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Shaghor Chowdhory English Presentation Group:6: What Is Robotics

This document provides an overview of robotics. It defines robotics as a field of engineering that involves mimicking human characteristics through various disciplines including mechanical, electrical, and computer science engineering. The document outlines Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, describes common types and components of robots including their structure, power source, actuation, sensing, manipulation, and locomotion. It discusses advantages of robotics in fields like medicine, education, and industry. Finally, it explores future prospects including the possibility of a robot brain by 2019 and computers/robots becoming smarter than humans.

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Shaghor Chowdhory English Presentation Group:6: What Is Robotics

This document provides an overview of robotics. It defines robotics as a field of engineering that involves mimicking human characteristics through various disciplines including mechanical, electrical, and computer science engineering. The document outlines Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, describes common types and components of robots including their structure, power source, actuation, sensing, manipulation, and locomotion. It discusses advantages of robotics in fields like medicine, education, and industry. Finally, it explores future prospects including the possibility of a robot brain by 2019 and computers/robots becoming smarter than humans.

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Shaghor Chowdhory

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Robotics Presentation
What is robotics
The word robotics is used to collectivily define a field in engineering that covers the
mimicking of various human characteristics
Sound concepts in many engineering disciplines is needed for working in this field
It find its uses in all aspects of our life
What Robot can mean?
An automatic industrial machine replacing the human in hazardous work.
An automatic mobile sweeper machine at a modern home.
An automatic toy car for a child to play with.
A machine removing mines in a war field all by itself and many more
Robotics
It is a field of Engineering that covers the mimic
king of human behavior.
Robotics includes the knowledge of Mechanical, Electronics, Electrical & Computer Science
Engineering.
Laws of Robotics
Asimov's Laws of Robotics:
The term robotics was coined in the 1940s by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov.
A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to
harm.
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such order would
conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the
First or Second Law.
WHY ROBOTICS ?

Speed.
It can work hazardous/dangerous
environment.
To perform repetitive task.
Efficiency
Accuracy
Adaptability
Types of Robot
Wheeled
Legged
Climbing
Flying
Components of ROBOTS
Structure
Power source
Actuation
Sensing
Manipulation
Locomotion
Structure
The structure of a robot is usually mostly mechanical and can be called a kinematic chain.
The chain is formed of links (its bones), actuators (its muscles), and joints which can allow
one or more degrees of freedom.
Power Supply
Suitable power supply is needed to run the motors and associated circuitry
Typical power requirement ranges from 3V to 24V DC
220V AC supply must be modified to suit the needs of our machine
Batteries can also be used to run robots

Robots are driven by different motors :DC Motors


Stepper Motors
Servo Motors
DC Motors
As the name suggests, a motor which uses a DC (Direct Current) power
Can run in both directions
Speed Controllable
Stepper Motors
Used for measured rotation
Can be held at a particular position of the shaft
Ideal for many autonomous robots requiring higher precision
Servo Motors :
Used in closed loop control systems in which work is the control variable.
An integral feedback device (resolver) or devices (encoder and tachometer) are either
incorporated within the servo motor or are remotely mounted, often on the load itself
ACTUATION
Actuators are the "muscles" of a robot, the parts which convert stored energy into
movement.
The most popular actuators are electric motors.
MANIPULATION
Robots which must work in the real world require some way to manipulate objects; pick up,
modify, destroy, or otherwise have an effect.
Thus the 'hands' of a robot are often referred to as end effectors, while the arm is referred to
as a manipulator.

Some manipulators are:


Mechanical Grippers
Vacuum Grippers

General purpose effectors


LOCOMOTION
It is concerned with the motion of the robot.
Robot contains different types of drives:Differential drive
Car type
Skid steer drive
Synchronous drive
Pivot drive
Articulated drive
DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE
ACKERMAN DRIVE
SKID STEER DRIVE
SYNCHRONOUS DRIVE
PIVOT DRIVE
ADVANTAGES
Revolution in Medical science and Health care systems.
New & wide scope in Education & Training.
A good help in Nuclear industry.
Used tremendously in Sports activities.
Play the role of an efficient assistance in Research and Development sciences.
Can very well handle household business.
FUTURE PROSPECTS
Scientists say that it is possible that a robot brain will exist by 2019 .
Vernor Vinge has suggested that a moment may come when computers and robots are
smarter than humans.
In 2009, some robots acquired various forms of semi-autonomy, including being able to find
power sources on their own.

The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence has researched on this
problem.

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