DMRobotics » Definitions http://dmrobots.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:49:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Robot and Robotics what are they? http://dmrobots.edublogs.org/2008/02/10/robot-and-robotics-what-are-they/ http://dmrobots.edublogs.org/2008/02/10/robot-and-robotics-what-are-they/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:26:11 +0000 dmrobots http://dmrobots.edublogs.org/2008/02/10/robot-and-robotics-what-are-they/ What is a Robot? 
 A robot is a mechatronic construction, that is, a construction of mechanical, electrical, and electronic components, which is capable of autonomous or semi-autonomous operation towards a function or goal specified by the builder or programmer.  Tele-operated machines with no internal programming or algorithms do not qualify as robots, nor do machines acting without human intervention but in an essentially random fashion, as in a cleaning “robot” that cleans a room by bumping off all the walls and obstacles repeatedly until the majority of the room has been covered.  Most true robots have sensors that allow them to detect details of their environment, and change their behavior accordingly.  Pick-and-place and other industrial robots define the bottom threshold of true robots as they are capable of autonomous operation towards a function, but do so with essentially no intelligence, merely acting out programmed instructions.

Credits to: Dr. John Steele
Office: BB247
Phone Number: 303-273-3663
Email: jsteele@mines.edu

Grader / TA:
Matt Krugman
Office: BB292
Phone Number: 303-273-3717
Email: mkrugman@mines.edu

http://www.mines.edu/fs_home/jsteele/400/web/Definitions/RobotDefinitions.html

 Robotics can be defined as:

The development of reprogrammable, multiformation manipulators that can be programmed to do several differing tasks without human assistance.

Credits to:www.nanohand.eu/index.php

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