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Manipulator

Legged Robot

wheeled robot

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Decontaminating Robot -

Cleaning the main circulating pump

housing in the nuclear power plant

welding robot

The Scrubmate Robot

Karel Capek

Word robot was coined by a

Czech novelist

robot

is a reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator

designed to move material, parts, tools or specialized devices

through variable programmed motions for the performance of

a variety of tasks: Robot Institute of America, 1979

UNIMATE

The first industrial

robot

1978: The Puma (Programmable

Universal Machine for

Assembly) robot is developed

by Unimation with a General

Motors design support.

adept’s SCARA robots

cognex Insight robot

Barret technology Manipulator

key components

Fixed Robots

Robotic manipulators used in

manufacturing, They can not

move their base away from the

work being done.

mobile robots

typically platforms with wheels or tracks

attached. Instead of wheels or

tracks, some robots employ

legs in order to move about.

Accelerometer using piezoelectric effect

Flexiforce sensors

in sight vision sensors ; to pick bins,

perform inspection, etc.

controller

Provide necessary intelligence to control the

manipulator/mobile robot : Process the sensory information and compute the control commands for the actuators to carry out specified tasks

storage devices

memory to store the

control program and the state of the robot system

obtained from the sensors.

interface units

Hardware to interface digital

controller with the external world (sensors and actuators)

analog - digital converter

operational amplifiers.

HAZBOT

operating in atmospheres containing

combustible gases

TROV

Robot in Antarctica operating under water

Sony Aido

Sony SDR-3X Entertainment Robot

Future robots

Cog & Kismet