Showing papers on "Robot published in 1971"

Mentality and Machines

Abstract: Mentality and Machines was first published in 1985. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Mentality and Machines - with a new preface and an extended postscript-is a general essay on the philosophy of mind, oriented to philosophical and psychological questions about real as well as imagined, robots and machines. The second edition retains all of the essays from the original book, including Gunderson's influential critique ("The Imitation Game") of A.M. Turing's treatment of the question "Can machines think?" and his controversial distinction between program-receptive and program-resistant aspects of the mind. This edition's postscript includes further reflections on these themes and others, and relates them to recent writings of other philosophers and computer scientists.

Robot planning, execution, and monitoring in an uncertain environment

Abstract: An intelligent robot, operating in an external environment that cannot be fully modeled in the robot's software, must be able to monitor the success of its execution of a previously generated plan. This paper outlines a unifled i ormalism for describing and relating the various functions oi a robot operating in such an environment. After exploring the distinetion between the external world and the robot's internal model of it, and the distinction between actions that interact with the world and the robot's descriptions of those actions, we formalize the concepts of a plan and of its execution. Current developments at Stanford Research Institute, and the benchmark idea oi an ultimate rational robot, are both analyzed in this framework.

An intelligent robot with cognition and decision-making ability

Abstract: An intelligent robot that recognizes and assembles three-dimensional objects is described. The instruction to the robot is fed through a vidicon camera as a three-view plan of the assemblage whose overall spatial configuration is then recognized and decomposed into component parts by a computer. Another camera looks at the real world for the specific parts required for the assembly and confirms their geometric features. The computer further makes the decisions on the procedure for the manipulation of the parts, and orders the articulated mechanical hand to proceed the assembly sequence. The information processing is so far restricted to simple polyhedral objects and their co-relationships.

Research and applications: Artificial intelligence

Abstract: Research in the field of artificial intelligence is discussed. The focus of recent work has been the design, implementation, and integration of a completely new system for the control of a robot that plans, learns, and carries out tasks autonomously in a real laboratory environment. The computer implementation of low-level and intermediate-level actions; routines for automated vision; and the planning, generalization, and execution mechanisms are reported. A scenario that demonstrates the approximate capabilities of the current version of the entire robot system is presented.

A Causality Representation for Enriched Robot Task Domains.

Abstract: : Existing robot projects in the field of artificial intelligence have concentrated on tasks wherein the robot must excite an action in order to change the current state of its environment In the report the authors consider other families of tasks, such as those involving the inhibition of an action or the maintenance of the current state of its environment In particular, the authors propose a representation for knowledge that a robot would need if it is to solve problems from such task domains (Author)

Actuator assembly for use with industrial robots

Abstract: An actuator assembly for actuating an arm of an industrial robot comprises a reciprocatory motor for effecting vertical reciprocal movement of the robot arm, an oscillatory motor for effecting angular oscillatory movement of the robot arm, and another reciprocatory motor for effecting horizontal reciprocal movement of the robot arm The reciprocal motors and the oscillatory motor are fluid-actuated and a fluid circuit is provided for effecting actuation of each of the fluid motors independently of the operation of the others to effect three-dimensional movement of the robot arm with a high degree of precision and accuracy

The pains of r‐george, robot

Abstract: In this essay I wish to raise the question of whether it is meaningful to say that a certain sort of robot is in pain. This is, of course, not an empirical question. There exists no robot of the sort I shall describe. But, I shall argue, if such a robot did in fact exist, it would be meaningful to say it is in pain.

ISUPPOSEW -A Computer Program That Finds Regions in the Plan Model of a Visual Scene

Abstract: : This technical note describes the nature and structure of the computer program ISUPPOSEW and some of its results, ISUPPOSEW is designed to enable a robot to make conjectures, on the basis of its visual information, about elements of its environment that it cannot see. The process of conjecture employed is analogous to that which a human employes in similar circumstances.

Systems Approach to Skeletal Control: Concept of the System

Abstract: Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the important improvements in the design of robots and states that artificial limbs can be obtained by using the systems approach. The myoelectrical activity of the muscle during contraction is also used for control purposes. The output may be discrete or proportional. The first working model of the hand prosthesis using myoelectrical control was an important event in the rehabilitation field. Efficient man–machine communication and signal processing are vital for the acceptance of rehabilitation aids by the patient. The multifunctional terminal device, so-called Belgrade hand, needs for its control just one control site generating an electrical signal proportional to muscle contraction. The systems approach to muscle control leads to a completely new type of assistive device for the rehabilitation of paralyzed persons. Gait stability means essentially that after each step the end position of the whole body should be the same as at the beginning. If this repeatability can be assured the biped locomotion is maintained. Thus, by combining the multilevel approach with the repeatability conditions, feasible solutions for artificial locomotion of completely paralyzed patients are obtained.

Man, teleoperators, and robots - An optimum team for space exploration

Abstract: Man-teleoperator-robot teams for space exploration facilities construction and operation, discussing lunar programs

A robot in the driver's seat : at its open days next week the road research laboratory will be showing the forerunners of systems that could make automatically controlled cars commonplace by the year 2000

Abstract: Describes work at the Road Research Laboratory in vehicle automation and considers possibilities for automated vehicle highway systems by the year 2000 in Great Britain