Robotics: guide to Final Quiz.

Review the midterm guide, postings, and lecture notes.

  1. Vocabulary:
  2. Telepresence
  3. Haptic devices
  4. Equations for conversions both directions Cartesian and polar coordinates (2D)
  5. 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).
  6. Avatar
  7. Handshaking (in communication protocol such as Bluetooth)
  8. Master-slave
  9. Locomotion, Static and Dynamic stability
  10. Uncanny valley
  11. Drones, autonomous vehicles
  12. Stability control
  13. Smart house
  14. Swarm robotics
  15. Self-assembly
  16. Locomotion, dynamic and static stability
  1. NXT-G concepts
  2. Global variables
  3. MyBlock
  4. Record/Play mode
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Describe your team's approach to parallel parking. Describe any limitations, restrictions and assumptions made. Describe block by block the NXT-G program.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Summarize your library research project.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. What is meant by the piano mover’s problem? Describe the general technique of ‘growing’ the obstacles and shrinking the object to be moved.
  14. Describe what is meant by unit of analysis (focus of problem). Describe in terms of improving traffic and one other problem domain.
  15. Describe a movie or short story or novel or play involving robots. Give your opinion in terms of enjoyment or literary merit. Give your opinion in terms of realism.
  16. Discuss (briefly) the issue of robots and jobs. Give both / multiple points of view. Give your own reasoned opinion.
  17. Describe your building project. Compare it to a robots-in-the-news story.