Resources



Class Lecture Notes:

In support of the assignment I'm about to give out here are a few articles that will help with some of the robot ethics issues we'll discuss in class:
the "robot wife"
another robot 'wife' article
robotic surgery is here.
the big news the past we weeks has been about 'artificail skin' It's years from being useful, but they are starting it.
we are however creating cyborgs already
cyborg arms aren't for everyone, but they are being tested.

Robot Turning:

Fancy Differential Drive Steering
Turning a differential drive robot a certian angle

From time to time (especially just before exams) I will put some of my lecture notes on here. These lecture notes are partly for me to remind me which topics I want to discuss in more complete detail - but also can be of use to you. They are not a substitute for attending lectures or reading the textbook, but some students find them a useful addition.

The introductory lecture
Robot Basics
Sensors
Effectors
locomotion
Robot controllers and IC
vision
Feedback Control
second control lecture
Representation
Deliberative Control
Reactive control (subsumption and pfields)
Social Robots I
Social Robots II
Reasoning about space
Navigation
Multi robot intro