Transcript Robot Web Quest

Robot Web Quest
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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 and step 2
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/robots/hazard/
Select “AVI” when selecting video media
options on Step 2…..
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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
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What is a “robot” (in general)?
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=robot
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What play did the word Robot come from?
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9063935/robot
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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 Arm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/robot2.htm
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What are the components of the robotic arm?
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What are the degrees of rotation?
Robot Questions cont’d
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How do robots move?
– http://science.howstuffworks.com/robot1.htm
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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 robot
http://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
Do you think robots will take over
the world? why?
If Robots do our everyday chores,
what will we do?
Honda’s Asimo
Explain why it is so special – in own words
List positives/negatives for robots
in industry.
• Positives:
• Negatives:
Military uses of robots – list
inventive and useful robots