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BART LAB

Center for Biomedical and Robotics Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University.

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BART LAB Robotics Team attended RoboCup Japan Open 2012 Rescue and @ Home Robot Competition On May 2-5, 2012 at Osaka, Japan, BART LAB Robotics Team had participated in two leagues, Rescue Robot and Robot@Home leagues, in the RoboCup Japan Open 2012 held at the Osaka Institute of Technology. The BART LAB Rescue team was the 2-consecutive-year Champion in Japan Open 2010 and 2011. This year in 2012, the Shinobi team from Kyoto University closely won the first prize above BART LAB Rescue team in the very final run. The Nexis-R team from Nagaoka University came the third while their robots were fully commercialized for real applications already. BART LAB Robotics team has joined the Rescue Robot League at the RoboCup Japan Open since 2009. BART LAB has achieved several titles from the RoboCup Japan Open as following: In 2009, BART LAB received “SICE Award” from Society of Instrumentation and Control Engineers and “The First Runner Up”; In 2010, BART LAB received “The First Prize”; In 2011, BART LAB received “The First Prize”; and In 2012, BART LAB received “the First Runner Up.” The BART LAB Assist Bot team had attended the Robot@Home League while the programs were not very ready. However, the BART LAB Assist Bot team performed a reasonable demonstration. The BART LAB Robotics team was mainly supported by the THAICOM Foundation, the Crown Properties Bureau of Thailand and Mahidol University. The BART LAB Robotics team members to Japan consisted of 17 mebers: Prof. Jackrit Suthakorn (Advisor), Yuttana Itsrachaiyot, Woratit Onprasert, Sakol Nakdhamabhorn, Watcharawit Saensupho, Rachot Phuengsuk, Nonthachai Suratriyanont, Chawaphol Direkwatana, Choladawan Moonjaita, Peerapat Owatchaiyapong, Syed Saqib Hussain Shah, Shen Treratanakulchai, Pitchaya Rayothee, Nantida Nillahoot, Maria Chatrasing, Preedipat Sattayasoonthorn and Karat Thanabooklong. Prof. Kimura of Nagaoka University of Technology and Prof. Oogane of Niigata University were the representatives from organizing committee to invite us to attend a special welcome dinner.
ThaiCom RoboCamp 2011 by BART LAB On May 12-15, 2011, ThaiCom Foundation and BART LAB (Center for Biomedical and Robotics Technology) organized a robot educational camp, ‘ThaiCom RoboCamp 2011,’ at Mahidol University, Salaya. 50 high school students from 32 high schools were selected to join the workshop. At the end of the camp, 5 high school students were carefully selected to be the Thailand’s representatives to join the World RoboCup Junior Rescue Robot Leauge to be held in Istanbul, Turkey on July 5-11, 2011.
BART LAB Rescue Robot Team attended RoboCup Japan Open 2011 Rescue Robot Competition On May 2-5, 2011 at Osaka, Japan, BART LAB Rescue Team with 2 Robots and 16 members to attended the RoboCup Japan Open 2011, Rescue Robot League. There were 12 teams in the competition, local and only one foreign team, ‘BART LAB Rescue’. Important Japanese teams included ‘Shinobi’ from Kyoto University, ’09 Japan Champion and ‘Nexis-R’ A.K.A. ‘NU-Tech R’ from Nagaoka University, ’07-’08 Japan Champion. BART LAB Rescue Team won the Rescue Robot Championship as the second time, consecutively. BART LAB Rescue had lead since the first round with three 15-minute missions with the total scores of 210, while the second and third places (Nexis-R and Shinobi) received the scores of 75 and 70, respectively. The final round was a sudden dead run of 25-minute mission with a new improvement of arena and rules to fit with real experience from the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in this year. BART LAB Rescue and Nexis-R were only two teams to be able to make the scores, while BART LAB Rescue could make the scores as twice of the Nexis-R. This lead to BART LAB Rescue Team to become the Champion in Japan Open 2011 for Rescue Robot League as the second time consecutively. Among the Japanese teams, a few Japanese robots were attempted to perform in the real Japan earthquake locations in Sendai. BART LAB Rescue Team was supported to join the RoboCup Japan Open 2011 by ‘ThaiCom Foundation’ as the main sponsor and ‘Jele’ as the combined sponsor.
