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Introduction to robotics
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The term robot has its origins in a Czech word robotnik meaning worker or serf. It was first introduced by the playwright Karel Capek in a 1920 play. The robot theme was popularized by Isaac Asimov in science fiction in the late 1940s and the early 1950s, and subsequently
Recent advances in robotics
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Computer vision systems have greatly enhanced the application of computers to areas which require a knowledge of the external environment such as the field of robotics . Many robotics systems are trained to perform specific tasks and require no human supervision
Teaching robotics everywhere
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The Robotics Education Workshop (http://projects. csail. mit. edu/rss/RobotEd/) took place in connection with the 2005 Robotics Systems and Science (RSS) symposium (http://www. roboticsconference. org/) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on 11 June
Multi-modal Auto-Encoders as Joint Estimators for Robotics Scene Understanding.
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We explore the capabilities of Auto-Encoders to fuse the information available from cameras and depth sensors, and to reconstruct missing data, for scene understanding tasks. In particular we consider three input modalities: RGB images; depth images; and semantic
Robotics and remote systems for hazardous environments
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Fault tolerance is an essential factor in ensuring successful autonomous systems, especially for robots working in remote or hazardous environments. To avoid the cost and risk involved in sending humans into these environs and improve the chances of mission success, robots
Development for industrial robotics applications
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In the past, factory production lines were automated for mass production, and many industrial robots and specialized machines were introduced. Recently, flexible manufacturing systems, such as the cell production system (unlike in the line production Grassmann Cayley algebra is a means of writing expressions for geometric incidences in Euclidean or projective geometry, which gives a useful way to represent instantaneous kinematics and statics of robots. It is closely related to Grassmann algebra , and can be
Control in robotics
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The interplay between robotics and control theory has a rich history extending back over half a century. We begin this section of the report by briefly reviewing the history of this interplay, focusing on fundamentals how control theory has enabled solutions to fundamental
LEGO robotics in engineering
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Students learn the most about robotics when they have hands-on opportunities to build and program. At the college level there are a myriad of options, in terms of materials, that can be used in a robotics course. Two highly successful courses, offered at the freshmen and senior
Limitations of hardware-in-the-loop simulations of space robotics dynamics using industrial robots
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The utilization of space robotics components in operational missions requires intensive pre- mission simulations, especially if dynamic influences will occur in the robotic manipulator, in its platform and the handled objects. Forces and torques are caused by manipulator
Incremental Block Cholesky Factorization for Nonlinear Least Squares in Robotics .
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Efficiently solving nonlinear least squares (NLS) problems is crucial for many applications in robotics . In online applications, solving the associated nolinear systems every step become very expensive. This paper introduces online, incremental solutions, which take full
What happened at the darpa robotics challenge, and why
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This paper summarizes self-reports made by many of the DARPA Robotics Challenge teams on how much autonomy was used and why errors occurred. We also include observations about commonalities and differences in robot behavior across teams, and discuss lessons
LEGO brick sculptures and robotics in education
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In an effort to increase the hands-on creativity for students, we have started to incorporate LEGO bricks in engineering education from kindergarten to graduate school. The versatility and natural appeal of these toys have led to engineering courses for elementary school
Using the TOSRA to Assess High School Students Attitudes toward Science after Competing In the FIRST Robotics Competition: An Exploratory Study.
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This study examined high school students attitudes toward science after participating in a robotics competition. Specifically, this study used the Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA) to measure students attitudes toward science in seven categories: Social
Social robotics : Integrating advances in engineering and computer science
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With the rapid advancement of technology, robots could now be easily equipped with the state of art computing, electronics and communications technologies, with the potential to act as intelligent companions and with important applications in the education, entertainment
Integrating robotics research
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The field of intelligent robotics has reached the point where interesting solutions have been found for specific pieces of the general problem of creating robotic vehicles that are autonomous and exhibit robust, adaptive behavior. In order to make significant new
Representative examples of implementing educational robotics in school based on the constructivist approach
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Educational Robotics (ER) is a powerful technology which combines both constructing and programming a robot model. As such it can address teaching objectives from a wide range of disciplines from computer science and technology to design, mathematics and science
State Representation Learning in Robotics : Using Prior Knowledge about Physical Interaction.
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State representations critically affect the effectiveness of learning in robots. In this paper, we propose a roboticsspecific approach to learning such state representations. Robots accomplish tasks by interacting with the physical world. Physics in turn imposes structure on
Introducing robotics to teachers and schools: experiences from the TERECoP project
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This joint paper is based on cooperative work done by the TERECoP project partnership during the 3 years of the project (2006-09) and presents a constructivist methodology for teacher training in robotic technology and its implementation within the framework of teacher
A new concept of monolithic shape memory alloy micro-devices used in micro- robotics
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In most cases where SMA is used in micro-devices, SMA material is employed as one of several components of the device, sometimes as the active part, sometimes as the flexible part. Wires, strips or springs are usually employed for the actuating part. These systems CSE PROJECTS