Robotic communication Flashcards

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What is telerobotics?

A

This is the control of robotics remotely at a distance via a communication network

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What are some application that could use telerobotics? (5)

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> Surgery
> Nuclear decommissioning
> Space exploration
> Marine robotics
> Battlefield robotics
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3
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What is proximal teleoperation?

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Remote control in the same room

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What is non-proximal teleoperation?

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Remote control in completely different locations

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5
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What are some issues with using teleoperation?

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> Latency

> Signal strength over long distances

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6
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What is swarm robotics?

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The approach of coordinating several robots to preform a single task

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7
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What are some applications of swarm robotics?

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> Disaster rescue
Infrastructure monitoring
Border patrolling
Manufacturing

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What does RAS stand for?

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Remote access server

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9
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What is RAS?

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A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient and on-demand access to a shared pool of computing resources

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10
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What does BAAS stand for?

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Brain-as-a-service

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What is BAAS?

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This is the use/application of RAS for robotic control. The cloud computers act as an external brain.

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12
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How can we enable BAAS for use with robotics?

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With cellular/wireless communication

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13
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What are some benefits of cloud robotics?

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> Big data can be stored and shared
Collective learning
Cloud computing power

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14
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What are 3 examples of big data?

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> Maps
Images
Trajectories

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15
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What are 2 examples of collective learning?

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> Shared experience

> Control policies

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16
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What are 3 benefits of cloud computing for robotics?

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> Computing on demand
Big computing power to enable human computation abilities
Learning and motion planning using statistical analysis and parallel processing

17
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What is an acceptable latency for VR?

A

30ms

18
Q

What are some examples of robots that could benefit from cloud robotics?

A

> Driverless cars
Military drones
Manufacturing robots

19
Q

How is propagation delay calculated?

A

Electrons move and propagate through a wire at the speed of light.
Photons through a fibre optical cable propagate at the speed of light.
The equation is:
Delay = Distance / Speed of light

20
Q

What does CPS stand for?

A

Cyber-physical-systems

21
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What is CPS?

A

Integrating physical and digital processes

22
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What are some examples of CPS?

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> Driverless cars
LIDAR
RADAR
GPS

23
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Do CPS need to be connected to the internet?

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No, They can be independent

24
Q

What is IoT?

A

Internet of things

Cyber-physical-systems connected to the internet