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Exercise 1.5 1 From Teleoperation To Autonomy
What is a Luddite?

Exercise 1.6
Describe at least two differences between AI and Engineering approaches to robotics.

Exercise 1.7
List three problems with teleoperation.
Exercise 1.8
Describe the components and the responsibilities of the local and the remote members
of a telesystem.
Exercise 1.9
Describe the difference between telepresence and semi-autonomous control.

Exercise 1.10
List the six characteristics of applications that are well suited for teleoperation. Give
at least two examples of potentially good applications for teleoperation not covered
in the chapter.

Exercise 1.11 [World Wide Web]
Search the world wide web for sites that permit clients to use a robot remotely (one
example is Xavier at Carnegie Mellon University). Decide whether each site is using
human supervisory or shared control, and justify your answer.

Exercise 1.12 [World Wide Web]
Search the world wide web for applications and manufacturers of intelligent robots.
Exercise 1.13 [World Wide Web]
Dr. Harrison “Jack” Schmitt is a vocal proponent for space mining of Near Earth
Objects (NEOs) such as mineral-rich asteroids. Because of the economics of manned
mission, the small size of NEOs, human safety concerns, and the challenges of work-
ing in micro-gravity, space mining is expected to require intelligent robots. Search
the web for more information on space mining, and give examples of why robots are
needed.
Exercise 1.14 [Programming]
(This requires a robot with an on-board video camera and a teleoperation interface.)
Teleoperate the robot through a slalom course of obstacles while keeping the robot
in view as if controlling a RC car. Now looking only at the output of the video cam-
era, repeat the obstacle course. Repeat the comparison several times, and keep track
of the time to complete the course and number of collisions with obstacles. Which
viewpoint led to faster completion of the course? Fewer collisions? Why?