CORC 3303 Review

Multi-tasking: a job of the operating system, managing the CPU usage among processes, context switching.
Considerations in designing a stairway detecting and climbing robot
D. Sensing
Sensors: proprioception / exteroception, types of sensors, issues with sensors (signals, not symbols), different levels of
processing, simple sensors (switch, light) vs complex sensors, active vs passive, sensor fusion, calibration
How roomba works, RCX decision making, light sensor fork and touch sensor fork.
E. Control
Feedback control, types of feedback control (P, PD, PID controls).
Control architectures: principles for organizing a control system, there are: deliberative control (planner-based
architecture, look-ahead with internal representation), reactive control (fast, little internal representation), hybrid
control (combining the two, working in parallel), and behavior-based control (think the way you act)
F. Robot Teams
Benefits of robot teams, their challenges, coordination strategies, communication, control architectures for robot teams.
RoboCup: purposes and goal, leagues of competition, Aibo, NAO.
2. PARTS OF THE LEGO RCX SYSTEM AND BASICS OF THE ROBOLAB ENVIRONMENT
Recognizing parts and explaining their functions, input/output ports, sensors, motors (polarity), lamps, communication,
gears, building blocks.
Recognizing common RoboLab icons and how they are modified.
3. PROGRAMMING FOR THE RCX SYSTEM
Writing simple programs using icons shown above.