Module 5: Goal Setting

The following is the third step in goal setting:

• Identify goal

• Report goal or end state

• Calculate procedure

• Execute procedure

Path planning is:

• a field of research in robotics whereby robots must find a collision-free, efficient path to move from one place to another

• the planning and control of the construction, growth, and development of a town or other urban area.

• the process of breaking down a desired movement task into discrete motions that satisfy movement constraints and possibly optimize some aspect of the movement

• the task of planning large events such as conferences, trade shows, and parties

Thinking about the Robots Out of the Box examples you have seen so far, which one could be an example for kinematics (inverse or forward)?

• Cameras

• RIBA II

• Serpant Mother

• Light sensors

When goal setting, what should come first?

• Timeline

• An action plan

• Chart progress

• Results desired

How do robots accomplish complex goals?

• stop-drop-roll

• bread-and-butter

• alarms and excursions

• sense-plan-act

How are robots NOT used in physical rehabilitation?

• replicating crash tests

• provide real-time feedback on progress

• encourage appropriate level of effort exerted

• ensure proper support

What sensor do surgical robots use?

• torque

• GPS

• light

• object proximity

Social robots are used in which setting?

• operating room

• battlefield

• museum

• corn fields

When social robots are used for therapy, they use their sensors to detect the:

• barometric pressure

• position on earth

• amount of light energy

• emotional, mental or physical state of others

When social robots are used in education, they cannot measure:

• comprehension

• interest

• attention

• proficiency