Transcript Engineering Robots - University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Nancy L. Boyle
Agenda
• Robot Design
• Presentation
• Video
• Learning Check
• Wrap Up
Robot Knowledge
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Your definition of a robot?
Where does the word “robot” originate from?
How many years have robots been around?
Do all robots move?
What jobs field are robots used in?
Name the 5 main parts of a robot and their function?
Compare/Contrast the robot functions to humans.
Asimo the robot demo 2011
What is a robot?
•The word robot comes from a Czech word “ robota” with
means forced work.
•A robot is any machine that moves and performs a task
without any human help by sensing and acting on information.
•A robots basic abilities are 1. movement 2. senses
3. artificial intelligence.
•Robots go any where people cannot fit or if it is too dangerous
for humans.
•Scientist disagree whether an intelligent robot can be built.
•Most are meant to replace human work.
Robots take many forms…
Robots do work that is
dirty.
Robots do work that is dull.
Spot-welding robot
Roomba-robotic vacuum cleaner
2008 by Robotworx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robotworx-spot-weldingrobot.jpg
Robots take many forms…
Robots do work that is
dangerous.
Mars “Spirit” Rover
NASA image
Bomb disposal robot
This Image was released by the United States
Navy with the ID 041026-N-1825E-041
Robots can be complex…
Kismet is a talking
robot made at
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
(MIT)
Kismet can make facial
expressions!
© Photo: Wikimedia Commons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisme
t_%28robot%29
Robots can be simple…
CEENBoT
Modern robots
•Modern robots are only about 40 years old.
•Robots are not the androids that we see on the movies
because
they are not thinking machines.
•The first industrial robot was used by GM to stack hot
metal parts.
•Today robots are encountered through our daily lives.
The future of robots
•Nano technology in the medical field is expanding
rapidly.
•Perhaps by 2030 robots will be smarter then humans
as experts have predicted.
•Some experts believe by 2035 that robots will be able to
cook and clean your house.
•The Robo Cup Project expects to beat the human team
for the world soccer championship by 2050.
•More then 3,000 people are working in different
countries towards the Robo Cup project.
The real challenge
The robot evolution is presenting
challenges not only in inventing the
robots, but also to spread the wealth of
a robotic workforce evenly; while
discovering new jobs for humans.
Did You Know?
Watch this video for interesting facts about technology
today….
What is a robot?
A. A machine
that has the
ability to
think for its
self
B. A machine
How long do you think
that can
it will take before a
move and do
computer will be
two or more
able to out think
What do you think you tasks with
What do Robots do?
the average
will be when you out human
human?
get older?
What country employs
help
A. 12 years
the most
C. A machine
B. 4 years
engineers?
that can
C. 24 years
move
More information will A. China Which country will
be created in this B. America
soon be the #1
year then in the C. Europe
English speaking How many cell phones
were bought in 2011
past __ years
country in the
alone?
combined?
world?
A. 1.3 million
A. 20
A. America
B. 472 million
B. 1,000
B. Brazil
C. 1.1 billion
C. 5,000
C. China
Learning Check
How many jobs
do you
expect to
have in
your life
time?
A. 1-5
B. 5-10
C. 10-15
Works Cited:
Bridgman, R. (2004). Robot. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley).
Fisch, K. (2007; updated 2012, February ). Did you know? Shift Happens.
Centennial, Colorado, USA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE.
Group, J. P. (2010). Robotics Research Group. Retrieved from University of
Texas at Austin:
http://www.robotics.utexas.edu/rrg/learn_more/history/
Group, T. T. (2011, November 8). Honda show off new faster, smarter
Asimo robot. The Telegraph. London, England, United Kingdom:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technologyvideo/8877806/Honda-show-off-new-faster-smarter-Asimorobot.html.
Murray, S. (2004). Mars. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley).