Our society has been interacting with robots for decades; plus, science fiction novels have given them a growing place in popular culture. Consumer robot kits are becoming very popular in K-12 school programs, library makerspaces and other collaborative learning spaces, as well as in people’s homes. In this webinar: • Define what a robot is and what they are capable of doing • Understand the history of robots and robotics • Describe the various types of robots • Learn how to get started building your own robot • Create a robotics league

1. Introduction to Robots

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3. Agenda:
• Define what a robot is and what they are capable of doing
• Understand the history of robots and robotics
• Describe the various types of robots
• Learn how to get started building your own robot
• Learn how to create a robotics league in your library

4. Hello. I am a machine capable of carrying out a
complex series of actions automatically,
especially one programmable by a computer. This
is changing, however.
I am sometimes called an automaton,
android, droid, etc. I am not planning to take
over the world!

5. Roboticsis the branch of technology that
deals with the design, construction, operation,
and application of robots.

6. Image source: http://goo.gl/x1QeJu

7. • Faster and more efficient
• Can work in hazardous environments
• Do repetitive tasks
• More accurate
• Don’t complain
Why?

8. Types of Robots by Application
• Industrial
• Domestic
• Medical
• Service
• Military
• Entertainment
• Space
• Hobby/Competition
Source: http://goo.gl/c7Ebf

9. Types of Robots by Locomotion
• Stationary
• Wheeled
• Legged
• Swimming
• Flying
• Mobile
• Swarm
Source: http://goo.gl/c7Ebf

10. Image source: http://goo.gl/E1tPXn

11. Missing?

12. ED 209
Man Tinplate
Automata
The guards robots SentinelOptimus Prime

13. My Favorites

14. Source: http://goo.gl/n9ojGk

15. Source: http://goo.gl/hEBGKz

16. Image source: http://goo.gl/r51AWgLeonardo da Vinci’s robot, ca. 1495
History of
Robots

17. Natural Language Processing
• Car User Interface (CUI?)
• Voice biometrics
• How do we interact with connected devices?
• How WILL we interact with connected devices?
• App based? Too many apps for one device (e.g., Philips Hue)
• Sentient?
• Hello Natural Language!
• Internet of Things (IoT) will capture, track, and share data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Turing Test

18. Digital Assistants
Image source: http://goo.gl/obFOfu

19. More info: http://goo.gl/xxZQGx

20. Do wearable
computers play a
role in any of this?

21. Face Cloning is enhancing the realism of
animatronic robots by combining motion capture
technology with 3D printing.

22. Source: http://goo.gl/HKr5ce
 Robots are coming to take our jobs. We
should be happy!
 It isn’t a race against the machines. We will
lose. It is a race WITH the machines.
 90% of your coworkers will be unseen
machines and most of what you do will not
be possible without them (e.g., discovery
tools etc.).
 Robots will help humans discover new jobs
for ourselves; new tasks that expand who we
are and let us focus on BEING HUMAN.
 The fewer humans who touch our cars as
they are being built THE BETTER.
 Every time you click on a search button you
are telling a robot to do something that
humans cannot do.
 The human assignment will be to keep
creating jobs for robots to do. This will never
be finished so we will always have 1 job!

23. Building/Programming Robots

24. Image source: http://goo.gl/8qmgx6
3 generations of LEGO MINDSTORMS
1998: LEGO MINDSTORMS (RCX) 2006: LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2013: LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3

25. LEGO Mindstorms NXT MindCuber
Build it! http://goo.gl/3Urx4V

26. LEGO info: http://goo.gl/00hMUv

27. Image source: http://goo.gl/1wD7oS
Complete family of EV3 Components

28. Image source: http://goo.gl/7jyvu8
EV3 motor/sensor
NXT motor/sensor

29. Programming
EV3 software
NXT software
Download EV3 Software at http://goo.gl/Cvwyy6 and then learn to program at http://goo.gl/BfZ8CZ!

30. https://code.google.com/p/nxt-python/

31. More info: https://goo.gl/bI9jd2
More info: https://goo.gl/tTM8HL

32. Robotic Story Time!
Build it! http://goo.gl/nei4Yl

33. education.lego.com

34. Boe-Bot: Learn electronics, programming, and robotics all in one!
More info: https://goo.gl/r18lRr.com/user/ParallaxInc http://forums.parallax.com/forum.php

35. Cubelets – modular robotics

36. Download: http://goo.gl/Sw29SE
Cubelets Studio

37. RoboSapien
Images: http://goo.gl/gRF32R and http://goo.gl/BFlLcT

38. Create a Robot League
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms

39. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms
jrfllteams@usfirst.org fllteams@usfirst.org ftcteams@usfirst.org frcteams@usfirst.org

40. More info: http://goo.gl/0WLmYp
• Team registration opens in May. It is $225.
Can register late too!
• After you register a Regional Partner will
contact you.
• We already have a LEGO Mindstorms robot
kit, so that is $0.
• Field setup kit (obstacles etc.) $75
• The challenge starts in August.
• No more than 10 kids per team.

41. What are you doing?

42. By Mr. Bungle, direct link: https://youtu.be/CJBleJJZixs
None of Them Knew They Were Robots

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