Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
No, Robots Won't Be Taking Over the World ...Yet
Search
Raquel Vélez
May 25, 2012
Technology
1
180
No, Robots Won't Be Taking Over the World ...Yet
Presenting an overview of the robotics field
Raquel Vélez
May 25, 2012
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Raquel Vélez
See All by Raquel Vélez
Engineering of Craft - Let's Sketch Tech
rockbot
0
170
Engineering of Craft
rockbot
0
300
The Beauty of Bad Code
rockbot
1
170
The Beauty of Bad Code
rockbot
4
540
Evolution of a Web Application
rockbot
1
1k
Wombat-Driven Understanding: an interactive guide to using npm
rockbot
0
340
Wombat-Driven Understanding: An Interactive Guide To Using npm
rockbot
0
850
the npm website: a tale of wonder and woe (and wombats!)
rockbot
0
320
fear
rockbot
1
320
Other Decks in Technology
See All in Technology
AWS Summit Japan 2025 Community Stage - App workflow automation by AWS Step Functions
matsuihidetoshi
1
290
AWS テクニカルサポートとエンドカスタマーの中間地点から見えるより良いサポートの活用方法
kazzpapa3
2
560
解析の定理証明実践@Lean 4
dec9ue
0
180
【TiDB GAME DAY 2025】Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond にみる TiDB 活用術
cygames
0
1.1k
強化されたAmazon Location Serviceによる新機能と開発者体験
dayjournal
3
230
フィンテック養成勉強会#54
finengine
0
180
生成AI活用の組織格差を解消する 〜ビジネス職のCursor導入が開発効率に与えた好循環〜 / Closing the Organizational Gap in AI Adoption
upamune
5
4k
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20 概要
oracle4engineer
PRO
3
1.7k
2年でここまで成長!AWSで育てたAI Slack botの軌跡
iwamot
PRO
4
770
JEDAI Databricks Free Editionもくもく会
taka_aki
1
100
“社内”だけで完結していた私が、AWS Community Builder になるまで
nagisa53
1
410
生まれ変わった AWS Security Hub (Preview) を紹介 #reInforce_osaka / reInforce New Security Hub
masahirokawahara
0
240
Featured
See All Featured
Site-Speed That Sticks
csswizardry
10
660
Intergalactic Javascript Robots from Outer Space
tanoku
271
27k
Six Lessons from altMBA
skipperchong
28
3.9k
[Rails World 2023 - Day 1 Closing Keynote] - The Magic of Rails
eileencodes
35
2.4k
Optimizing for Happiness
mojombo
379
70k
Why Our Code Smells
bkeepers
PRO
337
57k
KATA
mclloyd
30
14k
The Myth of the Modular Monolith - Day 2 Keynote - Rails World 2024
eileencodes
26
2.9k
The Straight Up "How To Draw Better" Workshop
denniskardys
234
140k
How GitHub (no longer) Works
holman
314
140k
Rebuilding a faster, lazier Slack
samanthasiow
82
9.1k
The Cost Of JavaScript in 2023
addyosmani
51
8.5k
Transcript
No, Robots Won't Be Taking Over the World ... Yet.
Raquel Vélez @rockbot
Robots
None
Definitions Amount of Robot Control Amount of Human Control Autonomous
Semi-Autonomous Remote Controlled
Requirements for World Domination
Executive Coaching (Waxing Philosophical) Who Are You? What Is Around
You? Where Are You? Where Are You Going? How Will You Get There? What Will Get In Your Way?
Who (What?) Am I?
Anatomy of a Robot Chassis (Body) Actuators (Motors) Sensors Intelligence
(Computers)
Kinematics - Spatial Understanding
Where Am I?
State - Environmental Understanding Location vector (x 1 , y
1 , ... x n , y n ) Velocity vector (v 1 , ... v n ) Acceleration vector (a 1 , ... a n ) Angle vector ( 1 , ... n ) Angular velocity vector ( 1 , ... n ) Landmark vector (l 1 , l 2 , ... l n )
State Estimation and Error Correction
What Is Around Me?
Depth Perception LADAR/LIDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) Stereo Camera Pair
Object Recognition & Landmark Identification
Where Am I Going?
All In a Day's Work Map What is my environment?
Find/Rescue Fetch! Drive Get to where you need to be Build Make the widget
How Will I Get There?
Mission Planning
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
Control Controller System Sensor Noise Disturbance + -
What Will Get In My Way?
Control Controller System Sensor Noise Disturbance + -
System Disturbance
Noise
Sensor Fusion Microphone CO 2 Sensor Camera Heat Sensor Accelerometer/GPS
The Missing Ingredient
Executive Coaching (Waxing Philosophical) Who Are You? What Is Around
You? Where Are You? Where Are You Going? How Will You Get There? What Are Your Limitations?
Executive Coaching (Waxing Philosophical) Who Are You? What Is Around
You? Where Are You? Where Are You Going? How Will You Get There? What Are Your Limitations? What Do You Want?
So: Are We Safe? Sure! For now...