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Project Canine

A summer research project (NSF / Auburn University) that derived a working dog's motions from noisy sensor data using a machine learner and GUI — built around Major, a Labrador Retriever wearing a remote sensing and comms package.

  • Machine Learning
  • GUI
  • Sensor Fusion
  • LaTeX
Major, the Labrador Retriever, with his sensor and comms package

Project Canine was my summer research project in 2009, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University. I had the chance to work with Major, a four-year-old Labrador Retriever.

Major wore a sensor and comms package that allowed him to be signalled remotely based on sensor data. I worked on a machine learner and GUI system that could accurately derive the canine’s motions from noisy sensor data. The program also trained participants in LaTeX.

Major with his sensor package