AI.js: Robots with Brains

Take JavaScript robots to the next level - presented at JSConf US 2013

See the demo video: http://youtu.be/JKumEFyOvuI

1. AI.js: Robots with Brains One step closer to the robot invasion. Brought to you by @rockbot
2. Warning: There may be math.
3. Warning: There will be math.
4. rockbot & Robots: A Brief History
5. My First Robot
7. My Second Robot
9. A Few Other Robots
11. “T raditional” Robotics
12. Robots come from research PhDs do research Research costs $$$$ Robots “need” OOP & Threading (i.e. C++, Python)
13. Robot Domination...?
14. Robot Domination...? Not anytime soon.
15. NodeBots: A New Beginning
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17. Step 2: (Johnny-Five) @rwaldron
18. Step 3: vektor @rockbot
19. Robotics 101: Artificial Intelligence
20. Decisions, Decisions, Decisions Obstacle Obstacle Robot
21. Robotics 101: Serial Manipulators
23. A Serial Manipulator
24. Forward Kinematics Joint Angles Position of End Effector
25. Inverse Kinematics Joint Angles Position of End Effector
26. Matrices are Your Friend Frame Rotation Frame Position
27. Matrices are Your Friend
28. vektor Make the computer do the hard stuff
29. Forward Kinematics with vektor var vektor = require('vektor'), Homog = vektor.homog, Vector = vektor.vector, Rotate = vektor.rotate, H0, H1, H2, H3, endEff; H0 = Homog(Rotate.RotX(0), new Vector([0, 0, 0])); H1 = H0.dot( Homog(Rotate.RotZ(angles[0]), 0) ); H2 = H1.dot( Homog(Rotate.RotZ(angles[1]), new Vector([100,0,0])) ); H3 = H2.dot( Homog(0, new Vector([100,0,0])) ); endEff = T3.getPoint();
30. Demo Time!
33. Ok, cute.
34. Ok, cute. So what?
35. Robots v. NodeBots Traditional (C++) JavaScript (Node.js) Multi-threaded Single-threaded Well established Just getting started Top tools and funding All our pennies together Brilliant People You, me, and all our friends
36. Robots v. NodeBots Traditional (C++) JavaScript (Node.js) Research & Papers Open Source $$$$$ Open Source Compile, Load, Boot, Hope, Pray F5 / ⌘-R Get a PhD Get started
37. Go.
38. Build a robot.
39. Then tell me all about it!
40. Raquel Vélez @rockbot http://rckbt.me raquel@storify.com