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IofT 1910 W Fall 2006 Week 1

Dive into the world of robotics, discussing various types of robots and their new applications. Explore where the future is headed and how we can become a part of it.

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IofT 1910 W Fall 2006 Week 1

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  1. IofT 1910 W Fall 2006Week 1

  2. What we will do today • Start by looking at various types of robots • Look at new applications for robots • Explore where the future will take us and think about how we can be a part of the future

  3. Rangers and scouts in action Movies available from distrob.cs.umn.edu

  4. Another agent with state: the Scout Locate a dark spot Go to the dark spot (videos not available on the posted version)

  5. Locate Goal behavior • Locate darkest/lightest area • Rotate  360º to determine best pixel mean • Guarded motion • Do small motions with visual feedback • Detect motion with frame difference

  6. Drive to Goal behavior • Locate darkest patch on horizon • Feature tracking behavior • Servo robot to patch • Stop robot when • “floor”  “ceiling” • Timeout occurs Artificial Horizon Darkest Region

  7. Obstacle Avoidance Purposeful Search Random Search Detect Other Targets Obstacle Avoidance Homing Obstacle Avoidance Target Alignment Pick Up Target An example of an Agent with State: MinDART SEARCH FOR TARGETS TAKE TARGET HOME Target Dropped Target Found Target Grabbed GRAB TARGET

  8. MinDART demo or … there are more ways to lose than we might think… (video not available on the posted version)

  9. Some strange-looking robots Different configurations of Polybots (from USC) (videos not on the posted version. Go to USC to find them)

  10. New applications: Robots for demining Robot from CMU Robot from Belgium

  11. A support system to assist people in remembering to take their medications and do other daily activities Interface done via a robot New applications: Robots for nursing homes

  12. What’s next? Humanoids? Asimov, from Honda

  13. Where will the future take us? ? QRIO, from Sony Will humans serve robots?

  14. Where will the future take us? • intelligent homes that adapt to the users and assist them? • robots to harvest food? to keep us company? • devices to travel inside our body to diagnose problems and deliver medical treatments? • programs to manage our investments? to plan our entertainments? to understand our emotions and react accordingly?

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