Robotics 101: No, They Can't Take Over The World (Yet)

Introductory robotics talk at RobotsConf 2014

1. Robotics 101: No, They Can’t Take Over the World (Yet) Brought to you by @rockbot
2. What is a robot?
3. http://bit.ly/1i4ivug
4. http://bit.ly/1mBltMr
5. http://bit.ly/1e3XRgO
6. ro·bot (ˈrōˌbät,ˈrōbət) - noun a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, esp. one programmable by a computer. synonyms: automaton, android, golem
7. ro·bot (ˈrōˌbät,ˈrōbət) - noun a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, esp. one programmable by a computer. synonyms: automaton, android, golem
8. Examples
9. Matthew Bergman @fotoverite
10. Matthew Bergman @fotoverite
11. Susan Hinton @noopkat
12. Matthew Bergman @fotoverite
13. Matthew Bergman @fotoverite
14. Anatomy of a Robot
15. Sensors Actuators (Motors) Intelligence (Computers) Chassis (Body)
16. Three categories of robots
17. Remote Controlled 1
18. Elijah Insua @tmpvar http://bit.ly/1s3ORdg
19. Semi-Autonomous 2
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21. Autonomous 3
22. http://bit.ly/15TYHtG http://bit.ly/15TZefo
23. Amount of Human Control Amount of Robot Control Remote Controlled Semi-Autonomous Autonomous
24. Three hardest problems in robotics (imo)
25. Data Collection 1
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27. State 2
29. Sensor Fusion 3
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31. Nervous?
32. Don’t be :-)
33. Raquel Vélez @rockbot raquel@ js.com