Dr. Yunfeng (Jennifer) Wang and her Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience (MUSE) program 2009 students Sean Brigandi and Jennifer Field attended the 2010 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) on July 6-9, 2010 in Montreal, Canada. Sean and Jennifer presented their paper co-authored with Dr. Wang at this conference. The paper is entitled “A LEGO Mindstorms NXT Based Multirobot System.” Submitted papers are reviewed by three to six reviewers and then assessed by the program committee. Accepted and presented papers are indexed and included in IEEE Xplore.
The students’ paper was based on research obtained from the MUSE program during the summer of 2009. The basic idea behind their research was to use a group of LEGO Mindstorms NXT robots to implement swarm intelligence algorithms. They studied the capabilities of the LEGO Mindstorms and its sensors. They then used the robot team to test a modified version of a swarm intelligence algorithm called “triangular navigation.”
AIM is the premier and highly selective international conference in the fields of Mechatronics. It is a 4-day event held annually with hundreds of attendants. The purpose of the conference is to promote activities in various areas of mechatronics by providing a forum for exchange of ideas, presentation of technical achievements, and discussion of future directions. The AIM brings together an international community of experts to discuss the state-of-the-art, new research results, perspectives of future developments, and innovative applications relevant to mechatronics, robotics, control, automation, and related areas.
Both Sean and Jennifer agree that “It was a great learning experience and a great honor to be able to present our work at an international conference. It gives you a much broader perspective on the robotics field to discuss research with those in our own country as well as those around the globe. It was also interesting to see the work that other schools from all over the world were doing, and it was all very impressive. Our research was continued by an undergraduate student, Brian Guether, who worked with Dr. Wang during TCNJ’s MUSE 2010 program.”
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