Introduction to Robots

Introduction to Robots

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Agenda:

• Define what a robot is and what they are capable of doing• Understand the history of robots and robotics• Describe the various types of robots• Learn how to get started building your own robot• Learn how to create a robotics league in your library

Hello. I am a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer. This is changing, however.

I am sometimes called an automaton, android, droid, etc. I am not planning to take over the world!

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots.

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• Faster and more efficient• Can work in hazardous environments• Do repetitive tasks• More accurate• Don’t complain

Why?

Types of Robots by Application

• Industrial• Domestic• Medical• Service• Military• Entertainment• Space• Hobby/Competition

Source: http://goo.gl/c7Ebf

Types of Robots by Locomotion

• Stationary• Wheeled• Legged• Swimming• Flying• Mobile• Swarm

Source: http://goo.gl/c7Ebf

Image source: http://goo.gl/E1tPXn

Missing?

ED 209

Man Tinplate

Automata

The guards robots SentinelOptimus Prime

My Favorites

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Image source: http://goo.gl/r51AWg Leonardo da Vinci’s robot, ca. 1495

History of Robots

Natural Language Processing

• Car User Interface (CUI?)• Voice biometrics• How do we interact with connected devices?• How WILL we interact with connected devices?

• App based? Too many apps for one device (e.g., Philips Hue)• Sentient? • Hello Natural Language!

• Internet of Things (IoT) will capture, track, and share data• Artificial Intelligence

• Turing Test

Digital Assistants

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More info: http://goo.gl/xxZQGx

Do wearable computers play a role in any of this?

Face Cloning is enhancing the realism of animatronic robots by combining motion capture technology with 3D printing.

Source: http://goo.gl/HKr5ce

Robots are coming to take our jobs. We should be happy!

It isn’t a race against the machines. We will lose. It is a race WITH the machines.

90% of your coworkers will be unseen machines and most of what you do will not be possible without them (e.g., discovery tools etc.).

Robots will help humans discover new jobs for ourselves; new tasks that expand who we are and let us focus on BEING HUMAN.

The fewer humans who touch our cars as they are being built THE BETTER.

Every time you click on a search button you are telling a robot to do something that humans cannot do.

The human assignment will be to keep creating jobs for robots to do. This will never be finished so we will always have 1 job!

Building/Programming Robots

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3 generations of LEGO MINDSTORMS

1998: LEGO MINDSTORMS (RCX) 2006: LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2013: LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3

LEGO Mindstorms NXT MindCuber

Build it! http://goo.gl/3Urx4V

LEGO info: http://goo.gl/00hMUv

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Complete family of EV3 Components

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EV3 motor/sensor

NXT motor/sensor

Programming

EV3 software

NXT software

Download EV3 Software at http://goo.gl/Cvwyy6 and then learn to program at http://goo.gl/BfZ8CZ!

https://code.google.com/p/nxt-python/

More info: https://goo.gl/bI9jd2

More info: https://goo.gl/tTM8HL

Robotic Story Time! Build it! http://goo.gl/nei4Yl

education.lego.com

Boe-Bot: Learn electronics, programming, and robotics all in one!

More info: https://goo.gl/r18lRr .com/user/ParallaxInc http://forums.parallax.com/forum.php

Cubelets – modular robotics

Download: http://goo.gl/Sw29SE

Cubelets Studio

RoboSapien

Images: http://goo.gl/gRF32R and http://goo.gl/BFlLcT

Create a Robot League

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms

jrfllteams@usfirst.org fllteams@usfirst.org ftcteams@usfirst.org frcteams@usfirst.org

More info: http://goo.gl/0WLmYp

• Team registration opens in May. It is $225. Can register late too!

• After you register a Regional Partner will contact you.

• We already have a LEGO Mindstorms robot kit, so that is $0.

• Field setup kit (obstacles etc.) $75

• The challenge starts in August.

• No more than 10 kids per team.

What are you doing?

By Mr. Bungle, direct link: https://youtu.be/CJBleJJZixs

None of Them Knew They Were Robots

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