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Robots Are Invading Our Lives

DIT Applied Intelligence Research Centre www.comp.dit.ie/aigroup

Dr. Brian Mac Namee

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Industrial Robots

Robots In Space

NASA Mars Rover information available at: http://marsrover.nasa.gov

Medical Robots

Military Robots

Domestic/Service Robots

Entertainment Robots

ResearchRobots

Official RoboCup Soccer website is at www.robocup.org

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ActuatorsActuatorsSensorsSensors

ControlControl

POWER

SENSORS

Show Off Scorpion Sensors

Evolution Robotics Scorpion Sensor Demo

Why Computer Vision Is Hard

Example

For more great illusion examples take a look at: http://web.mit.edu/persci/gaz/

Available here: http://www.lottolab.org/Visual%20Demos/Demo%2015.html

Blindfold Experiment

Show Off Scorpion Sensors

Scorpion

SLAMDemo

ACTUATORS

HitecRobot Balance Demo

Balance Experiment

CONTROL

10cm

How many degrees do the robot’s wheels need to turn

to drive 10 cm?

10cm

d = 2.5cm

How many degrees do the robot’s wheels need to turn

to drive 10 cm?

10cm

c = π*d = 3.14*2.5

= 7.85

How many degrees do the robot’s wheels need to turn

to drive 10 cm?

10cm

360° = 7.85cm45.8° = 1cm458° = 10cm

How many degrees do the robot’s wheels need to turn

to drive 10 cm?

10cm

How many degrees do the robot’s wheels need to turn

to drive 10 cm?

How we can we write a system

to make a robot follow a line, given a light

sensor?

Mindstorm Line Following Demo

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

So, You Want to be a Roboticist

Study maths, science, computing, engineering etc

Just do it: Lots of robot kits you can buy cheaply today.

On our degrees in computing (DT211) and computer science (DT228) we do all of the courses to equip you for a career in robotics:

– Robotics fundamentals– Mobile robotics– Programming

Lots of robotics based projects going on

– Artificial intelligence– Image processing

Robotics is strong at the School of Computing at DIT!

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