Robotics pdf

• The term robot derives from the
Czech word robota, meaning
forced work or compulsory
service, or robotnik, meaning
serf.
• First used to describe fabricated

workers in a fictional 1920s play

called Rossum’s Universal

Robots by Czech author Karel
Capek.

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What is a Robot
• The term robot derives from the
Czech word robota, meaning
forced work or compulsory
service, or robotnik, meaning
serf.
• First used to describe fabricated

workers in a fictional 1920s play

called Rossum’s Universal

Robots by Czech author Karel
Capek.


Definition of a Robot


• "A reprogrammable, multifunctional
manipulator designed to move material, parts,
tools, or specialized devices through various
programmed motions for the performance of a
variety of tasks" .


variety of tasks" .
Or a simpler version


variety of tasks" .
Or a simpler version
• An automatic device that performs functions normally
ascribed to humans or a machine in the form of a
human.


What is Robotics/A.I


• Robotics is the study of the design, construction
and use of robots.


• Robotics is the study of the design, construction
and use of robots.

• Artificial intelligence is the branch of computer
science that deals with writing computer
programs that can solve problems creatively;
"workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate
intelligence in computers and robots"


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The Purpose of Robots (Cont)
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• Dirty Tasks
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• Dirty Tasks
• Repetitive tasks
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• Dirty Tasks
• Dangerous tasks
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• Dirty Tasks
• Dangerous tasks
• Impossible tasks
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• Dirty Tasks
• Dangerous tasks
• Impossible tasks
• Robots assisting the handicapped.


Robots in Exploration
• Robots are also used
extensively for
exploration.
• The hardest thing any

robot has to do is to be

able to taught how to

walk.


• Industrial Robots –
–materials handling
–welding
–inspection
–improving productivity
–Laboratory
applications


Types of Robots
• Industrial Robots –
–materials handling
–welding
–inspection
–improving productivity
–Laboratory
applications


Types of Robots


Types of Robots

• Mobile Robots
–Robots that move around on legs, tracks
or wheels.
–In 1979 a nuclear
accident in the USA
caused a leak of
radioactive
material.

Types of Robots

Led to production
of
special robot
– teleoperator to
handle
the
radioactive material
• Mobile Robots
–Robots that move around on legs, tracks
or wheels.
–In 1979 a nuclear
accident in the USA
caused a leak of
radioactive
material.

• Educational Robots – robotic kits are used

extensively in education. Examples are Robolab

and Lego NXT and RoboCup Soccer.


First Commercial Robot


First Commercial Robot
• After the 1950’s the first
commercial robot
nicknamed the

'Unimate‘, was created.

• The first Unimate was
installed at a General
Motors plant to work
with heated die-casting
machines .


More Recent Movies


More Recent Movies

• Bicentenial Man
• iRobot


More Recent Movies

• Bicentenial Man
• iRobot
• Any Others?


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