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From: bgribble@jarthur.claremont.edu (Bill Gribble)
Subject: Robotics definition+learning qs.
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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1993 16:16:16 GMT
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While reading through an undergrad AI book I found these two definitions 
of robotics:  
    ``Robotics is the intelligent connection of perception to action'' --
        Brady, 1985

    ``A robot is anything that is surprisingly animate.''
        D. Grossman, 1979

And now the questions: what's a good intro to modern learning strategies, 
especially as applied to robotics?  I don't care too much about chess
algorithms (that's why I'm EE and not CS), what I'm looking for are ways 
of describing and learning about real-world states and behaviors.

Also: I'm fooling around with hobby servos for a project.  I got a couple 
of JR 507's from an ``airplane dork'' friend.  Are there any hobby servos
with position feedback or are they all just 3-wire?  Mfg. and model
number would be appreciated.  Also, are there model mail-order houses
that give a price break over local hobby places?

Bill Gribble
