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(Robotics)
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Robot [ro-bot]
(especially in science fiction) a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically.
"the robot closed the door behind us"
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"the robot closed the door behind us"
Similar: automaton android machine golem bot droid
Robotics [rō-'bä-tiks]
The technology that deals with the design, construction and operation of robots.Robots are used everywhere from work to home. These machines can do work too dangerous for humans, help around the house, or can be used just for fun.
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History of Robots
The history of robotics has its origins in the ancient world. The modern concept began to be developed with the onset of the Industrial Revolution, which allowed the use of complex mechanics, and the subsequent introduction of electricity. This made it possible to power machines with small compact motors. Wikipedia
The WIRED
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A Brief History of Our Robotic Future | Robots & Us | WIREDArtificial intelligence and automation stand to upend nearly every aspect of modern life, from transportation to health care and even work. So how did we get here and where are we going?
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National Robotics Week
National Robotics Week (RoboWeek) is a series of grassroots events and activities during the month of April aimed at increasing public awareness of the strength and importance of the U.S. robotics industry and of the tremendous...
Leading Roboticists Discuss the Importance of National Robotics Week
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of National Robotics Week, we asked a group of leading roboticists and artificial intelligence (AI) experts to reflect the importance of exposing students to STEM concepts (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and how parents, educators and business leaders can help foster students’ interest in robotics.
Special thanks to the participants of the video:
Special thanks to the participants of the video:
- Colin Angle, chairman and CEO, iRobot
- Rodney Brooks, Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus), MIT
- Kate Darling, researcher, MIT Media Lab
- Dr. Ayanna Howard, professor and chair, Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing
- Mark Palatucci, co-founder, head of Cloud AI and Machine Learning, Anki
- Ian Bernstein, founder and head of product, Misty Robotics
Educational (interactive) Robots
List of popular educational electronic kits:Makey MakeyAn Invention Kit for Everyone. Ever played Mario on Play-Doh or Piano on Bananas? Alligator clip to start inventing the future.
The Makey Makey Invention Literacy Workshop for Educators is a fun hands-on learning experience where you'll learn how to teach Invention Literacy, Making, and Design Thinking using the award winning Makey Makey invention kit. We explore how to teach circuits and conductivity using Makey Makeys and then put our skills to use designing inventions! Participants learn best practices and gain access to a multimedia training website that can be used later when working with your students or training others. Find a workshop near you http://makeymakey.com/education/#enroll
littleBitslittleBits is a hands-on learning system of electronic building blocks that allows students of all ages to create with technology.
Our snap-together Bits are easy to use and simple to understand, no prior experience required. Our STEAM solutions are gender neutral, scalable across Grades 3-12, and suitable for cross-curricular instruction. EXPLORE KITS
Raspberry PiThe Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based charity that works to put the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people all over the world. We do this so that more people are able to harness the power of computing and digital technologies for work, to solve problems that matter to them, and to express themselves creatively.
Raspberry Pi 4: your new $35 computerIntroducing #RaspberryPi4: your tiny, dual-display, desktop computer…and robot brains, smart home hub, media centre, networked AI core, factory controller, and much more
ELENCOSnap Circuits (ELENCO)
ArduinoAn open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for anyone making interactive projects.
TED: How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination | Massimo Banzihttp://www.ted.com
Massimo Banzi helped invent the Arduino, a tiny, easy-to-use open-source microcontroller that's inspired thousands of people around the world to make the coolest things they can imagine -- from toys to satellite gear. Because, as he says, "You don't need anyone's permission to make something great." chibitronicsChibitronics makes circuit stickers and other tools for paper circuits, which blends circuit building and programming with arts and crafts. It’s a friendly way to learn, design and create your own electronics.
