Mindstorms Robotics Course

What is Mindstorms Robotics?

This course explains some robotics concepts which refers to an example: NXT Lego Mindstorms kit. The great success of robots so far has been in automating repetitive tasks in process control and assembly, yielding dramatic cuts in production, but the next step towards cognition and more human-like behavior has proved elusive. It has been difficult to make robots that can truly learn and adapt to unexpected situations in the way humans can, while it has been equally challenging trying to develop a machine capable of moving smoothly like any animal. There is still no robot capable of walking properly without jerky slightly unbalanced movements.

Today's robot designers will have to solve some fundamental problems before robots can become as versatile, independent, and useful as the ones we've seen for years in the movies. The future of robotics is split into four main categories: This kind of robot allows people to hold remote-controlled videoconferences from far distances, rather than traveling great distances in order to have face-to-face meetings. On the other hand, telepresence is another way of letting the users perceive no difference from the actual presence. This ability to be able to manipulate a remote object or environment is an important aspect of real telepresence systems. In remote-controlled telepresence, the movements of the user's hands are sensed by wired gloves and inertial sensors, and then a robot in a remote location copies those movements.

Content

• The Future of Robots
  • Telepresence
  • Rescue and lifting
  • Navigation
  • Humanoid robots
• Programming Concepts
• Robot Hardware example
• Robot Control
• Mathematics of Robot Control
• Robot Programming Languages
• Obstacle Avoidance
• Task Planning and Navigation
• Robot Vision
• Knowledge-Based Vision Systems
• Robots and Artificial Intelligence