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(Lol, just kidding)( If it weren’t for those guys, we wouldn’t be here ^ ^) .

Since then, evolution of robotics has greatly evolved around the world. Improving, changing, and growing. Robotics has evolved to what we see now….

(Anyways…ahem…)• Early Robotics dates back to the Greek guys

who were responsible for all the math we gotta deal with today.

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” -

Vince Lombardi

Robotics Programming

A Robot’s brains

Ancient Greek Records say that the Greek Mathematician Archyras of Tarentum created a mechanical “bird” sometime around 500 BC. This so-called bird is noted as the first robot in ancient history prior to the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution.

Class Details for Fall 2011: CIS 112- Robotics Programming

The student will be introduced to Programming a 360 degree 5 axis articulating arm via the Industry Standard SmartTerminal hand held computer and the PC interface. The student will learn all the basic physical parts of the system. Additionally, the student will learn to utilize many of the 150 programming language commands to manipulate the robot to do work in three dimensional work space over time. Furthermore, the student will learn and implement Industry Standard Robotic Safety Standards in the work place.

Days and Time: MWF 11am -12pm

Where: Building 500, Room 503

Credits: 3Prerequisites: CIS 001

What we do:

• In CIS 112, we write programs for a robot in the 500 building, and have mini-field trips to the CTE Building (Career Technical Education, 1800), and test it on the only robot on campus, The Pegasus. It’s simply a robot arm that 360 degrees of motion, has a claw and a moving platform. You’ll be graded on what kind of things you can make it do.• Controlling The Pegasus can be easy or hard, that part’s up to you. The Pegasus is on a track that slides left to right, and the arm can reach out to pick something up. It can be coded and can animated like a cartoon.

The Pegasus

The Pegasus Science Lab

Uses in Industry

• The UNIVAC started industrial robotics when it was invented in 1961. It used the COBOL Programming language that was invented in 1958.

• Since the invention of the UNIVAC, robotic assembly lines are now used in most industrial plants; especially in car plants.

Uses in Medical Fields

• The uses of medical Robotics are mostly in prosthetic limbs, robotic replacement for limbs that were lost in wars or fatal accidents.

• Currently robotic surgeons are the biggest advancement in medical robotics. • Another , but futuristic use for it would be for curing deadly diseases such as

Cancer and STD’s using microscopic robots, which come from a field called Nanorobotics.

Uses in Law Enforcement and Military

• Military and Law Enforcement have had experimental robots in the past.

• It may seem fictional, but robots in military or police do exist. The SWORDS Robot is like an RC Soldier used by the military. The police and FBI have bomb-disposal robots in their bomb squads that consists of an arm and camera rolling around on treads or wheels.

SWORDS Robot Metal Gear RAY (From the Metal Gear Solid Series)

Bomb-Disposal Robot

American Robotics and its publicity• Robotics flourished in American

public in the early 60’s till the mid 90’s, where most people would attempt building their own robots during the late 80’s till the early 90’s.

Robotics made its public comeback when MIT created a prototype AI and tested it on the stuffed toys called Furby. MIT’s test was a success, even though most people were driven to the brink of insanity due to the Furby’s limited speech.

• Even though robotics has faded to a mythical legend in American modern public, the ideas of it survive in Cinema, Japanese Anime, Japanese Tokusatsu, and Books.

• Currently, robotics is close to making a solid comeback thanks to the economic crisis in America. While it has thrived for years around the world in Business and industry, it has gone public again. The LEGO Company, with cooperation from MIT, created the LEGO Mindstorms building sets, which lets you create and program your own robots. LEGO Mindstorms has its own programming language, but it can use other languages such as Visual Basic, JAVA, and C#.

• Another comeback for robotics was the invention of the Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner. The Roombas have been released in over 7 different models and continue to be used in households.

Robotics Today

• Other countries have made advancements of robotics. Japan, China, and Vietnam.

• Asimo was built by Honda Industries in Japan 2000 (Right)• TOPIO 3.0 was built by The TOSY Company in 2006 (Left)

Uses in Everyday Life in other Countries

TOPIO 3.0 ASIMO

Final Words

• Remember that’s:

CIS 112- Intro To Robotics Programming CRN: 80881 Credits: 3 Professor: Dr. Wylie Days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday Time: 11am – 12pm

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• SilenceArtist: Hip TanakaAlbum: Metroid OST

Prologue Song:

• Transformers EVO Artist: JAM Project Anime: Transformers Animated (Japanese OP)

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