1. Autonomous Intelligent Mobile Robotics Jerry Weinberg Associate Professor Computer Science What is a Robot?

2. What is An Intelligent Robot? An autonomous system which exists in the physical world, can sense its environment, and can act on it to achieve some goals.

3. Humans vs. Robots PeopleRobots BonesMechanical Structure MusclesEffectors SensesSensors Digestion/RespirationAC/DC Power BrainComputer KnowledgeProgram

4. Robot Body: LEGO Pieces

5. LEGO Mindstorm RCX 3 Output or Motor Ports (A, B, C) 3 Input or Sensor Prots (1, 2, 3) IR Transmitter/Reciever

6. Programming Your Bot

7. Autonomous Mobile Robots have to Solve Difficult Problems Where am I? –Localization Problem How do I get there? –Path Finding Problem How do I find the door? –Object Recognition Problem What are you asking me to do? –Language Understanding Problem How can I tell you the answer to your question? –Speech Generation Problem

8. Where are the Robots? Industrial Robots

9. Where are the Robots? Service Robots

10. Where are the Robots? Exploration

11. Where are the Robots? Medicine

12. Where are the Robots? Consumer Robots

13. Why Study Robotics? Integrated Systems Engineering –Mechanical Engineering –Electrical Engineering –Computer Science Continental's electronic stability system analyzes data from many sensors. When the sensors indicate a driver is losing control, the system steadies the vehicle by braking one or more wheels or by slowing down the engine.

14. Why Study Robotics? Real-time Systems

15. Why Study Robotics? Multitasking

16. Spectrum of Robot Control

17. Reactive/Behavior-Based Robot Control Ignores world models “The world is its own best model” SenseAct

18. Situated Activity Design Robot actions are based on the situations in which it finds itself Perception characterized by recognizing what situations it is in and choosing an appropriate action

19. Finite State Machine

20. The Game RoboCraft

21. Finding Inspiration Constructopedia Nature Web www.legomindstorms.com www.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx roboti.cs.siue.edu