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Design Outline for Mini-Arms Based on Manipulator Technology
(1973-05-01)
The design of small manipulators is an art requiring proficiency in diverse disciplines. This paper documents some of the general ideas illustrated by a particular design for an arm roughly one quarter human size. The ...
A Computational Model of Skill Acquisition
(1973-08-01)
This thesis confronts the nature of the process of learning an intellectual skill, the ability to solve problems efficiently in a particular domain of discourse. The investigation is synthetic; a computational performance ...
Proposal to ARPA for Continued Research on A.I. for 1973
(1973-06-01)
The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory proposes to continue its work on a group of closely interconnected projects, all bearing on questions about how to make computers able to use more sophisticated kinds of knowledge ...
Grammar for the People: Flowcharts of SHRDLU's Grammar
(1973-03-01)
The grammar which SHRDLU uses to parse sentences is outlined in a series of flowcharts which attempt to modularize and illuminate its structure. In addition, a short discussion of systemic grammar is included.
Mechanical Arm Control
(MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1973-03-19)
This paper discusses three main problems associated with the control of the motion of a mechanical arm.
1) Transformation between different coordinate systems used to describe the state of the arm.
2) Calculation of ...
Description of Visual Texture by Computers
(MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1973-03-09)
Some general properties of textures are discussed for a restricted class of textures. A program is described which inputs a scene using vidisector camera, discerns the texture elements, calculates values for a set of ...
The Gloss of Glossy Things
(MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1973-03)
This paper discusses the visual phenomenon of gloss. It is shown that the perception of this phenomenon derives from two effects (1) that the image reflected by a glossy surface lies in a different plane from the surface, ...
Review of Human Vision Facts
(MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1973-03-20)
This note is a collection of well known interesting facts about human vision. All parameters are approximate. Some may be wrong. There are sections on retina physiology, eye optics, light adaptation, psychological curios, ...
Structured Descriptions
(MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1973-08)
A descriptive formalism along with a philosophy for its use and expansion are presented wherein descriptions are of a highly structured nature. This descriptive system and the method of recognition are extended to the ...
Hierarchy in Descriptions
(MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1973-05)
Organization of knowledge requires the flexible use of hierarchy in descriptions. This memo attempts to catalog the issues related to recognizing and executing such descriptions, drawing examples primarily from the blocks world.