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Robotics. The Machine of the Future By Shelby Bowen and Elle Nelson. Types of Programming. Walk-through Also known as remote control and is also used as a teach pendant. Lead-through A skilled person leads a robot through learning steps. Types of Robots. First Generation
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Robotics The Machine of the Future By Shelby Bowen and Elle Nelson
Types of Programming • Walk-through • Also known as remote control and is also used as a teach pendant. • Lead-through • A skilled person leads a robot through learning steps.
Types of Robots • First Generation • Are not equipped with sensors • Second Generation • Are equipped with sensors • Automata • Only do one repeated task over and over again • Micro Robots • Are used for medical diagnosis
Parts of Robots • Manipulator • The arm of the robot • End-Effector • grippers • Sensors • Touch sensors help detect obstacles • Sonar detectors are used to help mobile robots avoid obstacles • Computer • The brain of the robot
Uses for Robots • Education • Program language called LOGO • Industry • More effective than humans • Medical field • Medical diagnosis • Space program • Space exploration
Three Laws of RoboticsWritten by Isaac Asimov • A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human to be harmed. • A robot must obey orders a human being gives unless they conflict with the first law. • A robot must protect its own existence unless that conflicts with the first or second laws.
Facts • Jacquet-Droz invented a writing doll. • The word robot was first used in the play “RUR” • Robots cannot think for themselves. • More robots are used in Japan in industry. • 90% of all robots are found in factories. • Robots do everything from cleaning up nuclear waste to traveling to Mars.
Cye • Cye was the classroom robot for the Robotics module.