robots in an interdisciplinary course in the liberal arts ellen walker, computer science lee braver,...
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Robots in an Interdisciplinary Course in the Liberal Arts
Ellen Walker, Computer Science
Lee Braver, Philosophy
INTD 341: The Nature of Intelligence
• Team taught interdisciplinary (CS & Philosophy)
• Open to all students (no prerequisites)• Recapitulation of historical development of
AI/Robotics with readings from philosophers and AI researchers
• “Two papers and a robot”– Robot development / testing / exhibition
approximately 1 (of 3) weeks of the course
Robot Assignment
• “Road” following, with mechanism for passing
• Implemented as concurrent behaviors (after reading Brooks)
• Lab report & discussion of whether robots were intelligent.
http://cs.hiram.edu/~walkerel/intd341