IofT 1910 W Fall 2006Week 1
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
Rangers and scouts in action
Movies available from distrob.cs.umn.edu
Another agent with state: the Scout
Locate a dark spot Go to the dark spot
(videos not available on the posted version)
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
Drive to Goal behavior
Locate darkest patch on horizon Feature tracking
behavior Servo robot to patch Stop robot when
“floor” “ceiling” Timeout occurs
Artificial HorizonDarkest Region
An example of an Agent with State: MinDART
Obstacle Avoidance
Purposeful Search
Random Search
Obstacle Avoidance
Target Alignment
Pick Up Target
Detect Other Targets
Obstacle Avoidance
Homing
TargetFound
TargetGrabbed
TargetDropped
GRAB TARGET
SEARCH FOR TARGETS
TAKE TARGET HOME
MinDART demo
or … there are more ways to lose than we might think…
(video not available on the posted version)
Some strange-looking robots
Different configurations of Polybots (from USC)
(videos not on the posted version. Go to USC to find them)
New applications: Robots for demining
Robot from BelgiumRobot from CMU
New applications: Robots for nursing homes
A support system to assist people in remembering to take their medications and do other daily activities
Interface done via a robot
What’s next? Humanoids?
Asimov, from Honda
Where will the future take us?
QRIO, from Sony
?
Will humansserve robots?
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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