1.1 ROBOT EVERYWHERE

• Robots are everywhere, even at our homes.
• Apart from homes, robots are also used in communities, such as autonomous drones for surveillance or autonomous traffic lights control system.
• Robots are also used for specialized tasks.
• Examples of Robots in the office:

  • Printers
  • Scanners
  • Fax machines
  • Photocopier
• Contributions of Robots:

  • Office Equipments
  • Medical
  • Manufacturing
  • Defensive System
  • Aerospace
• Office Equipment - Printers, scanners, fax machines, photocopier, and other computer peripheral devices are some examples of robots used in offices.
• Medical - Technology contributes greatly in the field of medicine
• Manufacturing - Factories use manufacturing equipment such as barcode machines, controlled tools, welding robots, and other devices.
• Defensive System - Defensive System Security devices such as security systems and automatic gate control systems also use robotic technology
• Aerospace - It's objective is to fly to and explore outer space.
• Aerospace - Researchers send mechanical objects controlled remotely outer space since it is safer to explore new environments and perform experiments using robots
• Robotics - Is a branch of engineering that deals with designing, manufacturing, applying, and operating different kinds of robot.
• Robot - t is a physical mechanism or a virtual artificial agent that has the ability to perform, to some extent, a specific action based on a given instruction.
• The word robot was first introduced by Czech writer, Karel Capek
• The word robot was first introduced by Czech writer, Karel Capek, in his stage play, “R. U. R.”
• R.U.R - Rossum’s Universal Robots
• “Robot” came from a Czech word “robota,” which literally means worker.
• The word robotics was introduced by science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov.
• 3 laws of robotics:

  • A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
  • A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  • A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
• Parts of Robot:

  • Sensors
  • Controllers
  • Actuators
• Sensor - These are devices that measure a physical quantity and convert it into an appropriate signal or data, which can be read by an instrument or by a controller
• Controllers - These are devices that manage, interpret, and control the accepted data to create an action
• Actuators - These are devices that are used to move or control a certain system or machine
• Classification of Robots:

  • Manual Robots
  • Sequential Robots
  • Sensate Robots
  • Smart Robots
• Manual Robots – do not function unless controlled by humans.
• Sequential Robots – designed to perform a series of tasks in the same sequence, and are commonly programmed to loop.
• Sensate Robots – triggered when it senses something in its environment.
• Smart Robots – an artificial intelligence system; can also control other robots or robotic devices.