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Reflections on Human Machine Automation
Over the last 13 weeks, the class for which I started this blog, ENP-162, has covered a whirlwind of topics under the broad umbrella of...
Kat Allen
Dec 17, 20213 min read
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Why Autonomous Vehicles Will Need to Be Social Robots
Where I live, outside Boston, Massachusetts, there are a large number of relatively narrow streets, even out well into the suburbs. ...
Kat Allen
Dec 11, 20213 min read
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GIS and Responsive Government: The Problem of Potholes
If you live in a place with roads, especially in a place with roads and where the ground freezes, you've probably experienced a road with...
Kat Allen
Dec 1, 20212 min read
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The Internet of Things: How do we get interconnection without Big Brother?
I do not live in a Smart Home. It's a rental built in the mid-90s and has never been renovated, so it has none of the charm of a...
Kat Allen
Nov 21, 20214 min read
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Social Robots
Robots in 2021 are really terrible at Human Things. Really, really terrible. Partly, this is because humans are outrageously complicated,...
Kat Allen
Nov 14, 20212 min read
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Where Am I and Who Hid The Map?
SLAM, Sensor Fusion, Big Data and Lost Robots "Everyone" knows that, if you want to get around, GPS(1) is how you know where you are,...
Kat Allen
Nov 7, 20213 min read
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Task Analysis: Why the Light Doesn't Turn Off
Just before the pandemic started, my church needed a new organ. We raised money, adjusted the budget, discussed the options, and decided...
Kat Allen
Oct 24, 20212 min read
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Signal Detection: How To Not Hit Things and Die in Space
In space, it’s very important not to run into anything. This sounds obvious, but it’s worse than you think. Because it can cost thousands...
Kat Allen
Oct 10, 20212 min read
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Automated Violence: Who Dies for Politics?
If you're not already familiar with the incredible Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American blog/mailing list, and you have any...
Kat Allen
Oct 2, 20214 min read
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Welcome to my blog! (and thoughts about Human-Machine Automation)
Hello everyone! Welcome to my professional/portfolio blog. I am a first-year Masters student at Tufts University, in the Mechanical...
Kat Allen
Sep 20, 20213 min read
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