Robotics Fundamentals-MTE
Robotics Fundamentals-MTE
ROBOTICS FUNDAMENTALS
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Robots
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PUMA ROBOT
HUMANOID ROBOT
DA VINCI ROBOT
WHAT IS A ROBOT: I
Manipulator
WHAT IS A ROBOT: II
Decontaminating Robot
Cleaning the main circulating pump
housing in the nuclear power plant
What can Robots Do: II
Welding Robot
WHAT CAN ROBOTS DO: III
Karel Capek
● Definition of robot: A 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)
HISTORY OF ROBOTICS: I
🞆 The first industrial robot
(UNIMATE 1954): The first
programmable robot is designed by
George Devol, who coins the term
Universal Automation.
🞆 He later shortens this to Unimation,
which becomes the name of the first robot
company (1962).
•Material handling
•Material transfer
•Machine loading and
unloading
•Spot welding
•Continuous arc welding
•Spray coating
•Assembly
•Inspection
ROBOTS IN AGRICULTURE
ROBOTS IN SPACE
Cog Kismet
FUTURE OF ROBOTS: II
Autonomy