Robotics Technology

The wave of the future! A classroom unit by Mr. K. Kern

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Definition of Robotics

A reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools, or specialized devices through various programmed motions for the performance of a variety of tasks

http://www.paulist.org/doug/metro/gallery.html

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History
Origin of the word Robot Robots in the Media Robots as Toys Robots in Industry

Robots of the future

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Origin of the word Robot

The word robot was first used more than 60 years ago by Karel Capek, a Czechoslovakian writer, in his play R.U.R., or Rossums Universal Robots. He derived robot from the Czech word robota, which means drudgery or compulsory labor. All of the work in the mechanistic world Capek created was done by these creatures.

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Robots in the Media

Robots have been presented in the media since the 1927 movie Metropolis.

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http://www.paulist.org/doug/metro/default.ssi

Robots as Toys

Robots in the media lead to the development of robot icons becoming mainstream children's toys.

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http://www.lostintoys.com/index.html

http://www.lostintoys.com/index.html

Robots in Industry

Now that we have looked at robots in the media and as toys we can look at the use of robots in industry. Industry use are varied and many. Any arduous task that a human does can be performed by a robotic system.

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http://www.robotics.com/robomenu/odv.html

http://www.techno-isel.com/

Robots of the Future

Of course science fiction is rapidly becoming fact. The robots of the future are just around the corner! You never know where a new one will show up!

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http://ranier.hq.nasa.gov/Telerobotics_Page/Photos/Sojourner.jpg

Credits
MUSIC:Classical Music MIDI page
(25a) Brandenburg Concerto Seq by ? http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~regr/page20.htm

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