Robotics pdf

• The term robot derives from theCzech word robota, meaningforced work or compulsoryservice, or robotnik, meaningserf.

• First used to describe fabricated workers in a fictional 1920s play called Rossum’s UniversalRobots by Czech author KarelCapek.

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What is a Robot• The term robot derives from the

Czech word robota, meaningforced work or compulsoryservice, or robotnik, meaningserf.

• First used to describe fabricated workers in a fictional 1920s play called Rossum’s UniversalRobots by Czech author KarelCapek.


Definition of a Robot


manipulator designed to move material, parts,tools, or specialized devices through variousprogrammed motions for the performance of avariety of tasks" .

Definition of a Robot• "A reprogrammable, multifunctional




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• An automatic device that performs functions normallyascribed to humans or a machine in the form of a human.


What is Robotics/A.I



• Robotics is the study of the design, constructionand use of robots.


science that deals with writing computerprograms that can solve problems creatively;"workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicateintelligence in computers and robots"


• Robotics is the study of the design, constructionand use of robots.

• Artificial intelligence is the branch of computer


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Dirty Tasks


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Dirty TasksRepetitive tasks


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Dangerous tasks


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Dangerous tasks

Impossible tasks


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Dangerous tasks

Impossible tasksRobots assisting the handicapped.


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Robots in Exploration• Robots are also used

extensively forexploration.

• 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–Laboratoryapplications


Types of Robots• Industrial Robots –

–materials handling–welding

–inspection

–improving productivity–Laboratoryapplications


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.


Led to production of special robot– teleoperator to handle the radioactive material

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.


• 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 robotnicknamed the

'Unimate‘, was created.• The first Unimate was

installed at a GeneralMotors plant to workwith heated die-castingmachines .


More Recent Movies


More Recent Movies

• Bicentenial Man • iRobot


More Recent Movies

• Bicentenial Man • iRobot• Any Others?


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