CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 14. ROBOTICS. Mobile Robots. Manipulator Robots. Sensors and Effectors. Motion as Search. Decomposition Methods. Approximate Decomposition. Skeletonization Methods. Probabilistic Roadmaps. Potential Field Methods. So far: implicit preference for short paths
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CHAPTER 14 ROBOTICS
Potential Field Methods • So far: implicit preference for short paths • Rational agent should balance distance with risk! • Idea: introduce cost for being close to an obstacle • Can do this with discrete methods (how?) • Usually most natural with continuous methods
SLAM • Simultaneous Localization and Mapping • Estimate a map of the world, as well as your position of it, at the same time! • It’s hard: • If robot had a map, localization would be easier (still hard) • If robot knew where it was, building a map would be easier (still hard) • Issues of scale, approximations, etc.
