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Mobile Robotics:1. Introduction
Dr. B
rian Mac N
amee (w
ww
.comp.dit.ie/bm
acnamee)
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2of26 Acknowledgments
These notes are based (heavily) on those provided by the authors to accompany “Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots” by Roland Siegwart and Illah R. Nourbakhsh
More information about the book is available at:http://autonomousmobilerobots.epfl.ch/
The book can be bought at:The MIT Press and Amazon.com
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3of26 Contents
Robots in films & TV
The reality – Industrial robots– Robots in space– Research robots
Ethics and robotics
Miscellanea
Our robots
Course outline
– Domestic robots– Entertainment robots
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4of26 Star Wars
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5of26 I, Robot
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6of26 Terminator
When good robots go bad!
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7of26 Other Robot Film Stars
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8of26 Movie Robot Summary
Robots in films and on TV tend to:– Move naturally and easily – often faster, stronger
and more nimble than us– Be extremely intelligent– Possess rich and engaging personalities– Have the capacity to display emotions– Be able to speak naturally and understand
speech without any problems– Often want to take over the world!
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9of26 The Reality
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10of26 Real World Robots
The major areas in which robotics are used today are:
– Industrial robots– Military robots– Space robots– Domestic robots– Entertainment robots– Robots in academia
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11of26 Industrial Robots
Robots have seen their most widespread use in industrial manufacturing
– Car manufacture– Pharmaceutical manufacturing– Computer processor manufacturing - Intel
Mostly static robots (robotics arms), but some mobile robots are also used
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12of26 Industrial Robots In Action
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13of26 Military Robots
There is a massive amount of research going on into using robotics for military purposes
There are also massive questions as to whether this is the right thing to do
Samsung robot sentry video available here
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14of26 Robots In Space
Space also offers massive potential for applications of roboticsHowever, these robots need to be extremely reliable – we can’t zip up there and turn them back over if the fall down!
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15of26 Robots In Space (cont…)
The NASA Mars Rovers launched in 2003 are one of the best examples of this
They are still up there!
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16of26 Domestic Robots
Although we have been promised robots at home for years, it has yet to really happen
There have been two really good example though:
– Roomba by the iRobot Coporation– RoboMower by Friendly Robotics
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17of26 Domestic Robots (cont…)
Roomba video at www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=122
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18of26 Entertainment Robots
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19of26 Sony’s QRIO Robo-Disco
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Robotics is an extremely active research area
Not only are new techniques in robotics being discovered all of the time, but spin off technologies are being used in other areas
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21of26 RoboCup Soccer
“By the year 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win
against the human world soccer champion team”
Official RoboCup Soccer website is at www.robocup.org
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Will we end up with Terminator?Asimov’s Laws
1. A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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Me: Dr. Brian Mac Namee
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.comp.dit.ie/bmacnamee
Lectures:– Wednesday 12:00 – 13:00 (TBA)– Friday 10:00 – 11:00 (TBA)
Labs:– Monday 10:00 – 12:00 (A322)
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24of26 Miscellanea (cont…)
Assessment:– Continuous assessment (70%)
• Team based robot challenge
– Exam (30%)
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25of26 Our Robots
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26of26 Course Outline
The course will cover the following broad topics– Introduction to mobile robotics– Robotics hardware– Robot control system architectures– Mobile robots kinematics– Sensors– Mapping and localisation– Planning and navigation– The future of robotics and robot ethics
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27of26 Questions
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