Cubelets, by modroboticsCubelets made by Modular Robotics in Boulder, Colorado, USA. http://www.modrobotics.com By combining Sense, Think and Act Cubelets, kids and adults can create simple reconfigurable robots that exhibit surprisingly complex behavior. Cubelets are magnetic blocks that can be snapped together to make an endless variety of robots with no programming and no wires. You can build robots that drive around on a tabletop, respond to light, sound, and temperature, and have surprisingly lifelike behavior. But instead of programming that behavior, you snap the cubelets together and watch the behavior emerge like with a flock of birds or a swarm of bees. Buy Cubelets at: http://www.modrobotics.com/cubelets Twitter at: http://twitter.com/modrobotics Facebook at: http://facebook.com/modrobotics
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Modular Robots
'self-reconfiguring'
Modular self-reconfiguring robotic systems or self-reconfigurable modular robots are autonomous kinematic machines with variable morphology. Wikipedia
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Metamorphosis by a self-reconfigurable robot, M-TRAN III at AIST (made by H. Kurokawa)
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TEDx Front Range - Eric Schweikardt (Modular Robotics) - Emergent BehaviorsEric Schweikardt from Modular Robotics speaks on emergent behaviors that arise when students play/interact with robot blocks and what this can tell us about promise.
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Modern Robots
Robot - WikipediaJump to Modern autonomous robots - The first electronic autonomous robots with complex ... Modern incarnations of Walter's turtles may be found ...
NOVA | Rise of the Robots | PBSWatch the full-length episode at "http://www.pbs.org/video/2365670738/?..." (US Only) How will human-like robots change our future and how we see ourselves?
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PBS NewsHour - Second machine age' will require more human creativityRobotic technology is increasingly infiltrating our everyday world, and as robots become more capable of human labor, people will likely have to develop new skills for new jobs. Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to Erik Brynjolfsson and Andy McAfee, who argue in their new book, "The Second Machine Age," that we are facing a radical new industrial revolution.
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Mobile Robots
A mobile robot is a robot that is capable of locomotion. Mobile robotics is usually considered to be a subfield of robotics and information engineering. Mobile robots have the capability to move around in their environment and are not fixed to one physical location. Wikipedia
STANLEY INNOVATION INSIGHTS12 of the Most Innovative and Groundbreaking Mobile Robots
Hub - AethonMobile robots for Industry 4.0. Welcome to a brand new industrial revolution.
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The Robot Report6 noteworthy developments in mobile robots from 2019By Kayla Matthews | December 15, 2019
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Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in Action
Automate your material transport duties with autonomous mobile robots. Watch how SEIT robots transport materials safely and efficiently. To see how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV7T0... AMR vs. AGV. What are the differences?: http://milvusrobotics.com/blog/amr-vs... Industry 4.0, Smart Factories and Autonomous Mobile Robots: http://milvusrobotics.com/blog/indust...
Mobile robots use articulated chassis design for teaching mechatronicsTexas A & M student Urbane Martinez talks about how compass and GPS modules are used to teach principles of mechatronics by means of remotely controlled vehicles that look a little like miniature-scale monster trucks.
Visual Teach & Repeat Navigation for Mobile Robots | Warthog UGVThe Visual Teach and Repeat (VT&R) Package is a vision-based outdoor navigation package designed for research and application development. The kit enables a robot to be taught an outdoor path, and then reliably and accurately repeat that path in environments using only a stereo camera. VT&R is capable of navigating GPS-denied environments and can handle a degree of changing lighting or weather conditions.
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Clever Autonomy for Mobile Robots - KUKA Navigation SolutionMore information about KUKA's mobile platforms at https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products/m... Mobile heavy-duty platforms, transport systems for internal logistics or flexible production assistants: anyone looking for mobile robots or platforms will find what they need at KUKA. This video highlights how fully autonomous operation can be implemented, using autonomous navigation systems. The KUKA “mobility” portfolio offers a wide range of mobile systems with numerous variants for all conceivable dimensions. The Mecanum wheel system ensures maximum freedom of motion and is predestined for transporting even heavy loads with the utmost precision. The mobile platforms and transport systems from KUKA are available both with and without KUKA robots and for different sizes and payloads. In this way, they can be customized to meet many different customer requirements. In the aerospace and automotive industries and in many other branches of industry: it has never been simpler to integrate autonomous robots and mobile platforms quickly, precisely and reliably into cells and systems. The KUKA “mobility” portfolio also offers with omnidirectional mobile systems for internal logistics. When it comes to direct cooperation between humans and machines or between humans and mobile platforms, rigid boundaries are being dispensed with – both parties work hand in hand, paving the way for the fourth industrial revolution: “Industry 4.0”.
