This chapter sets out the idea that organizes the whole book: a robot senses, decides, and acts in a continuing loop. It then introduces the two models, one for motion and one for measurement, that describe every robot we study, from a kitchen arm to a delivery drone.
| Section | What you will learn |
|---|---|
| 1.1 What Is a Robot? | what separates a robot from an automatic machine; open-loop vs. feedback control with a tadka-heating example |
| 1.2 State, Actions, and Models | choosing a state; motion and measurement models; how uncertainty spreads on a wet floor and on a delivery route |