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Robots and self-driving
How robots sense and move, how they learn and train in simulation, all the way to self-driving cars. Understand AI that moves in the real world through concepts and examples.
- Humanoid robotA robot shaped like a person, with a head, a torso, two arms and two legs.
- Physical AIAI that is not just writing text on a screen, but has a body and sees and moves in the real world.
- Robot foundation modelThe large AI model that serves as a robot's brain. It learns to see, understand speech and move the body, all together.
- ActuatorThe part that actually moves a robot's joints. It is the robot's muscle.
- Robot handA robot's hand, which grips and handles objects with several fingers like a human hand.
- SensorA part that measures things like light, distance, force and tilt and tells the robot. It is the robot's sense organ.
- LiDARA sensor that fires laser light and measures distance from the time it takes to bounce back, drawing the surroundings in three dimensions.
- SimulationBuilding a space inside a computer that imitates reality, so you can try things there before trying them for real.
- Digital twinA twin of a real factory or machine, built exactly the same inside a computer.
- TeleoperationA person moving a robot directly from far away. It is also used to collect data for teaching robots.
- End-to-end learning (E2E)An approach where one AI learns the whole path, from what the sensors see to moving the steering wheel or joints, and does it all in one piece.
- Industrial robotA robot that repeats jobs like welding, assembling and painting in a factory, fast and accurately, exactly as set.
- Collaborative robot (cobot)A robot made safe enough to work next to people, without a fence.
- Logistics robotA robot that carries goods around inside warehouses and factories.
- Quadruped robotA robot that walks on four legs like a dog. It also moves well on stairs and rough ground.
- DroneA flying machine with no one on board, flown by remote control or flying on its own.
- Autonomous drivingTechnology that lets a car watch its surroundings, make decisions and drive itself in place of a person.
- RobotaxiA self-driving taxi that carries passengers and drives itself with no driver.
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