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Introduction To Robotics
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Robot Defined
Word robot was coined by a Czech novelist Karel Capek in a 1920 play titled Rossum’s Universal Robots (RUR)
Robota in Czech is a word for worker or servant
Definition of robot:
Any machine made by by one our members: Robot Institute of America
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, 1979
Laws of Robotics
Asimov proposed three “Laws of Robotics”
Law 1: A robot may not injure a human being or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
Law 2: A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with a higher order law
Law 3: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with a higher order law
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).
1978: The Puma (Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly) robot is developed by Unimation with a General Motors design support