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Setting Up Your Robot

This chapter begins with some background on my thoughts as to what a robot is, and what robots are made of – a fairly standard list of parts and components. This chapter is designed to allow you to duplicate the exercises and use the source code that is found throughout the book. I thought you would appreciate information on how I set up my environments for development, what tools I use to create my code, and how I install the Robotic Operating System (ROS). We will also cover the assembly of TinMan, our robot hardware that I used for the development and testing of the code in this book. There are many types and configurations of robots that can work with our concepts and source code, with some minor modifications.

Topics covered in this chapter include the following:

What is a robot?
Robot anatomy – what are little robots made of?
Software...

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Leverage fundamentals of AI and robotics

Work through use cases to implement various machine learning algorithms

Explore Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts for efficient decision making in robots

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Artificial Intelligence for Robotics starts with an introduction to Robot Operating Systems (ROS), Python, robotic fundamentals, and the software and tools that are required to start out with robotics. You will learn robotics concepts that will be useful for making decisions, along with basic navigation skills. As you make your way through the chapters, you will learn about object recognition and genetic algorithms, which will teach your robot to identify and pick up an irregular object. With plenty of use cases throughout, you will explore natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning techniques to further enhance your robot. In the concluding chapters, you will learn about path planning and goal-oriented programming, which will help your robot prioritize tasks. By the end of this book, you will have learned to give your robot an artificial personality using simulated intelligence.

What you will learn

Get started with robotics and artificial intelligence

Apply simulation techniques to give your robot an artificial personality

Understand object recognition using neural networks and supervised learning techniques

Pick up objects using genetic algorithms for manipulation

Teach your robot to listen using NLP via an expert system

Use machine learning and computer vision to teach your robot how to avoid obstacles

Understand path planning, decision trees, and search algorithms in order to enhance your robot

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Robert Nov 03, 2018

Francis X. Govers has written a uniquely interesting and educational book concerning “Artificial Intelligence for Robotics.” The book is designed for those who know a bit about artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, but nevertheless defines all of its key terms, like “robot”, so we can start from a common understanding. It is centered on the problem of how to design and build an autonomous robot sufficiently intelligent and dexterous to be able to interact with a human and pick up toys scattered in a known, but unstructured, environment – a children’s playroom. If you wish to actually build such a robot, the book assumes that you are already familiar with the Robot Operating System (ROS) software, the Python programming language, and the Linux operating system, all of which are available at little or no cost. You can use the book as a clear instruction manual that explains the technology being employed at every step.However, it is not necessary to engage in a robot building do-it-yourself project to gain valuable knowledge. You can learn about the current state of autonomous intelligent robot technology, as well as the hands-on practical implementation of the technology, needed to build a sophisticated autonomous robot. Technologies include: software, such as for operating systems, neural networks, image processing, navigation, and natural language; hardware, such as for sensing, mobility, arm, and end effector; and communications with humans. The book also addresses potential concerns and societal issues with AI and robotics (spoiler alert: we are far from having to worry about robots terminating and replacing us).The book would be ideal to serve as a text for a high school or college AI/robotics course in which a few student teams in the class could compete to build the best robot, to be decided by a final competition at the end of the semester.

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Peter Morgan Nov 19, 2018

This book focuses on the design and construction of a robot called Tinman. The robot’s main functions are to pick up toys in a room and place them in a box, and also to communicate, in a rudimentary way, with humans. The book covers everything from assembling the robot from its basic parts to programming it to perform various tasks. It covers the theory in a fairly non-rigorous and descriptive way, but that’s just fine as it is not meant to be a graduate level text.Having said that, the book covers a remarkable range of technologies including object recognition, image classification, CNNs, reinforcement learning, genetic algorithms, language processing, planning, navigation, speech, Q&A, joke telling, and artificial personality. It concludes with a recap, a useful discussion on a career in robotics and some salient comments regarding AI safety. The relevant code is included within chapters and answers to the questions are given at the end of the book. Videos to accompany the chapters and a GitHub site are a welcome bonus and icing on the cake.The software frameworks covered include ROS, Ubuntu, Python, Tensorflow, Keras, OpenCV, Mycroft and Scikit-learn. Hardware covered includes the Raspberry Pi 3, robotic arm, USB camera, microphone, motor, servos, an Arduino microcontroller, battery, sensors, along with the Google AIY Voice kit. The author has many years of experience in designing industry robots and has spent a life working at the leading edge of artificial intelligence, unmanned vehicles, and robotics. Accordingly, he is well-placed to write a practical and hands-on book such as this. My only criticisms are that the book lacks a little rigor in places, and it contains the odd distracting typo.In summary, if you are looking for a more theoretical book on robotics, you will need to look elsewhere. However, if you are looking for a down-to-earth, practical book on designing and building robotics you have come to the right place, and for that I give it four and a half rounded up to a well-earned five stars. I personally learned a lot from this book and came away feeling more confident that I had gained a lot of good practical knowledge on AI and robotics.

Jay Blanchard Oct 08, 2018

As someone who has dabbled in almost all of the technology mentioned in the book I started reading, hoping to find clues about how to put things together in such a way as to take my dabbling to a higher level. Not only was I able to improve my efforts, but I was blown away by how clearly the concepts were explained and demonstrated throughout the entire book! I particularly like the problem to be solved, picking up toys and putting them away! It makes the process a lot of fun!Everything was explained expertly, but in a casual way which should be understandable by any of us who seek to create robotic projects which aren't merely procedural. The machine-learning aspect was of particular interest to me as it is something I use in my day-to-day work as a systems engineer.If I were teaching a class on advanced robotics I'd start with this book as the curriculum. It's a must for every robotics student, young or old.

Paulkschan Aug 22, 2023

I liked the book because it can be used for practical design of robot and met my expectation.

Baranzelli Mar 22, 2023

The book is very thin.

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