BART LAB Rescue Robot Team attended World Rescue Robot Competition 2010, Singapore On June 19-26, 2010, BART LAB Rescue attended the Rescue Robot League at the World RoboCup 2010 held in Singapore. There were about more than 20 teams, internationally, to attend the competition, including, Pelican United/ Japan, CASualty/Australia, MRL/Iran and a few Hi-Ranked Thai teams (“iRAP_Pro,” Past World Champion from 2009, “BART LAB Rescue,” Champion from TRR2009 and Japan Open 2010, and “SUCCESS,” Best-In-Class: Advanced Mobility from TRR2009). BART LAB Rescue was advanced to the Semi-Final Round with other 9 teams, internationally, including the 2 Thai teams. The Semi-Final Round required 2 missions, and the results came out as followed: (No.1) iRAP_Pro (Score 465 Points/15 Victims), (No.2) BART LAB Rescue (Score 430/13 Victims) and (No.3) SUCCESS (Score 330/11 Victims). Therefore, only three Thai teams passed through the Final Round. On the last day, the Final Run, BART LAB Rescue was not so lucky. After searched, found and reported the second victim, our Tele-Operation Robot was stuck in a big hole near by the wall. Anyway, after combining the scores from the Semi-Final Round and Final Round, BART LAB Rescue was happy enough to share the 2nd Place with SUCCESS, the other Thai team. Prof. Kimura, Advisor of NU Tech-R team from Japan, was teasing when the Finalist Chart was posted, “It’s the Thailand Open at Singapore.” This sentence and the result proved our much higher standard of Thailand Rescue Robot Competitions, which were able to elevate standards of Thai Rescue Robot teams, and which were able to select the best qualified teams to attend the World Competitions, such as, World RoboCup 2010 in Singapore.
BART LAB and Thai Robotics Society organized 2nd International Rescue Robot Workshop 2010 The 2nd International Rescue Robot Workshop 2010 was organized by Thai Robotics Society and BART LAB (Center for Biomedical and Robotics Technology). The workshop held in Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa. In this workshop Rescue robot researchers to join and share their experience and knowledge on related topics, i.e., rescue robot design and construction, robot mobility, autonomous features, real-time map generation, robot testing methods, vital sign’s requirements and detections. This IRRW is an intensive hands-on camp, which aims to organize for 5 consecutive years to promote and improve rescue robot research for the real use.
BART LAB Rescue Robot Team attended RoboCup Japan Open 2010 Rescue Robot Competition On May 1-4, 2010 at Osaka, Japan: BART LAB Rescue team attended the Rescue League at RoboCup Japan Open 2010. There were 11 teams from Japan, [including, “CIT Pelican,” former World Champion ’01 - ’05, “Shinobi,” Japan Champion ’09, and “Nexis-R,” A.K.A. NU-Tech R, Japan Champion ’07-’08], a young team from Iran and BART LAB Rescue, Thailand Champion ’09. There were three 15-minute missions in the first round. The first mission, BART LAB Rescue scored 142 points while the second rank, CIT Pelican, received only 27 points. After three missions, only 4 teams advanced to the final round, one from Thailand, BART LAB Rescue, and three from Japan, CIT Pelican, Shinobi, and Nexis-R. The final round was a knock-out one mission with a longer length of time, 30 minutes. It was really closed. Japanese teams were at full performance, however, we were ready as well. BART LAB Rescue won the Japan Open Championship with the final run of 146 points left the second place about 50 points. BART LAB Rescue was only an international team to win a title for all leagues in the RoboCup Japan Open 2010. To attend the Japan Open, BART LAB Rescue
Back-To-Back Events: TRR2009, IRRW2009 and ISBME2009 People of BART LAB organized and involved in back-to-back academic events, 2009 Thailand Rescue Robot Championship at The Mall Dept Store on Dec 7-10, 2009 International Rescue Robot Workshop at Amari Orchid Pattaya on Dec 11-14, and 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering at A Le Meridian Plaza Athenee on Dec 15-17. The co-sponsors for TRR2009, and IRRW2009 are SCG and Thai Robotics Society. The major co-technical sponsors for ISBME2009 are IEEE and ThaiEMBS. Dr. Jackrit Suthakorn was the Program Chair for these three events.
BART LAB and Thai Robotics Society organized the "ROBOT AND AUTOMATION PAVILLION" at National S&T Fair 2009. Dr. Jackrit Suthakorn, Thai Robotics Society and BART LAB members are the main organizer of the "ROBOT AND AUTOMATION PAVILLION" at National Science and Technology Fair 2009 at Muangthong Thani from August 8-23, 2009. The Pavilion includes Demonstrations of Surgical Robots, Humanoid Robot Soccer, Rescue Robots, Entertainment Robots and more.
