An introduction to Robotic AI

The goal of this course

The goal is to introduce a beginner with the basics of AI in robotics.

What is a robot?

Sensors

One Proprioceptive

IMU

Exteroceptive

Mini LIDAR

Actuators

Computation

Perception: making sense of the world from sensors

What is perception?

Sensors for perception

Raw data and useful information

Noise and uncertainty

Basic perception tasks

  • object detection
  • obstacle detection
  • distance estimation
  • line detection
  • free space detection

From perception to action

Localization: Where am I?

Mapping: What does the world look like?

SLAM: Localization and mapping together

Goal, planning, and action

Autonomous navigation