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  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page Project Idea August 9, 2015 - 9:14am
    My initial idea for this robotics project was an idea I had when first reading about the Arduino at the beginning of this course. There is a quick mention in the history of Arduino about a project one student had that had an alarm clock moving up on...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page U8 - Food for Thought August 9, 2015 - 9:07am
    Chapter 15   Is there an alternative to hybrid systems, or is that all there is in terms of intelligent, real-time robot behavior? Can you think of another way that a robot can be able to both think and react?    The chapter on...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page Unit 8: Robotic Control 4 - Hybrid and Behaviour-Based Control August 9, 2015 - 9:01am
    This unit covers the other two types of robotic control architectures not discussed in the previous unit. Hybrid control is a combination of reactive and deliberative architectures, while behaviour based control consists of behaviour modules that...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page U7 - Food for Thought August 9, 2015 - 8:57am
    Chapter 13   Can you use deliberative control without having some internal representation?   I don't think it is possible to use deliberative control without having an internal representation. Deliberative control requires planning and...
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    • Chris Brown
      Chris Brown January 17, 2016 - 10:44am

      Hey Jason, I'm just working on Chapter 14's Food For Thought as well and I had some thoughts in response to your answer for for question 1*. 

      I do think that in your example of a securty robot that you're changing the robot's immediate task of patrol to neutralize the bad guys, but if you consider that the overall robot's goal is to maintain security of the office, then it's not really changing goals so much as selecting a new action to achieve the goal. It's kind of like in the text's example of Herbert the robot, the robot has gone from looking for popcans, to trying to clasp one in its grip having identified one. The higher level task suppressed the lower level one and the clasp task will again be suppressed by the higher level 'pick it up' task, all in order to achieve the goal of collecting pop cans.

      *Sorry if it's weird I'm looking at your answer and commenting.. I'm just trying to navigate the collaboration component of the course which is tricky in an asynchronous online environment. Feel free to disagree with my thoughts :)

  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page Unit 7: Robotic Control 3 - Deliberative and Reactive Control August 9, 2015 - 8:51am
    This unit covers two of the four types of control architectures used in robotics. The two techniques are quite different from one another, with reactive control being fast and responsive, while deliberative control is more time and computationally...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page Project August 9, 2015 - 3:12am
    Here is the main page for my robotics project.  I will add sub-pages as I complete various project stages.  I am excited to get started and see what ideas I come up with.  Let me know what you guys think with some...
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  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page U6 - Food for Thought August 9, 2015 - 3:09am
    Chapter 12   Do you think animals use internal models? What about insects?   I think that many animals use internal models. The more intelligent the animal, the more likely it is to use one. Humans use internal models all the time. I...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page Unit 6: Robotic Control 2 - Representation August 9, 2015 - 3:03am
    This unit covers representation, which is the information stored or encoded in the robot. This has a major impact on robot control. This was a fairly quick unit but it covers the concepts well and in detail.   Chapter 12What's in Your...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop replied on the discussion topic The Movie Ex-Machina August 7, 2015 - 12:39pm
    I tend to agree with you Michael.  I've heard the Chinese room analogy before.  It's a good argument against the basic Turing test.  I also think that programming a robot to pass the test is analagous to other programming problems....
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop added a new discussion topic The Movie Ex-Machina July 24, 2015 - 11:14pm
    Hey everyone, I recently watched the movie Ex-Machina.  I found it very interesting.  The movie focuses more on AI than just robotics, but answering some of the "Food for Thought" questions got me thinking about this movie and left me...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page U5 - Exercises July 21, 2015 - 7:54am
    While there are no exercises laid out in the Instructor's Notebook, I have taken it upon myself to complete the rest of the SparkFun Inventor's Kit series of circuits.   SIK Guide - Circuits #13 - #16   I've finished the series of...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page U5 - Food for Thought July 21, 2015 - 7:47am
    Chapter 10   What happens when you have sensor error in your system? What if your sensor incorrectly tells you that the robot is far from a wall but in fact it is not? What about vice versa? How might you address these issues?   In...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page Unit 5: Robotic Control 1 - Feedback and Architectures July 21, 2015 - 7:42am
    Unit 5 is concerned with how we control robots. It covers the concepts of feedback, or closed loop, control, as well as the how and why of control architectures.   Chapter 10Stay in ControlFeedback Control   This chapter deals...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page U4 - Exercises July 16, 2015 - 4:57am
    I read through this section about sensors and found the information corresponded well to the concepts learned in the corresponding chapters. The use of IR and sonar sensors was particularly relevant as the functions and limitations of these types of...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page U4 - Food for Thought July 16, 2015 - 4:56am
    Chapter 7   Uncertainty is not much of a problem in computer simulations, which is why simulated robots are not very close to the real, physical ones. Can you figure out why?   As mentioned, a robot running in a simulation does not...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page U3 - Exercises July 16, 2015 - 4:53am
    SparkFun Inventor's Kit Guide   As mentioned in Unit 2, I have finished all circuits from #1 - #12. I found the circuits simple and fun to do.Here is a YouTube video link to a playlist of the videos I have made for each...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page U3 - Food for Thought July 16, 2015 - 4:50am
    Chapter 6 How many DOF are there in the human hand? Can you control each of them independently?   As mentioned in the previous Food for Thought question, there are 21 DOF in the human hand. 4 in each finger, 4 for the thumb, and 3 in the...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page Unit 4: Robotic Sensing July 16, 2015 - 4:40am
    Unit 4 covers the area of robotic sensing.  Robots need to be aware of both their internal and external environments using sensors.  This allows them to adjust to these conditions to make useful actions. Chapter 7:What's Going...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page Unit 3: Robotic Movement 2 - Affectors July 16, 2015 - 4:38am
    Unit 3 covers the topic of robotic movement, focusing on affectors that allow a robot to complete manipulation activities Chapter 6:Grasping at StrawsManipulation   This chapter covers the robotic manipulators of all kinds. It talks about...
  • Jason Bishop
    Jason Bishop created a wiki page U2 - Exercises June 30, 2015 - 7:05am
    Reading through the workbook, it covers the concept of error in calculating mechanical systems. This idea was also brought up in the book. The Robotics Primer WorkbookLocomotion   Questions from the Instructor's Notebook   Compare...
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