robots electronics

• Robots


  • Generally built of common materials
  • May utilize specialized materials like titanium, carbon composites, or cardboard for specific applications
• Selecting materials in robot construction

  1. Consider weight

  2. Consider movement

  3. Consider flexibility

  4. Consider price
• Portable robot


  Needs to be easily moved
• Robot that picks up materials

  Needs to have the capability to lift and move objects
• Robot that squeezes in tight spaces


  Needs to be flexible and compact
• Robot that rolls or swims

  Needs to have the appropriate mobility mechanism
• Affordable robot


  Materials used need to be cost-effective
• Materials used to build robots

  • Alloys (brass, bronze)
  • Aluminum
  • Kevlar
  • Polymers (plastics)
  • Rubber
  • Steel
• Alloy


  A material made of 2 metals, used for structural purposes in robot construction
• Brass


  An alloy of copper and zinc
• Bronze


  An alloy of copper and other metals, commonly tin
• Aluminum, silicon, or other metals may have the same density as steel, and generally half to two-thirds its strength
• Aluminum


  • Does not rust
  • Can be polished to create a shiny surface
  • Provides a tough and rugged covering
• Kevlar


  A synthetic material used in bulletproof vests, can be used as a protective shell on robots that require safeguarding from extreme temperatures
• Plastics


  A group of materials made of natural compounds, arranged in special combinations
• Alloy is used for structural purposes
• Alloy is made out of 2 metals: Brass and Bronze
• Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc
• Bronze is a combination of copper and some other material but commonly tin
• Aluminum is used as a robot exterior, for being rust-proof and shiny
• aluminum is a great material because it does not rust.
• aluminum can be polished to create shiny surfaces
• aluminum can make the body pleasant to see, providing a tough and rugged covering
• Kevlar is used as extreme robot covering
• Kevlar is a synthetic type of material used in bullet proof vests
• Kevlar can be use as a shell for robots that require safeguarding from extreme tempreature
• numerous of heat protectant includes kevlar that is sewn in the material because it does not melt or drip when exposed to hot environments.
• Plastics are used for being very malleable
• plastics are polymers that are connected by long chains of duplicate subunits of natural compounds
• plastic as a group, tend to be water proof, corrosion free and chemically safe from acids and bases
• Numerous plastic can be made in transparent form. In general, they are excellent electrical insulators and relatively poor conductors of heat
• rubber is a flexible material, such as human like "skin"
• Rubbers are beneficial for robots to work with people to have delicate surfaces
• robots that have elastic bodies, are ordinarily safer than harder materials
• rubber works well on dealing sensitive items such as fruits and small plants.
• soft robotic gripper adapts very well to such objects in pick and place tasks without harming them
• Steel is used most often by robotic builders
• steel is a durable material that can stand unforgiving conditions
• possible to solidify the steel between 100,000 and 300,000 pound force per square inch
• if you are going to harden the steel, look for some high carbon content