The term "robot" derives from the Czech word for forced labor or servitude. It was first used in a 1920 play by Karel Capek to describe artificial workers. The document then provides definitions of a robot as a machine that can be programmed to perform human tasks, and of robotics as the study of robot design, construction, and use.

1. • The term robot derives from the
Czech word robota, meaning
forced work or compulsory
service, or robotnik, meaning
serf.
• First used to describe fabricated
workers in a fictional 1920s play
called Rossum’s Universal
Robots by Czech author Karel
Capek.
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2. What is a Robot
• The term robot derives from the
Czech word robota, meaning
forced work or compulsory
service, or robotnik, meaning
serf.
• First used to describe fabricated
workers in a fictional 1920s play
called Rossum’s Universal
Robots by Czech author Karel
Capek.
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4. Definition of a Robot
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5. Definition of a Robot
• "A reprogrammable, multifunctional
manipulator designed to move material, parts,
tools, or specialized devices through various
programmed motions for the performance of a
variety of tasks" .
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6. Definition of a Robot
• "A reprogrammable, multifunctional
manipulator designed to move material, parts,
tools, or specialized devices through various
programmed motions for the performance of a
variety of tasks" .
Or a simpler version
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7. Definition of a Robot
• "A reprogrammable, multifunctional
manipulator designed to move material, parts,
tools, or specialized devices through various
programmed motions for the performance of a
variety of tasks" .
Or a simpler version
• An automatic device that performs functions normally
ascribed to humans or a machine in the form of a
human.
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8. What is Robotics/A.I
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9. What is Robotics/A.I
• Robotics is the study of the design, construction
and use of robots.
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10. What is Robotics/A.I
• Robotics is the study of the design, construction
and use of robots.
• Artificial intelligence is the branch of computer
science that deals with writing computer
programs that can solve problems creatively;
"workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate
intelligence in computers and robots"
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12. The Purpose of Robots (Cont)
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13. The Purpose of Robots (Cont)
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14. The Purpose of Robots (Cont)
• Robots are also used for the following tasks:
• Dirty Tasks
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15. The Purpose of Robots (Cont)
• Robots are also used for the following tasks:
• Dirty Tasks
• Repetitive tasks
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16. The Purpose of Robots (Cont)
• Robots are also used for the following tasks:
• Dirty Tasks
• Repetitive tasks
• Dangerous tasks
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17. The Purpose of Robots (Cont)
• Robots are also used for the following tasks:
• Dirty Tasks
• Repetitive tasks
• Dangerous tasks
• Impossible tasks
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18. The Purpose of Robots (Cont)
• Robots are also used for the following tasks:
• Dirty Tasks
• Repetitive tasks
• Dangerous tasks
• Impossible tasks
• Robots assisting the handicapped.
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19. Robots in Exploration
• Robots are also used
extensively for
exploration.
• The hardest thing any
robot has to do is to be
able to taught how to
walk.
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20. • Industrial Robots –
–materials handling
–welding
–inspection
–improving productivity
–Laboratory
applications
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21. Types of Robots
• Industrial Robots –
–materials handling
–welding
–inspection
–improving productivity
–Laboratory
applications
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23. Types of Robots
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24. Types of Robots
• Mobile Robots
–Robots that move around on legs, tracks
or wheels.
–In 1979 a nuclear
accident in the USA
caused a leak of
radioactive
material.
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25. Types of Robots
Led to production
of
special robot
– teleoperator to
handle
the
radioactive material
• Mobile Robots
–Robots that move around on legs, tracks
or wheels.
–In 1979 a nuclear
accident in the USA
caused a leak of
radioactive
material.
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27. • Educational Robots – robotic kits are used
extensively in education. Examples are Robolab
and Lego NXT and RoboCup Soccer.
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29. First Commercial Robot
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30. First Commercial Robot
• After the 1950’s the first
commercial robot
nicknamed the
'Unimate‘, was created.
• The first Unimate was
installed at a General
Motors plant to work
with heated die-casting
machines .
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31. More Recent Movies
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32. More Recent Movies
• Bicentenial Man
• iRobot
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33. More Recent Movies
• Bicentenial Man
• iRobot
• Any Others?
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