RM: Â I’ve seen it before and it is very impressive. And iI should note that it is always compensating for disturbances, even when these disturbances are being so well compensated for that it looks like they are not happening. The designers might not think of these robots as perceptual control systems but they are. The robots are probably using up teraflops of computer processor cycles doing unnecessary predictive calculations – cycles that could be used to implement the higher level perceptual control systems that would control for not being pushed around by nosy researchers (such as the one you suggest below) – so PCT might be able to improve their software architecture. But otherwise the designers seem to be on the right track.
GC: Even more impressive would be seeing the robot start to push the human around when it’s had enough disturbances.
RM: Yes, now that’s a job for PCT robotics. But then we might be getting into Frankenstein monster territory.
Best
Rick
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Richard S. MarkenÂ
"Perfection is achieved not when you have nothing more to add, but when you
have nothing left to take away.â?
                --Antoine de Saint-Exupery
RM: Â I’ve seen it before and it is very impressive. And iI should note that it is always compensating for disturbances, even when these disturbances are being so well compensated for that it looks like they are not happening. The designers might not think of these robots as perceptual control systems but they are. The robots are probably using up teraflops of computer processor cycles doing unnecessary predictive calculations – cycles that could be used to implement the higher level perceptual control systems that would control for not being pushed around by nosy researchers (such as the one you suggest below) – so PCT might be able to improve their software architecture. But otherwise the designers seem to be on the right track.
GC: Even more impressive would be seeing the robot start to push the human around when it’s had enough disturbances.
RM: Yes, now that’s a job for PCT robotics. But then we might be getting into Frankenstein monster territory.
Best
Rick
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– Gary
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Gary Czi
ko (“ZEE-ko”), PhD
Professor Emeritus, Educational Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Board of Directors, American Bicycling Education Association (ABEA.bike)
Board of Directors, California Association of Bicycle Organizations (CABO)
Expert Witness for Cyclists’ Rights
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Richard S. MarkenÂ
"Perfection is achieved not when you have nothing more to add, but when you
have nothing left to take away.â?
                --Antoine de Saint-Exupery