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Robotics

A robot is AI with a body: it must sense a messy physical world, decide what to do and then move without breaking anything, including itself. This topic covers arms and locomotion, sensors and feedback control, the debate between planning and reacting, and how autonomous real robots are.

In this topic

  • What makes a robot
  • Manipulators
  • Worked example: where is the hand?
  • Getting around
  • Sensing the world
  • Feedback control
  • Worked example: stopping at a wall
  • Planning versus reacting
  • How autonomous are robots?
  • Evolution and learning in robots
  • Common mistakes to avoid
  • Key takeaways

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