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Chapter 1 – Control and Robots
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Robots
The world today is a world of embedded computer systems. We find them in
media systems, watches, phones, remote control, cars, and many more electronics.
A few years ago, we did not see terms such as wearable computing or internet of
things.
Everyday a surprising new product or application appears and months later, we
cannot realize how we lived without it. Modern systems are based more and more
on machine learning and artificial intelligence.
The robotic systems which are part of the embedded computer system, perform
independent activities such as: search, manipulation, identification, activation,
protection etc.
Many systems combine a certain kind of artificial intelligence in operating and
communication between machines.
The robotic system includes the controller, building components, wheels, gears,
motors, sensors, and more.
Each robotic system includes a controller that allows it to operate in accordance
with different operating programs. The robot developer writes these programs on
a computer and forwards them to the controller.
Building a robotic system creates a challenge to acquire knowledge in various
technology areas (electronics, computers, mechanics, electricity, etc.).
There are many types of robots such as arm robots, mobile robots, walking robots
and more.
The SENSE robots are a series of robots and "brain" units for study, programming
and making robots with wide variety of robot applications.
The sense autonomous is a robot enables us to program many robot applications
and functions such as movement on a line, movement along walls, tracking, AGV
(Automatic Guided Vehicle), autonomic car, autonomic guard vehicle, autonomic
taxi driver, environment monitoring, manipulating car and more. All these
applications are described as exercises in this book.
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