15S-1 Learning Objectives Explain about safety in robotics Describe types of robots Explain about robot history Explain about robot configuration 15S-2 Introduction • What is robot ? – A mechanical unit consisting of axes and arms driven by servo motors or other motion driver. • Robotics – technology dealing with the design‚ construction and operation of robots. • In Europe‚ Robotics defined as “the science of robotology” (‘the means by which robot machines are put together
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* Design and Control of Robotic Highway Safety * MarkersSafety barrels guide traffic and serve as a visible barrier between traffic and work crews. These barrels consist of a brightly colored plastic drum (approximately 130cm high and 50cm in diameter) that is attached to a heavy base. The robotic safety barrel replaces the heavy base with a mobile robot that transports the safety barrel. The robots work in teams to provide traffic control. Independent‚ autonomous barrel motion has several
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and an understanding of the legal requirements and responsibilities that are involved in the safe working practices associated with robotic assisted manufacture. This is to be achieved by the identification of associated hazards with robotic applications and provide an understanding of how these hazards are overcome. Typical sources of hazards associated with robotic operations within the working environment include. · Crushing · Shearing · Striking · Entrapment / entanglement · Process
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programmable in three or more axes‚ which may be either fixed in place or mobile for use in industrial automation applications. This definition works well for ISO’s main concern‚ industrial robotics‚ but it doesn’t really take care of other realms. Joseph Engelberger‚ a literal pioneer in industrial robotics‚ once said‚ "I can’t define a robot‚ but I know one when I see one." Robots can also be defined in a different way. A robot can be described as a mechanical or virtual‚ artificial agent‚ where
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give a speech. My topic for today is plastic surgery. So‚ what is plastic surgery? Plastic surgery is an operation that allows a person’s image change into a new and pretty appearance. In the past‚ plastic surgery is totally a mission impossible‚ but with a new era and the birth of new technology‚ it not a dream anymore. Plastic surgery is an operation with correction and restoration on a person’s skin. However‚ plastic surgery will also bring out the surgery risk. Preview Statement: At the beginning
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Cody Brouillard English 1060 1/23/12 Robotics in the Dairy Industry Robotic milk machines are a new product in dairy farming today. Robotic milk machines are a good example of new and efficient technology in the dairy industry. Farmers around the world are debating whether or not to install this expensive new technology. It is a state of the art machine that can handle a herd of 50-60 cows (depending on the amount of production per cow). The robot is a complicated machine‚ but it has simple concepts
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And as people go into space‚ machines will go along. Of all the machines we have used and imagined‚ none have captured our interest and feelings so strongly as the class of machines called robots. The International Space Station’s new Canadarm2 robotic arm grasps a Spacelab pallet while Canadian mission specialist Chris A. Hadfield helps maneuver it into loading position while on a space walk. But what exactly is meant by the term "robot"? Moreover‚ how is it decided that it is better to use
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Cosmetic surgery Should people be allowed to have cosmetic surgery before age of eighteen? Cosmetic surgery is not new‚ but the popularity of it has rapidly increased in the last few years. Not only adults but also teenagers want to do the cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic surgery before the age of eighteen is becoming increasingly more and more and nobody can’t stop it. Many factors are influencing the thoughts of young people for doing cosmetic surgery such as their appearance. Many doctors believe
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Support for this ~esea~ch was provided by gI’ants from the Program on the Social Impacts of Information and Robotic Technology at Carnegie-Mellon University to both authors a‚d by a grant f~om the National Science Foundation (No. RII-840991) to the fi~st author. Parts of this chapter were wri tten while the fi~st autho~ was on leave in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management at Stanfo~d Unive~sity. Robots are bei~g i~troduced i~ i~creasi~g ~umbers throughout
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and workers for their human owners‚ this is the story of "robotophobic" Chicago Police Detective Del Spooner’s investigation into the murder of Dr. Alfred Lanning‚ who works at U.S. Robotics‚ in which a robot‚ Sonny ‚ appears to be implicated‚ even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics‚ which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws‚ there’s nothing to stop them from taking over the world‚ as humans have grown to become
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