Robotics

While I am hardly an expert, the explanation that I've heard is that a robot is a preprogrammed mechanical device, an automaton means a self-operating machine (essentially the same thing as a robot) and an android refers to a robot or automaton that physically resembles a human. The female equivalent of an android is a gynoid (from the Greek meaning "female").

If you include mechanically programmable, I'ld give that one to the Chinese. If you mean strictly electronic, more information is in the short history link below.

is a robot a compuer

yes a robot is a moving computer..

What is the purpose for robots?

It is use in making the work of tha humans be lighter or easier. ^_^

-selkie

Roboticist

A Roboticist should have knowledge about Electronics, Mechanics, Computer Science and Designing (Artistic). A detailed expertise in one of the above with a broad idea or some knowledge about the rest would be good to call him/her a Roboticist

Saurabh Palan - A Roboticist

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.

Robot is the full form. It was coined in the 1920s from Czech robota which means, in essence, "monotonous work".

The idea of artificial people dates back to time immorial; certainly to 1000BC. However the first mechanicial automata were made in the 18th century as sophisticated mechanical toys. In 1926,the first "modern" robot was built by Westinghouse-it was the first robot that could do useful work.

lol good question..cuz my name is minomi..but has no idea wht that means =/ Toyota uses this term to describe a manufacturing process of delivering the parts to the assembly line one at a time. They have said it translates as "peanut without a shell'. In the manufacturing world, parts without a container.

So far the first robot goes to the Chinese because they have the best documentation (it was a huge water 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.

pros ~ no salaries to pay ~ less errors ~ faster work cons ~ job displacement ~ expensive ~ can break down

The first Robot was built by General Motors in USA. It was made to help in beating metel sheets. It looked nothing like a human- rather a giant cow!

what is the full form of robot

Mostly, to get things done that we can't or don't want to do ourselves. One definition of robot is "artificial agent" (a better definition is in the link below). Artificial just means someone made it, agent means it does something for someone (my favorite robot is the dishwasher - someone built it to wash dishes for me). Many people assume "agency" includes the ability to act by itself (autonomy), or at least look like it can. These days most of the really popular robots are exploring places people can't go yet (Voyager left the solar system not too long ago, Spirit and Opportunity are still running around Mars) and doing things too dangerous for humans to do safely (like hunting for roadside bombs in war zones or searching the bottom of the ocean). I used to work with a parts placer in an electronics assembly plant, it took very small parts from reels and bins and placed them on circuit boards. Some car manufacturers use big industrial robots for welding and lifting cars and trucks. Nanotechnology is finally catching on, with motors and wheels the size of atoms. I have seen pictures of remote control robots for doing surgery from somewhere outside the hospital, like from another country. Anything you can build to do something for you is basically a robot. Oh yeah, don't forget battlebots! Some of us like the sound of smashing and tearing metal.

lots!

You can not buy an Asimo. If you could, it would cost about $2,500,000. But you can hire one for around $150,000 a month.

You will eventually be able to own one for about a million dollars.

Some disadvantages of a robot are: they require a power source (batteries, solar panels, wall outlet, etc), they will only do what they are told, they will do exactly what they are told even if that is not what was intended, they are very time consuming to program, they require maintenance (though some unions will call that an advantage), they cannot adapt to changes in their surroundings (unless their programming allows it), they cannot do something they are not designed to do,

Robotics are used to assemble and package an array of medical functions as well as performing a number of automated procedures like conducting blood tests, X-rays, providing first aid in ambulance cars, etc.

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PIC microcontrollers come in many sizes and capabilities.

For example the 12F683 is an 8-pin device, which can have all but two of the pins (which are used for power) to do input and output.

A use of one might be the controller for a computer mouse.

A larger PIC might be capable of interfacing to Ethernet, and with its analog input, provide remote sensing of "things" (voltages, and via various sensors, temperature, pressure, etc).

An example of some things I have thought of using a PIC for:

- a pic, using its analog input, could measure the resistance between two wire probes in the soil of a potted plant. When the soil dries out, the resistance goes up, so the PIC could sense this (possibly even just waking up every hour for a measurement) and then blinking an LED if the plant needs water.

- a small <$10 LED desk lamp, could have its function greatly enhanced by a pic - so that you could have variable brightness (using pulse-width-modulation i.e. turning it on and off so fast you just see it as dimmer, but not flickering), auto-shut-off i.e. turning itself off after 20 minutes of no one touching it.

The PIC that could be used in such applications as above, would cost <$1.

Another theoretical example:

Imaging replacing a wall switch with a plate with some electronics behind it.

The middle of that plate has a small hole behind which is an infra red LED, blinking at a particular pattern.

Above and below it, are other holes (or "lenses") containing infrared receptors.

If you were to move your hand from below to above the plate, the infrared sensors on the bottom would see your hand first, then the one above the middle, thus telling a PIC that a movement from down to up was being done, and it could close a relay or more likely a transistor type switch, to turn the light on. It might even change the dimming of the light based upon how fast you raise your hand.

if dimmable, you could turn the light on and off by just pushing your hand straight toward the plate, so it would approximately see you both top and bottom and the same time, indicating a different action that moving up or down. "etc".

Dangerous ones

SPEAKER, REMOTE CONTROL SPEAKER, REMOTE CONTROL

Talos was a gigantic bronze creature, the guardian of the island Crete. He was claimed to have been created in Sardinia by Hephaestus and given the Cretan king Minos. This may have happened in about 400 BCE.Throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance craftsmen made automatons that could write, imitate birds or appear to walk. These were more toys than robots.

The first industrial robot was created in 1954 by George Devol. He called it the Universal Automation.

They typical run from $150 up to as high as $600, depending on how much the seller is willing to sell it for (and, of course, how much someone is willing to pay). There are often several for sale on eBay.

Note that this robot is quite heavy and bulky, so shipping costs will be high as well, adding to the overall cost.

A robot can do whatever you make him to do. That is the purpose of competitions like LEGO First and Lawrence Tech's RoboFest (www.robofest.org). These competitions allow students to discovery the many capabilities of computer controlled mechanial mechanisms. The possibilities are limitless, the vision is yours.

i really don't think robots will rule the world but i cant tell the future so i guess u will just have to see.