This algorithm is called Monte Carlo Localization, and it's been used successfully on a number of robots. By using probabilities, we can compare how "close" a guess location's view is to the true ...

BotLoc is a programmable robot armed with a wireless sniffer designed for both indoor and outdoor localization. BotLoc consists of two main components: Robot Subsystem Positioning Subsystem Robot ...

In an office at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), a soft robotic hand carefully curls ...

Throughout, the authors balance the impact of hardware (mechanism, sensor, actuator) and software (algorithms) in teaching robot autonomy. Rigorous and tested in the classroom, Introduction to ...