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Artificial Intelligence for Robotics

You're reading from   Artificial Intelligence for Robotics Build intelligent robots that perform human tasks using AI techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788835442
Length 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Francis X. Govers III Francis X. Govers III
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Foundation for Advanced Robotics and AI 2. Setting Up Your Robot FREE CHAPTER 3. A Concept for a Practical Robot Design Process 4. Object Recognition Using Neural Networks and Supervised Learning 5. Picking up the Toys 6. Teaching a Robot to Listen 7. Avoiding the Stairs 8. Putting Things Away 9. Giving the Robot an Artificial Personality 10. Conclusions and Reflections 11. Assessments 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 2, Setting Up Your Robot

  1. Sensors mentioned in the text include:
    • Sonar sensors
    • Cameras
    • Microphones
    • Buttons
    • Analog-to-digital voltage sensors
    • Temperature via thermistors
  2. PWM stands for Pulse Width Modulation, a type of digital-to-analog control scheme where pulses are sent out that get longer based on the amount of control desired. It is commonly used to control DC motors.
  3. As the name says, analog to digital conversion (A2D) takes in an analog value, typically a voltage, and converts it into a digital value or number that the digital part of the computer can understand.
  4. As stated in the text, the subsumption architecture was originally described by Dr. Rodney Brooks, a professor at MIT who would later help found iRobot Corporation and invent the Baxter Robot. Rodney was trying to develop analogues of insect brains in order to understand how to program intelligent robots...
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