ROBOTICS IN ACTION

By: Russell Southard

DEFINITION OF ROBOTICS

I define a robot as a machine that

performs a repetitive, complex, and/or

dangerous task that is automated or

executes the task on command.

TASKS Industrial Automation Hazardous environment stuff Unmanned Flight

TASK 1-INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION Robots are used in an industrial setting to reduce

the company’s work force. They also can perform inhuman feats such as human lifting and high temperature manufacturing. Here, we have a plasma cutter robot, which can perform its task more accurately and efficiently than humans.

APPLICATION Robots can fly unmanned into

dangerous skies. Unmanned robots put no allied lives at risk, as they are unmanned. Robots can guide themselves and target enemies on their own.

ROBOTIC DETAIL This plane shown is a unmanned

airplane that holds the record for the longest unmanned flight. It is called the Zephyr High Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)