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Industrial Robots
An industrial robot is a robot system used for manufacturing. Industrial robots are automated, programmable and capable of movement on three or more axis. Wikipedia
PBS NewsHour - Do labor-saving robots spell doom for American workers?
The onslaught of automation that's replacing human workers -- from golf caddies to bank tellers -- may be putting us on a path to humanitarian crisis, says Jerry Kaplan, author of "Humans Need Not Apply." As technology grows and jobs become obsolete, income inequality and poverty could follow for millions of Americans. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. View the full story/transcript: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/labor-...
PBS NewsHour - Are we on the brink of a jobless future?Futurologists have been predicting the automation armageddon -- robots replacing human workers -- for decades. Has the future finally arrived? Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Silicon Valley to talk with leading tech thinkers and computer scientists about whether humanity is at a tipping point.
NOVA | Meet the Robots at AmazonWill robots take over the world? Most researchers don’t think so. But how about our jobs?
Top 5 Industrial Robots you must see
0:00 ABB IRB 1660ID High performance ID robot for arc welding and machine tending - http://new.abb.com/products/robotics/...
3:16 KUKA KR AGILUS compact six-axis robot - https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products/r... 4:49 KUKA autonomous LBR iiwa - https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products/m... 6:20 DAIHEN SynchroFeed Ultra-Low-Spatter Robotic Welding - http://www.daihen-usa.com/product-cat... 9:39 Yaskawa Motoman YMR12 mobile robotics platform - https://www.motoman.com/ |
PBS NewsHour - Will your job get outsourced to a robot?It's not just basic tasks anymore: Computers can now do work once deemed possible only by humans. And in some cases, the computers are doing it better. In an economy driven increasingly by intelligent automation, which jobs will survive? Hari Sreenivasan reports. Read the transcript: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/will-j...
PBS NewsHour - This autonomous robot can build an IKEA chair in less than 21 minutesArtificial intelligence has mastered something that humankind has failed at, repeatedly. An autonomous robot, designed by mechanical engineers in Singapore, can now assemble an IKEA chair from scratch without a manual in less than 21 minutes. Such a feat has been described as the “equivalent of the moon landings for robotics” because the skills required are straightforward but immensely complex. Damn those wooden dowels! And it illustrates the tremendous distance that automated systems robots have traveled in a short period time. The study was published Wednesday in Science Robotics. For more: https://to.pbs.org/2JVjSRa
Top 10 Industrial Robots
Advanced industrial robots that are used to paint cars, store products or recycle materials.
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Service Robots
Service robots assist human beings, typically by performing a job that is dirty, dull, distant, dangerous or repetitive, including household chores. They typically are autonomous and/or operated by a built-in control system, with manual override options. Wikipedia
NOVA | Softer, More Human Robots | PBS
Robots made entirely out of soft materials could be real game-changers. They could integrate more easily with human activities ranging from the ordinary to the exceptional. A group of engineers at Carnegie Mellon University is working to make such soft robots a hard reality.
PBS NewsHour - Meet a robot offering care and companionship to seniorsIn our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a Northern Virginia startup is using new technology and a sense of humor to care for the elderly. The NewsHour’s Teresa Carey reports.
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National Science Foundation - Researchers develop modular robots that can autonomously adapt to changing environment.In this week’s episode, we test a new breed of drones that can navigate without GPS; we explore changing terrain with shapeshifting autonomous robots, and finally, we examine a new 3D bioprinting technique that could someday create artificial blood vessels and organ tissue. Check it out!
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Collaborative Robots
'Cobots'
Cobots, or collaborative robots, are robots intended to interact with humans in a shared space or to work safely in close proximity. Cobots stand in contrast to traditional industrial robots which are designed to work autonomously with safety assured by isolation from human contact. Wikipedia
PBS NewsHour - Will Small Step for Robots Lead to Giant Leap for Robotkind?
How close are we to being replaced by robots? NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on efforts being made to build robots that are eerily similar to humans.
