{"id":8,"date":"2005-12-09T15:26:35","date_gmt":"2005-12-09T20:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studorgs.bowdoin.edu\/robocup\/wordpress\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2015-12-16T08:53:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T13:53:29","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/robocup\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Info"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Bites is Bowdoin College<\/a>\u2019s robot team.<\/p>\n

We compete in the Standard Platform League<\/a> of RoboCup<\/a> (formerly the Four Legged League) where teams consisting of five Aldebaran Nao<\/a> robots each play on a field of 10.4 m x 7.4 m. The robots operate fully autonomously; there is no external control by humans or computers.<\/p>\n

We are the former World Champions<\/a> on the Sony Aibo<\/a> platform, and in 2008 placed third<\/a> on the Aibos and in the top eight<\/a> in the new Nao competition. In 2009 we placed second<\/a> in the renamed Standard Platform League. In 2010 we placed in the top eight<\/a>, and did so again in 2013<\/a>. We reached the final 16 in every year from\u00a0we began competing internationally in 2006 until 2014.<\/p>\n

History::<\/h3>\n

In 2005, we competed @ the US Open.
\nIn 2006, we finished 5th @ the US Open, finished 10th at RoboCup 2006.
\nIn 2007, we finished 3rd @ the German Open, and won RoboCup 2007<\/strong>.
\nIn 2008, we finished 1st @ the US Open, finished top 8 in the Nao league and finished third-place in the Aibo league at RoboCup 2007.
\nIn 2009, we finished 2nd @ RoboCup 2009.
\nIn 2010, we finished 2nd @ the US Open and finished in the top 8 @ RoboCup 2010.
\nIn 2011, we finished 3rd @ the US Open and in the top 8 @ RoboCup 2011.
\nIn 2012, we finished 3rd @ the US Open and in the top 16 @RoboCup 2012.
\nIn 2013, we finished 2nd @ the US Open and in the top 8 @RoboCup 2013.
\nIn 2014, we finished 3rd @ the US Open.
\nIn 2015, we finished 2d @ the US Open.<\/p>\n

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Members::<\/h3>\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eric Chown<\/a>\u00a0Faculty Advisor<\/em>
\nJosh Imhoff\u00a0Team Captain<\/em>
\nDaniel Zeller\u00a0Team Captain<\/em>
\nMegan Maher
\nNicole Morin
\nDan Navarro
\nFranco Sasieta
\nBella Tumaneng
\nKote Mushegian
\nCory Alini
\nPhil Koch
\nEvan Hoyt<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong>
\nEric Chown<\/a> Faculty Advisor<\/em>
\nJosh Imhoff Team Captain<\/em>
\nDaniel Zeller Team Captain<\/em>
\nEllis Ratner
\nBrian Jacobel
\nMegan Maher
\nNicole Morin
\nDan Navarro
\nFranco Sasieta
\nNoah Safien
\nKote Mushegian
\nChuying Luo
\nEvan Hoyt<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong>
\nEric Chown<\/a> Faculty Advisor<\/em>
\nWils Dawson Team Captain<\/em>
\nLizzie Mamantov Team Captain<\/em>
\nEJ Googins
\nJosh Zalinger
\nBen Mende
\nEllis Ratner
\nBrian Jacobel
\nJosh Imhoff
\nDaniel Zeller<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong>
\nEric Chown<\/a> Faculty Advisor<\/em>
\nOctavian Neamtu Team Captain<\/em>
\nWils Dawson
\nDani McAvoy
\nLizzie Mamantov
\nEJ Googins
\nJosh Zalinger
\nBen Mende
\nEllis Ratner
\nBrian Jacobel
\nNoam Terrman<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong>
\nEric Chown<\/a> Faculty Advisor<\/em>
\nJack Morrison Team Captain <\/em>
\nNathan Merritt
\nYoni Ackerman
\nOctavian Neamtu
\nWils Dawson
\nDani McAvoy
\nLizzie Mamantov
\nEJ Googins
\nJosh Zalinger
\nBenj Bellon
\nEllis Ratner<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>
\nEric Chown<\/a> Faculty Advisor<\/em>
\nJack Morrison Team Co-Captain <\/em>
\nAndrew Lawrence Team Co-Captain <\/em>
\nElise Krob
\nOctavian Neamtu
\nNathan Merritt
\nHarrison Chapman
\nWils Dawson
\nJosh Zalinger
\nEJ Googins<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong>
\nEric Chown<\/a> Faculty Advisor<\/em>
\nTucker Hermans Team Captain <\/em>
\nJeremy Fishman Software Lead, SysAdmin <\/em>
\nJoho Strom<\/a> Administrative Lead <\/em>
\n George Slavov
\nJeremy Fishman
\nNick Dunn
\nAndrew Lawrence
\nJack Morrison
\nElise Krob<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong>
\nEric Chown<\/a> Faculty Advisor<\/em>
\nJoho Strom Team Captain<\/em>
\nGeorge Slavov
\nJeremy Fishman
\nNick Dunn
\nTucker Hermans
\nAndrew Lawrence
\nJack Morrison
\nElise Krob<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong>
\nEric Chown<\/a> Faculty Advisor<\/em>
\nHenry Work<\/a> Team Captain<\/em>
\nJoho Strom
\nJeremy Fishman
\nGeorge Slavov
\nMark McGranaghan<\/a>
\nTucker Hermans
\nNick Dunn
\nJesse Butterfield<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong>
\nEric Chown<\/a> Faculty Advisor<\/em>
\nHenry Work<\/a> Team Captain<\/em>
\nPat Costello
\nYi Zhuang
\nFerd Convery
\nJesse Butterfield
\nMatthew Murchison<\/a>
\nQuentin Reeve
\nGeorge Slavov
\nTracy Mckay
\nJeremy Fishman
\nJoho Strom
\nBrendan Mortimer<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong>
\nPeople::
\nEric Chown<\/a> Faculty Advisor<\/em>
\nGreydon Foil Team Captain<\/em><\/p>\n

