1. COMP322/S2000/L21 Origin of the word “Robot” From Czechoslovakian words: ROBOTNICK ==> serve ROBOTA ==> work Introduced in 1921 by the playwright Karel Capek his satirical drama R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots). Idea of a perfect and tireless worker!

2. COMP322/S2000/L22 Definition of the word “Robot” (Cont’d) The “xwebster” dictionary: a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being; a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized; an efficient, insensitive, often brutalized person; (e.g. Robocop) an automatic apparatus or device that performs functions ordinarily ascribed to human beings or operates with what appears to be almost human intelligence; and a mechanism guided by automatic controls.

3. COMP322/S2000/L23 Definition of the word “Robot” (Cont’d) The Robotics Institute of America: a re-programmable, multi-functional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools or specialized devices, through variable programmed motions for the performance of a variety of tasks. R.J. Schilling (p.3): a software-controllable mechanical device that uses sensors to guide one or more end-effectors through programmed motions in a workspace in order to manipulate physical objects.

4. COMP322/S2000/L24 Various Types of Robots Industrial Military Show or promotional Educational Medical Domestic or personal Hobbyist

5. COMP322/S2000/L25 R2D2 and C3P0 from Star Wars

6. COMP322/S2000/L26 Industrial Robots

7. COMP322/S2000/L27 Promotional Robots Harry remotely controlled device a “professional entertainer works with a handler and a clown “earns” US$75 per hour

8. COMP322/S2000/L28 Entertainer Robots Woodi a Mascot for a university entertains at football and basketball games

9. COMP322/S2000/L29 Hobbyist Robots

10. COMP322/S2000/L210 Applications Material handling, esp. hazardous Spot, Arc welding Spray painting & finishing Mechanical, electronic assembling Inspection & testing Water jet cutting Space, undersea exploration Medical

11. COMP322/S2000/L211 Undersea Robots

12. COMP322/S2000/L212 Research Topics Manipulator design Kinematics & Dynamics Actuators & Control Systems Control & System Architecture Programming Languages Reasoning and Planning Systems Multi-robot Systems, Collaborative Telerobotics & Undersea Robotics Dynamic Vision Micro-electromechanical & micro robotic Systems

13. COMP322/S2000/L213 Intelligent Robotic Systems

14. COMP322/S2000/L214 Functional Structure

15. COMP322/S2000/L215 Functional Structure and Knowledge Data Base

16. COMP322/S2000/L216 Computer- Assisted Robotics Cell

17. COMP322/S2000/L217 References James L. Fuller, Robotics - Introduction, Programming, and Projects, second edition, Prentice Hall, 1999. (ISBN: 0-13- 095543-4) Witold Jackak, Intelligent Robotic Systems - Design, Planning, and Control, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1999. (ISBN: 0-306-46062-9) (TJ211.J33)