Matt

We in robotics often regard humans as the gold standard, but perhaps that is not quite right. The gold standard is not the naked human, but the human with tools.

How do you know where things are? Sensors? No, sensors are only part of the story. Prediction, based on past actions, also plays a role. It is even possible to do interesting things with no sensing at all. Sensing and predicting What is a robot? Some would say, “the intelligent connection of perception to action.” Here

A subjective attempt at an objective look at manipulation Manipulation is such a big deal that it takes a broad perspective — the broadest possible perspective — to appreciate it properly. So, let’s consider all of space and all of time, and ask a question. Question 1: What is the most amazing thing ever in

What does the universe of human knowledge look like? A neat disk with the frontier at the edge? Or a porous hairball with the frontier sprinkled throughout? How should we depict the universe of human knowledge? Does a graphical representation even make sense?  One answer is the disk pictured below, sometimes used in orientation sessions