Robotics: Guide to Final Quiz

Robotics: guide to Final Quiz.

1. Review the midterm guide, postings, and lecture notes. 2. Vocabulary: a. Telepresence b. Haptic devices c. Equations for conversions both directions Cartesian and polar coordinates (2D) d. Degrees of freedom. Describe the d.o.f. for robot that can move in space and assume any orientation. Describe the d.o.f. for the base robot (tribot). e. Avatar f. Handshaking (in communication protocol such as Bluetooth) g. Master-slave h. Locomotion, Static and Dynamic stability i. Global variables as used in NXT-G 3. Describe your team's approach to mapping a room. Describe any limitations, restrictions and assumptions made. Describe block by block the NXT-G program. Describe generally how the data would be interpreted by another program. 4. Describe your team's approach to picking up and putting down an object (with the claw). Describe block by block the NXT-G program. Describe any limitations, restrictions, problems. 5. Describe your team's approach to parallel parking. Describe any limitations, restrictions and assumptions made. Describe block by block the NXT-G program. 6. Describe setting up the Bluetooth communications and block by block the programs for 3 robots to work together: one robot picking up the red or blue ball, using Bluetooth communications, to send a message with location information to one of the other robots to find the moved ball and move it to another location if it is a red ball and to the other robot if it is a blue ball. 7. Describe and compare, giving advantages and disadvantages, building a robotic butler/maid/cook versus building a 'smart house'. Describe the functions and capabilities of each approach, including what is possible today, what is likely near-term, what is farther out and what appears to be only science fiction. 8. Summarize your library research project. 9. Summarize the library research project of someone else. Indicate what was the most surprising thing mentioned. Indicate, if appropriate, agreement or disagreement with any point made. 10. Describe the issue of humanoid robots for home health aides. Give both sides of the argument. Indicate if you think the issue is different in Japan versus the USA. 11. What is meant by the piano mover’s problem? Describe the general technique of ‘growing’ the obstacles and shrinking the object to be moved. 12. Describe what is meant by unit of analysis (focus of problem). Describe in terms of improving traffic and one other problem domain. 13. A recent news story concerned Amy Palmiero-Winters, an amputee that runs endurance races. There does not appear to be the controversy that surrounded Oscar Pistorius. Discuss why that is the case. Take a position and defend it. 14. Describe your building project. Compare it to a robots-in-the-news story.