An industrial robot is defined by ISO[1] as an automatically controlled‚ reprogrammable‚ multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes. Typical applications of robots include welding‚ painting‚ assembly‚ pick and place (such as packaging‚ palletizing andSMT)‚ product inspection‚ and testing; all accomplished with high endurance‚ speed‚ and precision. ------------------------------------------------- Robot types‚ features The most commonly used robot configurations are articulated
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Robot in Society: Friend or Appliance? Massachusetts Institute of Technology Arti_cial Intelligence Laboratory 545 Technology Square‚ Room 938 Cambridge‚ MA 02139 USA email: cynthia@ai.mit.edu Abstract This paper discusses the role that synthetic emotions could play in building autonomous robots which engage people in human-style social exchange. We present a control architecture which integrates synthetic emotions and highlight how they influence the internal dynamics of the robot ’s
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Sensors for Robots An overview Václav Hlaváč Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Electrical Engineering Department of Cybernetics Czech Republic http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~hlavac Courtesy to several authors of presentations on the web. Lecture outline 2 Note: students graduated from the bachelor KyR studied sensors in the course Sensors and Measurement. This subject was not specialized to robotics. Motivation‚ why robots need sensors? Robotic sensor
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FUTURE WIHT ROBOTS 50 years ago‚ it could not be possible to think in a future with innovative cell phones‚ internet‚ amazing TV set‚ and some others modern electronic devices that nowadays we can see everywhere. Robots are one of the most interesting inventions of the past century‚ according to Wikipedia‚ the first robot put to industrial work was called UNIMATE and it was invented in 1954. Since then‚ many robots have been invented in order to help people at hardworking work.
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Isaac Asimov’s The Robots of Dawn is an enjoyable read‚ showing many aspects of Asimov’s style and themes. It follows the format of a standard detective novel‚ but with many of Asimov’s characteristic science fiction elements such as interstellar travel‚ flying cars‚ and robots. Two major elements of Asimov’s style are very noticeable in this book: simplicity and dialogue. Despite the technology introduced and the length of the story‚ it was never confusing‚ nor would a reader ever be lost. Asimov’s
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year ago‚ Amazon.com workers had to hike miles of aisles each shift to "pick" each item a customer ordered and prepare it for shipping. Now the e-commerce has boosted efficiency and given workers’ legs a break by deploying more than 15‚000 wheeled robots to crisscross the floors of its biggest warehouses and deliver stacks of toys‚ books and other products to employees. Amazon.com Inc. faced its single biggest day of online shopping on Monday‚ has invested heavily this year in upgrading and expanding
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but mankind has a lot of flaws‚ so the technology we make also has flaws. Would the technology we make be just another version of the creator and would it act like the creator? In the story written by Brian Aldiss that’s based in 2500 “Who Can Replace Man” there are machines and they represent how human society is today. One good example of the message about human society that is conveyed through the story’s portrait of the machine society is when the machines had no leader chaos broke out. After
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regarding the progress of artificial intelligence and questions of whether robots will replace humans in everyday tasks commonly known as the robot revolution. Artificial intelligence is defined as the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings. There are two extreme point of views: one being that robots are a threat to us and our economy and the other that robots are our saviors. Numerous companies have recently been investing their
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Robot Domination Humans rely too much on robots. Robots should not act or think the same way humans do. Brian W. Aldiss‚ the author who wrote the story “Who Can Replace a Man?” demonstrates that without humans‚ the robots could take over the world. This short story takes place in a futuristic and inhumane setting where robots have full control over themselves‚ can walk‚ talk and work. The robots face the consequence of trying to overcome a problem on their own by achieving to fix o build some
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Appreciation of the book: While I cannot say that I had an easy time reading Under the Volcano‚ I can say that it was an enjoyable experience. The book is laid out in 12 chapters of similar length that progress the story in a pleasant fashion. I very much enjoyed the character development and their interactions with each other. It was easy to care about the characters and their issues. The way Lowry depicts Mexico truly emphasizes the sense of despair and darkness that surrounds this novel. While
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