NOTE: The electronic copy of this assignment is due by 9pm on Friday, February 15. You may turn in the hard copy at the start of class on Tuesday, February 19. Note that these dates and times are later than originally listed in the schedule.
Consider the opinion expressed by Thrun in the assigned reading (S. Thrun. "To Know or Not to Know: On the Utility of Models in Mobile Robotics." AI Magazine, 18 (1): 47--54, 1997). Thrun claims that the models his robot Jeeves made allowed it to more efficiently complete the "Clean Up the Tennis Court" task.
List three different subtasks (parts of the overall task) that Jeeves was able to perform more efficiently due to its use of models. For each subtask, describe the model(s) used by Jeeves and explain why the robot was more efficient using the model(s) than it would have been without using the model(s).
List one subtask that Jeeves was not able to complete more efficiently, despite its use of models. Explain why the models did not help Jeeves to complete this subtask more efficiently.
Turn in a typed copy of your work for this assignment. In total, your homework should run from 1.5 to 2 pages in length (roughly 80 characters per line, 50 lines per page). This does not count any figures that you may choose to include, which may be of any size.