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Mobile Robotics: 1. Introduction

Dr. Brian Mac Namee ( www.comp.dit.ie/bmacnamee ). Mobile Robotics: 1. Introduction. Acknowledgments. These notes are based (heavily) on those provided by the authors to accompany “Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots” by Roland Siegwart and Illah R. Nourbakhsh.

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Mobile Robotics: 1. Introduction

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  1. Dr. Brian Mac Namee (www.comp.dit.ie/bmacnamee) Mobile Robotics:1. Introduction

  2. Acknowledgments • These notes are based (heavily) on those provided by the authors to accompany “Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots” by Roland Siegwart and Illah R. Nourbakhsh More information about the book is available at:http://autonomousmobilerobots.epfl.ch/ The book can be bought at:The MIT Press and Amazon.com

  3. Contents • Robots in films & TV • The reality • Industrial robots • Robots in space • Research robots • Ethics and robotics • Miscellanea • Our robots • Course outline • Domestic robots • Entertainment robots

  4. Star Wars

  5. I, Robot

  6. Terminator • When good robots go bad!

  7. Other Robot Film Stars

  8. Movie Robot Summary • Robots in films and on TV tend to: • Move naturally and easily – often faster, stronger and more nimble than us • Be extremely intelligent • Possess rich and engaging personalities • Have the capacity to display emotions • Be able to speak naturally and understand speech without any problems • Often want to take over the world!

  9. The Reality

  10. Real World Robots • The major areas in which robotics are used today are: • Industrial robots • Military robots • Space robots • Domestic robots • Entertainment robots • Robots in academia

  11. Industrial Robots • Robots have seen their most widespread use in industrial manufacturing • Car manufacture • Pharmaceutical manufacturing • Computer processor manufacturing - Intel • Mostly static robots (robotics arms), but some mobile robots are also used

  12. Industrial Robots In Action

  13. Military Robots • There is a massive amount of research going on into using robotics for military purposes • There are also massive questions as to whether this is the right thing to do Samsung robot sentry video available here

  14. Robots In Space • Space also offers massive potential for applications of robotics • However, these robots need to be extremely reliable – we can’t zip up there and turn them back over if the fall down!

  15. Robots In Space (cont…) • The NASA Mars Rovers launched in 2003 are one of the best examples of this • They are still up there!

  16. Domestic Robots • Although we have been promised robots at home for years, it has yet to really happen • There have been two really good example though: • Roomba by the iRobot Coporation • RoboMower by Friendly Robotics

  17. Domestic Robots (cont…) Roomba video at www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=122

  18. Entertainment Robots

  19. Sony’s QRIO Robo-Disco

  20. Research Robots • Robotics is an extremely active research area • Not only are new techniques in robotics being discovered all of the time, but spin off technologies are being used in other areas

  21. RoboCup Soccer • “By the year 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world soccer champion team” Official RoboCup Soccer website is at www.robocup.org

  22. Ethics & Robots • Will we end up with Terminator? • Asimov’s Laws • A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. • A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law • A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

  23. Miscellanea • Me: Dr. Brian Mac Namee • E-Mail: Brian.MacNamee@comp.dit.ie • Web Site: www.comp.dit.ie/bmacnamee • Lectures: • Wednesday 12:00 – 13:00 (TBA) • Friday 10:00 – 11:00 (TBA) • Labs: • Monday 10:00 – 12:00 (A322)

  24. Miscellanea (cont…) • Assessment: • Continuous assessment (70%) • Team based robot challenge • Exam (30%)

  25. Our Robots

  26. Course Outline • The course will cover the following broad topics • Introduction to mobile robotics • Robotics hardware • Robot control system architectures • Mobile robots kinematics • Sensors • Mapping and localisation • Planning and navigation • The future of robotics and robot ethics

  27. Questions • ?

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