Book review: Machine Learning of Robot Assembly Plans by Arberto Maria Segre (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988)

  • Authors:
  • Angelo G. Bravos

  • Affiliations:
  • Ameritech Services Applied Technology and Development 1900 East Golf Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGART Bulletin
  • Year:
  • 1989

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Abstract

This new hard-cover book is the commercialization of a 1987 Ph.D. thesis from the Coordinated Science Lab of University of Illinois entitled "Explanation-Based Learning of Generalized Robot Assembly Plans." In 233 pages the author describes an AI experiment in the form of a computer programs called ARMS (Acquiring Robotic Manufacturing Schemata). ARMS represents the application of Explanation-Based Learning (EBL) to a restricted robot manufacturing domain. In particular, the machine learning technique of generalizing problem-solving knowledge acquired from a single example has been applied to the problem of preparing a robot to perform the novel task of assembling pieces (washers, pegs, and blocks) into well-defined mechanisms.