Robotics

David SokITGS

What’s a Robot

• Computer-controlled machine

• Quicker, cheaper and more accurate.

• Too dangerous or unpleasant

• The first true robot was the Digestive Duck created in 1738.

Uses of Robots

• Healthcare• Education• Military Purposes• Industrial Purposes• Household Purposes

Health Care

• Handle potentially hazardous materials• Help out in surgeries

Advantages and Disadvantages

• Does jobs more accurately• Does tasks faster than humans• Doesn’t take salary• Honesty in job, no corruption• Might self operate.• Cost a lot if have to repair.• Price of treatment will increase with the usage

of the robot.

• Creating Models• Lab equipments

Education

Cybio

Beckman

• Gives students a clearer idea of things.• Provides High-tech lab equipment.• Loosing concentration.• Cost a lot of money.• Must be taken good care of.

Advantages and Disadvantages

Military Purposes

• Bomb defusing• MIDARS• Mechanical super-fighter• Autonomous Rotorcraft

Sniper System

iRobot shooter

Landshark UGV

Advantages and Disadvantages

• They don’t get tired.• Don’t need food.• Don’t talk to their buddies.• They have no fear.• Possible of being self-sufficient• Making its own decisions• Viruses can harm them and mess up the

system and commands.

Industrial Purposes

• Cartesian Robot• Cylindrical Robot• Spherical Robot• Articulated Robot• Parallel Robot

Cartesian

Cylindrical

Spherical

Articulated

Parallel

• Performance• Accurate• Salary• Breaks• Price• Self-control• Repairing

Advantages and Disadvantages

Future Plans• Home Entertainment• Fireman• Childminder• Litter Picker• Urban soldier• Teacher• Home security guard

Bibliography

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_robot• http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.a

spx?refid=761564255• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/29/ten_jobs_th

at_robots_are_eyeing_up/print.html