot named Atlas, which balances a blue ping pong ball on a flat piece of wood as it moves across the room.

"If the rubber bands break, run very fast," said Eric Schwartz, one of the two professors in the robot course.

Jeremy Greene, 23, of Panama City, created a robot named Atlas, which balances a blue ping pong ball on a flat piece of wood as it moves across the room.

The robot delivers cold drinks to faculty and students who order them over the Internet.

The robot delivers cold drinks to faculty and students who order them over the Internet.

Francis said similar robotic submarines could be used to check underwater pipelines and could send back pictures to people on land or in boats.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

Francis said similar robotic submarines could be used to check underwater pipelines and could send back pictures to people on land or in boats.

The student-built submarine called the SubjuGator 5 has won first place for two years in a row in competition with other universities.

He said he sees no real world application for his robot other than entertainment.

Jeremy Greene, 23, of Panama City, created a robot named Atlas, which balances a blue ping pong ball on a flat piece of wood as it moves across the room.

"My friends and I play poker all the time, but there is one kid who we do not deal because he is notorious for dealing from the bottom of the deck," Pasco wrote in his introduction about his robot.

His cart, also known as B.O.S.S. for Battery Operated Smart Servant, was one of about 30 robots on display Wednesday by students at the University of Florida, who worked the past semester on the projects using their engineering backgrounds.

The student-built submarine called the SubjuGator 5 has won first place for two years in a row in competition with other universities.

His cart, also known as B.O.S.S. for Battery Operated Smart Servant, was one of about 30 robots on display Wednesday by students at the University of Florida, who worked the past semester on the projects using their engineering backgrounds.

The robot is a clear tube about two feet long.

Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug 10, 2006 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.

Students were given free rein in deciding the type of robot to construct.

"It seems like the public would really want this since everybody shops.

Adam Grieper has a similar robot called the Beertender, which senses people and offers them a beer.

He said he will later use the robot to compete against other colleges.

Topped with a wig of dredlocks and a colorful hat, one of the most popular robots is Koolio.

He said students have designed flying, walking and swimming robots.

Cypher, a flat wooden square topped four engines, could be made into a flying device to lift heavy objects in the same way a helicopter does, Baker said.

"The immediate thing that jumped to my mind was all those times as a kid when my sister would accidentally hit me with a cart," Garcia said.

His cart, also known as B.O.S.S. for Battery Operated Smart Servant, was one of about 30 robots on display Wednesday by students at the University of Florida, who worked the past semester on the projects using their engineering backgrounds.

Francis said similar robotic submarines could be used to check underwater pipelines and could send back pictures to people on land or in boats.

Jeremy Greene, 23, of Panama City, created a robot named Atlas, which balances a blue ping pong ball on a flat piece of wood as it moves across the room.