1. Robots & People R. Greenhill and H. Elias, Shadow Robot Company

2. Today’s program Learn about robots and nanobots –What are they? –What can they do? –How do they affect our lives? Design a robot –What can it do? –How could it change our lives?

3. What is a robot?

4. Robots are machines that can sense, plan, and act J. Benedict

5. What can robots do?

6. Robotic arms NASA

7. Work in a factory FANUC Robotics

8. Draw portraits robotlab

9. Make pancakes P. Kormushev, Italian Institute of Technology

10. How would YOU use this robot? Festo

11. Humanoid robots Honda Motor Co., Inc.

12. Help at home Honda Motor Co., Inc.

13. Play ping-pong Humanrobo

14. How would YOU use this robot? Aldebaran Robotics

15. Robot vehicles Festo

16. Explore space NASA

17. Vacuum Sciencenter for NISE Network

18. How would YOU use these robots? Serg

19. Biomimetic robots M. Cutcosky, Stanford University

20. Soar like a bird Festo

21. Monitor pollution H. Hu, University of Essex

22. Spy on ships and subs Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

23. How would YOU use this robot? B. Finio, Harvard University

24. What are nanobots? Are they real? C. Jay

25. Nanobots would be very, very small robots! A nanometer is a billionth of a meter DNA is 2 nanometers across J.Caras, National Science Foundation

26. Nanobots don’t exist…yet Nano-sized machines exist Larger robots use nanotechnology and nanomaterials

27. DNA spider can walk P. Michelotti, Arizona State University

28. Today’s program Learn about robots and nanobots –What are they? –What can they do? –How do they affect our lives? Design a robot –What can it do? –How could it change our lives?

29. What can YOUR robot do?

30. Image credits Richard Greenhill and Hugo Elias, Shadow Robot Company, Wikimedia Commons Jared C. Benedict, Wikimedia Commons NASA, public domain © FANUC Robotics robotlab

31. Image credits P. Kormushev, Italian Institute of Technology Festo American Honda Motor Co., Inc

32. Image credits Humanrobo, Wikimedia Commons Aldebaran Robotics, Wikimedia Commons NASA, public domain Sciencenter for NISE Network Festo

33. Image credits Serg, Wikimedia Commons Mark Cutkosky, Stanford University Huosheng Hu, University of Essex Alex Villanueva, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Festo

34. Image credits Ben Finio, Harvard University Paul Michelotti. Courtesy Kyle Lund, Arizona State University James J. Caras, National Science Foundation Conyl Jay

35. This project was supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.