Visualizing robot minds, and other fun stuff

During experiments in autonomous robotics, researchers collect a lot of data about what the robot sees, what it interprets, what it thinks and what it plans to do. In order to makes sense of these data and correctly interpret the results of the experiments, one often has to come up with clever ways to visualize these data. The resulting images and animations are often insightful, occasionally fun and maybe also beautiful (at least for the eyes of nerds). This talk goes through several such examples, covering recent research topics in autonomous robotics that took place at the Dalle Molle Institute for AI in Lugano. It will also present some geeky diversions that have no real use besides visual delight.