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* [[Tulsa electronics club]] mentions robotics clubs
 
* [[Tulsa electronics club]] mentions robotics clubs
 
* [[Kalman filter]] is used in highly dynamic robotic systems, such as balancing [[walking robot]]s and [[multi-rotor]] helicopters
 
* [[Kalman filter]] is used in highly dynamic robotic systems, such as balancing [[walking robot]]s and [[multi-rotor]] helicopters
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== Robot ethics ==
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It seems obvious to most people that we should stop killer robots, and pre-emptively ban building killer robots in the first place:
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* https://www.StopKillerRobots.org/
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* https://futureoflife.org/ai/killer-robots-worlds-top-ai-robotics-companies-urge-united-nations-ban-lethal-autonomous-weapons/
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* https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/stop-killer-robots/
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* "Thousands of leading AI researchers sign pledge against killer robots" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jul/18/thousands-of-scientists-pledge-not-to-help-build-killer-ai-robots
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* https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2016-09/features/stopping-killer-robots-why-now-time-ban-autonomous-weapons-systems
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* https://www.zdnet.com/article/representatives-from-150-tech-companies-sign-pledge-against-killer-robots/
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* https://www.npr.org/2018/07/18/630146884/ai-innovators-take-pledge-against-autonomous-killer-weapons
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Some people are pointing out less obvious problems:
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* Some human-in-the-loop systems pretend that the human will prevent errors, but it seems likely that the human is merely there to have someone to blame when errors inevitably occur: https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asbestos-in-the-walls/
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* Many more-or-less fully autonomous systems are effectively "opaque", making it impossible for humans to even guess exactly how they might go wrong ahead of time: https://www.radicalai.org/killer-robots https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/sign-the-petition-and-support-mozillas-call-for-trustworthy-ai/
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==

Latest revision as of 17:08, 28 March 2025

"A robot is an autonomous machine capable of sensing its environment, carrying out computations to make decisions, and performing actions in the real world."<ref> IEEE. "What Is a Robot?" </ref>

A robot is "any automatically operated machine that replaces human effort, though it may not resemble human beings in appearance or perform functions in a humanlike manner."<ref> "Britannica: Robot". </ref>

Here at Open Circuits, we are most interested in open-source robotics. In particular, we are most interested in open designs for motor drivers and controller boards and all the other electronics that goes into a robot. We also find interesting open designs for rocker-bogie and other wheeled robot suspension arrangements, open designs for robot legs and arms and grippers, and open-source software intended to run on robot hardware as well as intended to be used to design improved robot hardware and electronics.

Complete robots already mentioned on Open Circuits

Robot components already mentioned on Open Circuits

Motors, batteries, and the stuff between them:

Sensors:

Robot brains:

  • Motherboards that run Linux are useful for robots that do any sort of visual processing or WiFi networking.
  • Microcontrollers are useful for robots that balance or need any other sort of quick reflexes.
  • Some robots use both.

possibly related pages

Robot ethics

It seems obvious to most people that we should stop killer robots, and pre-emptively ban building killer robots in the first place:

Some people are pointing out less obvious problems:


External links

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