robots by erik brandt asimo from honda robots in general are machines that are also independent...
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Robots in General
• Are machines that are also independent beings
•Are especially made for doing jobs too boring, difficult, or dangerous for humans to do
• P2 from Honda
• Few resemble the human like robots that appear in works of science fiction
• These are called humanoid robots
Robot History
•Term robot was fist used by a Czech man named Karel Capek for his play R.U.R.
•Comes from the Czech word “robota”
•Other film makers and playwrights used the term in their own productions
• Coco is a test robot
•scientists then created small robots programmed for very simple tasks
• but scientists still wanted to create humanoid robots, and succeeded
•Scientists then wanted to give these robots emotions, and succeeded again
• Dante II walking into an active volcano
• Cog is a highly developed humanoid robot
Robots in Science Fiction
• C-3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars
• Robbie from The Forbidden Planet
• The Terminator
• These are a few examples of the humanoid robot images of science fiction
Robot Movement• When they act, they must first do a three step process to actually complete the task at hand
• First step is to sense their environment
• The second step is to think up a plan in their computer that somehow gets their task accomplished
• Urbie the urban robot is used to inspect dangerous urban areas
• Third step is to execute the plan
• Robots must follow the plan EXACTLY or the result could be hazardous
• Robot soccer
• Kismet is an emotional robot, but is never sad
Robot Sight• Most have very poor sight
• Sight comes in two forms: edge detection and pixel
• Edge detection works by the robot tracing all edges in its view on its computer • Notice Asimo’s large eyes.
The reason for this is that it can see in a wider range.
• Pixel vision is when the robot sees in little squares called pixels
• Pixels are usually to large to make any details noticeable
Robot Hearing
• To create this, the scientists must recreate the way the cilia in an ear work
• The problem is that they have to use metal to do so
Robot Touch
• Robot needs sensitive metal to achieve a sense of touch
• Robot needs to know what they have contacted
A Robot’s Computer
• All information of sight, hearing, touch, and everything else must be processed
• Computer must be very intelligent and able to store lots of data