Undergraduate Robotics Projects in Support of Research on Neural Networks

Abstract

This grant was extremely successful both in developing sensor systems and in educating undergraduate students. There were several reasons to ask students to develop these systems. First and foremost is the educational value of having a student build a complete system. This challenge is much greater than a typical course laboratory experiment. The student must propose, refine, and choose among different variants of any particular approach. The system must be designed, built, debugged, documented. and most importantly, evaluated. Any particular version of the system may suggest future revisions or new approaches. In some cases there are commercially available systems the researchers could use, but in many cases they had trouble finding off the shelf systems that are light and inexpensive enough to suit their purposes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1993
Accession Number
ADA277331

Entities

People

  • Christopher Atkeson

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Color Vision
  • Engine Noise
  • Helicopter Engines
  • Helicopters
  • Infrared Beacons
  • Infrared Tracking
  • Neural Networks
  • Range Finders
  • Robotics
  • Security
  • Students
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • Autonomy