Chapter 4Creating a Team of Movers and Shakers

The Lost Scrolls of Robotics: #4

You should see me do that when I’ve got my powerchip.

—Skywarp, Transformers

Robots work in an environment. And they can work in an environment because of the interaction they have with that environment. Robots get input from their sensors, and the output is some form of activity in the environment. Without the input from its sensors, a robot does not know the state the environment is in, what is going on, or the current conditions. With this information, a decision is made to do something—some activity takes place. The activity will be implemented by the actuators of the robot team members. One robot will do one part, and another robot will do another part. When ...

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