CIS 115

Lecture 27: Robotics

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Unimate - 1961

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Industrial Robots - 1983

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Space Exploration

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Robot Uses

• Industry
• Healthcare
• Space Exploration
• Search & Rescue
• Military
• Entertainment
• Travel
• Foodservice
• Agriculture
• Human Assistance
• Education
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Communications
• Law Enforcement
• Sanitation

Robot Uses

• Industry
• Healthcare
• Space Exploration
• Search & Rescue
• Military
• Entertainment
• Travel
• Foodservice
• Agriculture
• Human Assistance
• Education
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Communications
• Law Enforcement
• Sanitation

Almost Everywhere!

Related Fields

• Artificial Intelligence
• Speech Processing
• Cybernetics
• Boolean Logic
• Controls
• Circuits
• Mechatronics
• Nanoengineering
• Optics
• Telecom
• Networking
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Military Science
• Philosophy
• Ethics
• Industrial Engineering
• Dynamics
• Kinematics
• Automation
• Healthcare
• Geology

Related Fields

• Artificial Intelligence
• Speech Processing
• Cybernetics
• Boolean Logic
• Controls
• Circuits
• Mechatronics
• Nanoengineering
• Optics
• Telecom
• Networking
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Military Science
• Philosophy
• Ethics
• Industrial Engineering
• Dynamics
• Kinematics
• Automation
• Healthcare
• Geology

Almost Everything!

Discussion Time

Which jobs do you think will be performed by robots in the next 50 years?

Difficulty: Try to list jobs no one else will think of!

Discussion Time

Which jobs do you think will NOT be performed by robots in the next 50 years?

Why?

Difficulty: Try to list jobs no one else will think of!

Assignments

• Blog 13: Design a Robot - Due 5/4 10PM
• Scratch Game Project - Due 5/5 10PM
  
• Wiki Final Version - Due 5/8 10PM

Blog 13 - Design a Robot

In the lecture on robotics, we talked about many examples of how robots are shaping the world we live in today. Based on what you have learned i this class, design a robot that you think would be useful or interesting to you. Some things you can include:

• What would your robot look like? Would it be human-like or based more on the function (like a roomba for example)?
• What would your robot be capable of doing? What wouldn't it be able to do?
• Are there robots today that are doing these tasks? Are those robots good at what they do?
• How comfortable would you be allowing robots to take over many daily tasks in your life?

Activity - Robots!

Enchanting

• Based on Scratch
• Works with LEGO Mindstorms NXT
• Contains several example projects

Installing Enchanting

http://enchanting.robotclub.ab.ca/

Download and install on a laptop

Getting Started

Configuring

Tells the program you are done describing the robot and are ready to begin giving it directions

Driving

Writing Programs

Make sure you include Stop All

Running Programs

• Green Flag - Run while connected
  • Careful: it must stay connected to your computer!
• Blue Arrow - Updload to Robot
  • Go to Files > Enchanting.nx on robot
• Stop Sign - Stop all programs

Robot Tasks

1. Park in garage
2. Make 2 laps on track before going off course
   • Bonus: Make as many laps as you can before going off course
3. Make 2 laps and start/stop on finish line