Robotics 101: No, They Can't Take Over The Worl...

December 06, 2014

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

Introductory robotics talk at RobotsConf 2014

Raquel Vélez

December 06, 2014

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Transcript

Robotics 101: No, They Can’t Take Over the World (Yet)
Brought to you by @rockbot
What is a robot?
http://bit.ly/1i4ivug
http://bit.ly/1mBltMr
http://bit.ly/1e3XRgO
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
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
Examples
Matthew Bergman @fotoverite
Matthew Bergman @fotoverite
Susan Hinton @noopkat
Matthew Bergman @fotoverite
Matthew Bergman @fotoverite
Anatomy of a Robot
Sensors Actuators (Motors) Intelligence (Computers) Chassis (Body)
Three categories of robots
Remote Controlled 1
Elijah Insua @tmpvar http://bit.ly/1s3ORdg
Semi-Autonomous 2
http://bit.ly/1vVJocf http://bit.ly/1jGNrF5
Autonomous 3
http://bit.ly/15TYHtG http://bit.ly/15TZefo
Amount of Human Control Amount of Robot Control Remote Controlled
Semi-Autonomous Autonomous
Three hardest problems in robotics (imo)
Data Collection 1
http://bit.ly/1A3D2bu
State 2
None
Sensor Fusion 3
http://bit.ly/1G2TJHZ
Nervous?
Don’t be :-)
Raquel Vélez @rockbot raquel@ js.com