BART LAB Rescue Robot Team attended RoboCup Japan Open 2009 Rescue Robot Competition BART LAB Rescue team brought 2 rough-terrain robots (TeleOp III and AutoBot I) attended the RoboCup Rescue League at the RoboCup Japan Open 2009 held at Kyocera Dome, Osaka, during May 7-10, 2009. BART LAB Rescue won the SICE Award from the “Society of Instrumentation and Control Engineering” for the Robot’s Excellent System Development in Displaying Function of Searched-Information. Moreover, BART LAB Rescue also received the “1st Runner Up” position for the RoboCup Rescue League. BART LAB Rescue team in Japan Open consists of 4 faculty members (Dr. Jackrit Suthakorn – Team Leader, Dr. Warakorn Charoensuk, Dr. Songpol Ongwattanakul, and Prof. Worawit Israngkul), 1 Researcher (Mr. Suratana Jantarajit), and 12 Grad Students (Mr. Onprasert, Mr. Sae-Ung, Mr. Sa-ing, Mr. Nakdhamabhorn, Mr. Saensupho, Mr. Shah, Mr. Derekwattana, Ms. Moonjaita, Mr. Itsarachaiyot, Mr. Intawachirarat, Mr. Sirisopha, and Ms. Lorsakul.)
Thailand Rescue Robot Championship 2008 BART Lab was hosting the Thailand Rescue Robot Championship 2008. The first round championship was held at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in October 2008, and the final round was held at the National Indoor Stadium, Bangkok in December 2008, past 3 years Thailand won World rescue Robot competition which bring international team attention to join TRR 2008. The rescue robot championship was to find the Thailand representative to join the World RobocupRescue 2009.
BART LAB Intelligent Vehicle Team attended TIVC 2008 BART LAB’s Intelligent Vehicle Team, “BART LAB Vehiculum,” passed through the final round in the 2008 Thai Intelligent Vehicle Challenge organized by Thai Robotics Society, Asian Institute of Technology and Seagate. Every car in the TIVC 2008 must autonomously drive along the road in the Bangkok Racing Circuit by itself without human-control. These cars must have their own navigation and controlling systems installed. A vintage Mercedes-Benz was used as the platform, and was modified the steering, braking and accelerating systems. The Vehiculum was mainly navigating by Computer Vision system, combined of a stereo-camera (Bumble-Bee®), and two left/right FireWire cameras for emergency control. Besides, the Vehiculum was also integrated with a bunch of GPSs and e-compass to combine their sensing information with the Computer Vision system.
WACBE 2007 World Congress on Bioengineering on July 9-11, 2007 held at Twin Tower, Bangkok World Congress on Bioengineering 2007 at Twin Tower Hotel, Bangkok, July, 9-11, 2007, All BART LAB members joined the conference and three of us (Borripat, Auranuch, and Paweena) attended and gave presentations: [Poster Presentation] -"An Inverse Kinematics System for F1ATPase Nano-Motor Manipulation" by Borripat K. [Oral Presentations] "Dental Tool Calibration Using Point-Cloud-To-Point cloud Technique with the Least-Square Solution: Toward Development of a Dental Navigation System" by auranuch L. and "An Efficient Algorithm for Recovering Distal Holes' Axes in Intramedullary Nail." by Paweena U.
CRIT 2007 Conference on Robotics June 14-15, 2007 at Rose Garden. BART LAB held the organization of the TRS conference on robotics and industrial technology under the cooperative with FIBO (Institute of field robotics, KMUTT). Even it was a small national conference with 50 audiences, successfully attendance occurred though the holding period. Two BART LAB members, Mr. B. Kittiwut and Mr. S. Jantarajit won the best paper awards on “ Inverse Kinematic System for rotary protein manipulation” and “Medical Tool Positioning System Using Ultrasonic”, respectively.
Intelligent Vehicle Challenge on May 23, 2007 at the Final Round Thailand The BART LAB Vehiculum has finished the final competition with the distance 162.04 metres in 5:39 minutes, and won the Excellent Art Work Award. The vehicle is capable detecting the road edge and guiding itself to go along with the roadway autonomously. The vehicle is equipped with several computer vision systems , sensing systems, and on-board processing unit (PC and ARM-7 Microcontroller).
Mechatronics Workshop at Supalai Pasak Resort, Saraburi. BART Lab staffs were attended to The Mechatronics Workshop at Supalai Pasak Resort, Saraburi on December 12-13, 2006
International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering (ISBME2006) BART Lab Researchers are the main organizers for the ISBME2006. ISBME is intended to provide an internal forum where researchers, practitioners, and professionals interested in the advances in, and applications of, biomedical engineering can exchange the latest research, results, and ideas in the these areas through presentation and discussion. (See more details in www.isbme2006.org)
Thailand Rescue Robot Championship 2005 BART Lab was hosting the Thailand Rescue Robot Championship 2005. The first round championship was held at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in October 2005, and the final round was held at the MCC Hall, Bangkok in November 2005. The rescue robot championship was to find the Thailand representative to join the World RobocupRescue 2006 held in Germany.

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