Research::<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thesis:
\nImhoff, J. RoboCup goal detection without consistent lighting conditions or unique color cues.(pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong>
\nThesis:
\nMamantov, E. Cognitive Visuo-Spatial Reasoning for Robotic Soccer Agents. (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong>
\nPapers:
\nMorrison, J., Silver, W., & Chown, E. (2012). Implementing a real-time Hough transform on a mobile robot. In Chen X., Stone P., Sucar L.E., & Van der Zan T. (eds.) RoboCup 2012; Robot Soccer World Cup XVI. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence.<\/strong> Berlin: Springer.<\/p>\n

Thesis:
\nNeamtu, O. Building a behavior simulator for autonomous robot soccer. (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong>
\nBook:
\nChown, E., Ploeger, P., and Ruiz del Solar, J. (eds.) (2011). RoboCup 2010; Robot Soccer World Cup XIV. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence<\/strong>. Berlin: Springer.<\/p>\n

Thesis: Morrison, J. Implementing a real-time Hough transform on a mobile robot.(pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>
\nPapers:
\nStrom*, J., Slavov*, G, & Chown, E. (2009). Omni-Directional Walking using ZMP and Preview Control for the NAO Humanoid Robot. In RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII<\/strong>, Springer, Berlin. (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong>
\nTheses:
\nStrom, J. Dynamically Balanced Omnidirectional Humanoid Robot Locomotion (pdf<\/a>, library<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Hermans, T. Localization in the Standard Platform League (pdf, library<\/a>)
\n2007<\/strong>
\n2007 Application<\/a>.
\n2006 Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong>
\nChown, E., Foil, G., Work, H., Zhuang, Y., AiboConnect: A Simple Programming Environment for Robotics, Proceeding of the International FLAIRS Conference, AAAI Press, May 2006.<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong>
\nHenry Work ’06<\/a>, Summer Research<\/em>
\nRobocup is a competition between soccer-playing robotic dogs. Many people have a hard time wrapping their head around this. However, Henry assures people that these things do indeed exist and are really quite impressive.
\nContinue Reading…<\/a><\/p>\n

Yi Zhuang ’08, Summer Research<\/em>
\nAs a computer science research intern, Yi spent the summer of 2005 at Bowdoin College working with Professor Eric Chown on studying and improving the vision system of the Aibos–robot dogs we program to play soccer games against other universities and colleges.
\nContinue Reading…<\/a>
\n
\n<\/a> Oliver Radwan ’08<\/a>, Summer Research:: Surdna Foundation Undergraduate Fellowship<\/a><\/em>
\nWorking as a Surdna Undergraduate Research Fellow, Oliver spent the summer of 2005 at Bowdoin working with Professor Stephen Majercik on autonomous, event-based state creation and event-driven learning in an artificial agent.
\nContinue Reading…<\/a><\/p>\n

2004<\/strong>
\nGreydon Foil ’05<\/a>, Honors Project<\/em>
\nDeveloping an Autonomous Robot Soccer Team at an Undergraduate Institution<\/a>
\nRobot soccer is a growing arena for the development and advancement of robotics algorithms and research. Many of the universities building robot soccer teams use large groups of graduate and undergraduate students. Bowdoin is developing a team, led by Greydon, with the goal of being competitive on an international scale despite not having any graduate students.
\nContinue Reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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