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Robotics
This branch of technology deals with the design, development, operation, structural disposition and application of robots. Robotics is related to other sciences including software, mechanics and engineering. Current robots have the capability to move and speak.
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An under watter robot is a robot that is watter resistant and is sent down to do a job that people can't do.
How will life be different in twenty years?
it will be different because there will be robots and a whole lot more in the future
Mario Luiz Robotio invented Robots in 1923, the first robot he invented was MLR-142 he made 6 of them and sold them 100 euros. MLR took 13 years to build and it took 309 engineers and 120 builders. MLR was probably the most unbelievable thing the world had seen. Mario got so rich from selling all his robots he made a company called, MRC. It was the most successful business the 20th Century had ever seen. On 16th November 1966 Mario Died of Lung Cancer. But since he had no children or a wife, the company died with him. Buried next to him in Rome Grand Cemetry is the 1st ever robot, the 1st ever MLR-142. Mario would have been 100 years old 1st January 2007.
There is no real need for robots. However, they do make many people's lives easier, and have enabled humans to do things they never could have done without robots.
How do you make a giant robot that is self thinking?
There is not a way yet to make a robot that is entirely self-aware, but scientists are getting close to that sort of thing with robots that can work out how to fix themselves and can learn from experience not to do certain tasks because they cause self harm or put someone/thing else in danger.
Many robots are sad, often for a number of reasons, many of them lack the ability to feel human emotions so will to the general public appear rather melencholy. Those that do have human emotions often cannot express them fully as the mechanics of the human face have only just been applied to robots. hope this helps
What did the robot say to the centipede?
Stop being a centipede!! See it's funny cause the robot ain't got no arms.
I don't get it can someone explain :S
Answer to the 'I don't get it' questionWell the robot didn't have any arms. So therefore the centipede should stop being a centipede, because the centipede was talking to the robot.The robot said "SHUTUP AND GIVE ME MY LITHUANIAN HUNCHBACK CAMEL QUARTERS, CLARISSA-MARINE."
You see, because the robot was wearing a tophat, and the centipede was a super Mario ice cream book.
-B.
It doesn't make sense because there are arm movements. When you tell the joke you move your arms up and down. That's why its funny. Because if the robot didn't have arms it cant do the arm movements. Its dumb... but that's why its funny.
How much money does it cost to make a robot?
The ones I make out of junk are usually under $5 US (not including time and labor), and many starter kits are under $10 US. If you want one of the slick looking ones I haven't seem them for less that $150 US. The really cool ones like Bioloid or Lego NXT are over $1K US. If you mean how much to tool up and manufacture a run of a product line, start at $100K US.
What is the meaning of once through boiler?
The term "once-through boiler" refers to a special type of water-tube boiler composed oftubes, in which water is input at the bottom, and steam is produced from the top.
it is made with metal. And toy robots are made with plastic and mabe a little bit of metal!!
I will guess: bearings. the more fluid the motion, the less friction. or the joint could be a silicon soft plastic type that flex and allow fluid like motion while maintaining strength.
Actually, a number of kinds of robots do exist. Industrial robots exist in manufacturing. The kind we have seen in science fiction movies, like C3PO in Star Wars, which look like metallic people and have human as well as super-human capabilities are called humanoid robots. The Honda ASIMO is probably the most popular humanoid robot at this point. As far as the lack of humanoid robots throughout society, the simple answer is, the technology is still being developed. It takes a lot of research to build something like that.
One of the biggest roadblocks to having one of these humanoid robots walking around or in your home is probably the lack of marketability because they aren't smart enough yet. In order for a humanoid robot to do a variety of tasks, and do them like humans do, it must have a very advanced artificial intelligence.
That said, the development of a really good humanoid robot is the product of artificial intelligence, so we should probably be asking the question, "How good is artificial intelligence, and why isn't it better yet?"
How much would a Cartesian robot cost approximately?
the original one could cost you a million dollars, and the second hand could cost u a half. so why need to buy a new one if you could save a half million?
What are the advantages of using robots?
To reduce work and make things more simple, and for sources of knowledge.
Was the character ET a robot or a person?
The character ET was not a robot, but he was a little too alien for us to call him a person. Eliot would probably disagree, and ET's co-workers probably called him something that would translate to "person".
This is one of the smallest and simplest autonomous ones I have found yet, thanks to FriPilot
http://members.tripod.com/robomaniac_2001/id120.htm
Otherwise, I have had pretty good luck with buying small remote control cars at the dollar store (or the stuff my nephews throw away) and taking them apart to reconfigure the motors into what I want, but that ends up with wires connecting the robot to the controller. Some of the people I work with have pieced together radio control cars and other parts to get radio control robots.
If you prefer robot kits, some hobby stores sell a few inexpensive ones that are sometimes configurable like these
http://www.kitsusa.net/phpstore/html/Robot-Kits---Non-Soldering-1-1.html
Otherwise some of the less expensive construction kits like Lego or K-NEX or Construx or a few others have motors and gears in the kits. If you have a larger budget, Lego Mindstorms, Bioloid and several others are more advanced kits that are programmable and autonomous.
Some important terms to keep in mind are:
operator controlled- the robot has motors in it, maybe some electronics, it doesn't move until you push a button or lever on the controller.
remote control - usually connects the robot to the controller by a wire, you can usually keep the batteries in the controller to make the robot lighter.
radio control - the controller is a transmitter, the robot has a receiver on it, both need batteries or some other power suppy.
autonomous - you set up the robot and hardwire it or program it to run sets of commands, when you set it down and turn it on it runs the commands. Usually requires programming knowledge (like BASIC, C language, Assembly, ForTran, COBOL or some others) and electronics knowledge (like soldering, power supply vs. load, Programmable Logic Arrays, Trans/ceivers, sensors, and many other options). But of course it is the most fun.
sensory feedback - the robot can have switches, sensors or detectors on it that send information back to the controller (or its processor if it is autonomous). Might require a transmitter on the robot and a receiver in the controller (with some indicators to tell you what the robot is "sensing").
Anthropomorphism - "the attribution of uniquely human characteristics to non-human" things and critters.
There is a ton of things that can go together to make a robot. If you learn how to fix toys, appliances and cars it definitely helps you figure out robots.
So far the first robot goes to the Chinese because they have the best documentation (it was a huge water powered clock with several automatons that did things like display plaques and ring bells), although many artifacts are being unearthed and catalogued that make it a tight race between the Iraq region, Egypt, Greece and India. A short history is in the link below.
Robot manipulation is the system of making a robot Do what you want it to do, and stop doing it when you want it to stop. it involves systems to make the parts of the robot move (mechanical, pneumatic/hydraulic) sensors and sensor calibration, setting safety thresholds and limits.
Which country was the first robot made in?
Current evidence points to the Chinese, although more evidence being uncovered is making it a tight race between them and India, the Iraq region and Greece. A short history is in the link below.
