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Introduction
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What is a robot?
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.. image:: ./img/robots.png


.. admonition:: A robot is the sum of:
    :class: example

    * Sensors
    * Actuators
    * Computing
    * Communication
    * Ability to move
    * Intelligence (AI)


**The objective is to make robots autonomous!**

How?
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.. image:: ./img/robot.png

.. admonition:: We need a lot of things!
    :class: important

    * Localization
    * Mapping
    * Robot Kinematics
    * Task allocation
    * Planning

We will not focus too much on the robot kinematics, as it is more ingeniering than computer science.

Building a robot is very complicated but awesome!
    * `<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk>`_
    * `<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_lfxPI5ObM>`_
    * `<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUeGC-8dyk>`_

Robot Autonomy Architecture
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.. image:: ./img/Architecture.png