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Robot Web Quest Save a copy of this powerpoint – click on links or do a google search. Type your answers on the powerpoint and save it. Your Name: . Disaster.
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Robot Web QuestSave a copy of this powerpoint – click on links or do a google search. Type your answers on the powerpoint and save it. Your Name:
Disaster • Disaster has struck in the form of a bomb threat, land mine removal, and a nuclear attack. Read about the robots, watch the clips, and choose the appropriate robot for each disaster. Go to the link below and do step 1, step 2, and step 3. • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/robots/hazard/
Disaster Bots What is the name of the bomb detecting robot? What are the characteristics of this robot to make it useful for this task? What is the name of the nuclear disaster robot? What are the characteristics of this robot that make it useful for this task? What is the name of the land mine robot? What are the characteristics of this robot that make it useful for this task?
General Robotics Questions • What is a “robot” (in general)?http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=robot • What play did the word Robot come from? http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9063935/robot • What are Asimov’s three laws of Robotics? http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9063935/robot
Robotics Questions Continued Compare the human structure to the structure of a robot?http://science.howstuffworks.com/robot.htm What is the difference between automation and remote control? http://science.howstuffworks.com/robot4.htm
Robotic Armhttp://science.howstuffworks.com/robot2.htm • What are the components of the robotic arm? • What are the degrees of rotation?
Robot Questions cont’d • How do robots move? • http://science.howstuffworks.com/robot1.htm • What is the difference between and “industrial robot”, a “service robot”, and a “medical robot”?http://www.wtec.org/loyola/hci/c6_s3.htm
What is the history/future of the Mars robothttp://marsrover.nasa.gov/mission/status.html
Battle Bots – What are they? Are they truly a robot?http://science.howstuffworks.com/robot5.htm
Automotive Robots – What are they used for and why? In your own words
List positives/negatives for robots in industry. • Positives: • Negatives: