Robotics: Crash Course AI #11

What is the main goal of robotics?

• Building computers that can only do math problems.

• Creating machines that can move and interact with the world.

• Designing robots that can only fly in space.

• Making robots that can only clean houses.

What is something computers are much better at than humans?

• Understanding complex environments.

• Doing many calculations very quickly.

• Recognizing different objects easily.

• Walking and moving around naturally.

What are the three main challenges robots face when interacting with the world?

• Building, programming, and selling.

• Localization, planning, and manipulation.

• Speaking, listening, and seeing.

• Eating, sleeping, and playing.

What is the process called when a robot tracks its position and updates its map of the world at the same time?

• Mental Mapping

• Stereoscopic Vision

• Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)

• Infrared Depth Sensing

What must be true before a robot can perform an action?

• The action has already happened.

• The robot has enough power.

• Certain conditions are met in the world.

• Another robot tells it what to do.

What helps a person know where their body parts are and how they are moving, even without looking?

• Imagination

• Proprioception

• Closed loop control

• Memory

What is it called when a robot or person uses information from its senses to make adjustments while performing a task?

• Open loop control

• Feedback control

• Precondition adjustment

• Action planning

Why do robots often practice tasks in special test areas or virtual worlds before doing them in the real world?

• To save electricity.

• To make sure they don't accidentally hurt anyone.

• Because real-world environments are too boring.

• To compete against other robots.