Essay 3: Learning

At this point in the semester, you have studied how to program a robot that learns from experience. Drawing upon this experience, write an essay along the following lines:

1. Write an introduction in which you give a 1-2 sentence summary of Modules 7, 8, and 9.
2. Based on your experiences with those assignments, what do you think are some best practices for producing effective robot behavior through machine learning?
   • Give specific examples from your experiences with Q-learning and the k-nearest-neighbor classifier for images.
   • Discuss challenges you encountered as well as strategies you employed to address those challenges.
   • Discuss circumstances that lead to successful deployment of a machine-learning system as well as circumstances that may hinder a successful deployment.
3. Given the issues you recounted above with employing machine learning, what do you think are the most appropriate situations in which machine learning should be employed as part of a robot control program? Supply details from both Modules 7, 8, and 9 as well as your experience throughout the semester in support of your argument.
4. Write a conclusion in which you summarize your arguments and supporting evidence from your essay.