This Collaborative Robot Works Alongside Humans to Increase ProductivityFeb.10 -- Rethink Robotics designs collaborative industrial robots that work alongside people. Bloomberg Technology visits the Boston-based startup and speaks with its founder and robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks.
COBOTS enables Xiamen Runner Industrial Corporation to achieve flexible manufacturing [2020]One of the world’s largest manufacturers of bathroom accessories and auto parts, Xiamen Runner Industrial Corporation in China, has installed 64 UR cobots to upgrade the efficiency of the production process by establishing a highly-efficient, flexible, and reliable production line. The UR robots are installed in 10 different applications ranging from injection molding machine tending, gas testing and product assembly. Cobots are more flexible and easier to install than traditional industrial robots. Learn more about collaborative robot technology on our website. https://www.universal-robots.com/prod...
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Big Ideas 2019: Collaborative Robots | ARK InvestListen as ARK Analyst Sam Korus breaks down one of our "Big Ideas" for 2019: Collaborative Robots. Watch the full Big Ideas 2019 video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgkXz...
TEDxPeachtree: The next frontier in robotics: social, collaborative robots | Andrea ThomazRoboticist Andrea Thomaz gives us an under-the-hood peak at what is coming in the field of Robotics where robots will eventually be able to function and collaborate with humans as naturally as humans do with each other in social situations. Andrea Thomaz knows robots. Her work developing robots that don't need programming to perform every task and that can collaborate side by side with humans as assistants, domestic help, etc. has been recognized by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. Her work with social robots “Simon” and “Curi” has been featured in the New York Times and on NOVA Science Now. In 2012, Thomaz was named to Popular Science Magazine’s “Brilliant 10” and she was named an “Innovator under 35” by MIT Technology Review in 2009. She is an Associate Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Tech and director of the Socially Intelligent Machines lab. She earned a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999, and Sc.M. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT in 2002 and 2006. Thomaz has published in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Human-Robot Interaction. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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Robots in Society
PBS Space Time - Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination | PBS Digital Studios
We’ll soon be capable of building self-replicating robots. This will not only change humanity’s future but reshape the galaxy as we know it.
Emotions Could Save Your Job From RobotsIn the latest installment of our Future of Work series, Miles O’Brien visits MIT’s Interactive Robotics Laboratory to understand the “new species” of robots scientists are designing to work alongside humans safely. Though the devices often excel at repetitive tasks, will they be able to function just as well in dynamic environments, such as the faced-paced world of health care?
NOVA scienceNOW | Friendly Robots Slide Show | PBSCynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group at the MIT Media Lab, builds some of the world's most sociable robots. In this slide show, she introduces a few of her favorite non-human companions.
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PBS NewsHour - What will a future with robots look like?Automated technology already consumes much of society, from robotic arms working in factories to artificial intelligence used in homes. The next step could be programming ethics and morality into systems, creating a robot-human future. David Ewing Duncan, a science journalist and author, spoke with Hari Sreenivasan about his newest book, “Talking to Robots: Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures."
3 Friendly Robots Improving Our Social Lives
You might think of robots as unfeeling, and maybe even kind of cold, but some robots are specifically programmed to help people improve their social skills and emotional health. Here are a few that might make really good pals!
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American robotics companies
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Boston Dynamics
Our mission is to build the most advanced robots on Earth, with remarkable mobility, agility, dexterity and speed. For more information about Boston Dynamics and our robots, visit us at www.BostonDynamics.com
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Learn more about ROBOTS...
Modern Robotics: Introduction to the Lightboard
This is a video supplement to the book "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control," by Kevin Lynch and Frank Park, Cambridge University Press 2017. See http://modernrobotics.org for information on the book, free software, and other materials.
This video introduces the Lightboard, a convenient tool that was used to generate the videos for "Modern Robotics."
This video introduces the Lightboard, a convenient tool that was used to generate the videos for "Modern Robotics."
- Playlist for all book videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
- YouTube channel with all playlists: https://www.youtube.com/user/kevinl2145
- Wiki for the book, including software and other supplements: http://modernrobotics.org
- Modern Robotics is now a series of online courses on Coursera! https://www.coursera.org/specializati...