Questions
- Name three types of robot sensors.
- What does the acronym PWM stand for?
- What is analog-to-digital conversion? What goes in and what comes out?
- Who invented the subsumption architecture?
- Compare my diagram of the three-layer subsumption architecture to the Three Laws of Robotics postulated by Isaac Asimov. Is there a correlation? Why is there one, or why not?
Hint: Think about how the laws change the behavior of the robot. Which is the lowest level law (from a subsumption perspective)? Which is the highest?
- Do you think I should have given our robot project – Albert – a name? Do you name your robots? What about your washing machine? Why not?
- What is the importance of the environment variable
ROS_ROOT?
