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Robotics: Across the Curriculum & Employment Sectors. E.J. Daigle Dean – Robotics & Manufacturing Dunwoody College of Technology. What is a Robot?. “A Robot is an autonomous system which exists in the physical world, can sense its environment, and act on it to achieve some goals.”
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Robotics: Across the Curriculum & Employment Sectors E.J. Daigle Dean – Robotics & Manufacturing Dunwoody College of Technology
What is a Robot? • “A Robot is an autonomous system which exists in the physical world, can sense its environment, and act on it to achieve some goals.” Mataric, M. J. (2007). The Robotics Primer: Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
The Future (Why Humanoid) • One robot, multiple processes. • Higher utilization, current robots are idle as much as 50% of the time. • Less specialization of tooling. • Use of existing infrastructure,(stairs, work surfaces, • Purchase processes(mail delivery, machine operator,dish washer, janitorial, walk dog)