{"id":5927,"date":"2021-09-08T11:58:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T18:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=5927"},"modified":"2023-01-05T14:29:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T21:29:18","slug":"who-is-the-centaur-and-what-is-his-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/08\/who-is-the-centaur-and-what-is-his-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the Centaur and What is his Library?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hi, I’m Anthony Francis, and I teach robots to learn<\/a>, particularly deep reinforcement learning for robot navigation<\/a> as well as the intersection of memory, emotion, and planning for contextual control<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I write urban fantasy about a woman who can bring her tattoos to life<\/a> and steampunk about women scientists and adventurers<\/a>, as well as space opera featuring a young centauress explorer<\/a>. I also draw a webcomic about a girl who can travel to any possible story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this site, I also have resources on how to become a better writer<\/a>, on how to overcome writer’s block<\/a>, on the science of airships<\/a>, my thoughts on how religion intersects with artificial intelligence<\/a>, and even a collection of recipes and thoughts on food<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re looking for a good place to get started, my first novel, FROST MOON<\/a>, won an EPIC Ebook award<\/a>, and my team’s work on PRM-RL won the ICRA 2018 Best Paper Award<\/a>. Otherwise, I hope while you are here in the Library that you find something informative, interesting or at least entertaining!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-the Centaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P.S. This is a “sticky” post designed to introduce the blog; keep scrolling down for more recent content, or check out the site menu, tags or categories to explore more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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