No, Robots Won't Be Taking Over the World ...Yet

Presenting an overview of the robotics field

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1. No, Robots Won't Be Taking Over the World ... Yet. Raquel Vélez @rockbot
2. Robots
4. Definitions Amount of Robot Control Amount of Human Control Autonomous Semi-Autonomous Remote Controlled
5. Requirements for World Domination
6. 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?
7. Who (What?) Am I?
8. Anatomy of a Robot Chassis (Body) Actuators (Motors) Sensors Intelligence (Computers)
9. Kinematics - Spatial Understanding
10. Where Am I?
11. 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 )
12. State Estimation and Error Correction
13. What Is Around Me?
14. Depth Perception LADAR/LIDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) Stereo Camera Pair
15. Object Recognition & Landmark Identification
16. Where Am I Going?
17. 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
18. How Will I Get There?
19. Mission Planning
20. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
21. Control Controller System Sensor Noise Disturbance + -
22. What Will Get In My Way?
23. Control Controller System Sensor Noise Disturbance + -
24. System Disturbance
25. Noise
26. Sensor Fusion Microphone CO 2 Sensor Camera Heat Sensor Accelerometer/GPS
27. The Missing Ingredient
28. 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?
29. 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?
30. So: Are We Safe? Sure! For now...