Robotics

Conceptual Evolution

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Today’s Teaching Toy

Ancient Greeks

Hephaestus and his Golden Maidens

The Arab, Renaissance, and Baroque World

Clocks and clock-like Mechanisms

• Little record remains

• Some were fakes

Industrial Revolution

Automation

L. Frank Baum

Tik-Tok from the book, Oz of Ozma

Karel Capek

Rossum’s Universal Robots

Fritz Lang

Maschinenmensch

Westinghouse and the 1939 World’s Fair

Electro and Sparko

Forbidden PlanetThe Day the Earth Stood Still

Gort Robbie

Isaac Asimov

Robotics and Roboticist

George Lucas

Star Wars

What is a Robot?

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What is a Robot?

• Autonomous

• Physical

• Sense

• React

The Roboticist

• Electrical Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Logical Engineering (i.e. programming)

Benefits

• Project-based Learning

• Deeper Engagement

• STEM Education

• Four Attitudes toward Science

Examples of Robot Kits

BOEBot Mindstorms

Local Resources

• The BoRG• The Reuseum• A-Gem• Interstate Plastic• Industrial Hardware• Hobby Town• US FIRST in Boise and Meridian• Community Education

CheapBots

CheapBot Robot Controller

CheapBot Robot Controller

CheapBot Robot Controller

Examples

• Programming

• Driving

• Feedback