XPROBE extends the teaching-by-showing method of robot programming to the teaching of sensor strategies. The XPROBE system has a dialogue with the user, during which the user is directed to guide the robot through an example of the desired task. XPROBE then automatically writes an AML program that includes sensory decision making as a generalization of the taught example.
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