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 +Notes on robot design - see also [[lirec notes]].
  
 +"Robotics is the intelligent connection of perception to action" - Michael Brady
  
-====Think hard - then act!====+====Understanding the world==== 
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 +Sensors tell a robot about the outside world. 
 +Actuators allow a robot to change the outside world, to act upon it. 
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 +====Deliberative vs Reactive==== 
 + 
 +===Think hard - then act!===
   * Capable of learning and prediction   * Capable of learning and prediction
   * Finds strategic solution   * Finds strategic solution
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   * Slow   * Slow
  
-====Don't think, react!====+===Don't think, react!===
   * Fast   * Fast
   * Powerful, biological parallel   * Powerful, biological parallel
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   * Unable to plan ahead   * Unable to plan ahead
   * Unable to learn   * Unable to learn
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 +===Or do both!===
 +  * Deliberative system on top
 +  * Reactive underneath
 +  * Hybrid or Behavioural system
  
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