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Artificial Intelligence for Robotics

You're reading from   Artificial Intelligence for Robotics Build intelligent robots using ROS 2, Python, OpenCV, and AI/ML techniques for real-world tasks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805129592
Length 344 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Francis X. Govers III Francis X. Govers III
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Building Blocks for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
2. Chapter 1: The Foundation of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Robot 4. Chapter 3: Conceptualizing the Practical Robot Design Process 5. Part 2: Adding Perception, Learning, and Interaction to Robotics
6. Chapter 4: Recognizing Objects Using Neural Networks and Supervised Learning 7. Chapter 5: Picking Up and Putting Away Toys using Reinforcement Learning and Genetic Algorithms 8. Chapter 6: Teaching a Robot to Listen 9. Part 3: Advanced Concepts – Navigation, Manipulation, Emotions, and More
10. Chapter 7: Teaching the Robot to Navigate and Avoid Stairs 11. Chapter 8: Putting Things Away 12. Chapter 9: Giving the Robot an Artificial Personality 13. Chapter 10: Conclusions and Reflections 14. Answers 15. Index 16. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Chapter 10

  1. Given that we started the chapter with knock-knock jokes and ended up talking about robot phobia and addressing philosophical questions about existence, do you feel that AI is a threat? Why or why not?

    I do not feel that robots or AI are a threat in any way because the necessary and sufficient conditions for robots to be a threat do not exist, which is to say that the robots have to want to take over the world and must have a need to take over. Currently, robots and AI have no such wants or needs.

  2. List any five professions that would be necessary to turn our Albert robot into a product.

    We would need project managers, packaging designers, advertising and marketing experts, salespeople, engineers, technicians, artists, package designers, machinists, electricians, accountants, lawyers, a psychologist, and support staff, among others. You can select any five from among these options.

  3. Why would we need a psychologist in our imaginary company that manufactures robots...
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