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Welcome To SPIRIT

Dr. Daniel A. RayMCS DeptUVa-Wise

June 8, 2010

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Welcome to SPIRIT

Outline

1 Welcome to SPIRIT

2 Overview of robotics?

Welcome to SPIRIT

Let’s begin with introductions

Welcome to SPIRIT

Why is techonolgy important?

Knowledge:http://bit.ly/uPTOE

Money:http://bit.ly/15I4CR

Overview of robotics?

Outline

1 Welcome to SPIRIT

2 Overview of robotics?

What is robotics?

Definition

Robotics is the science and technology ofrobots and their design, manufacture, andapplication.

Has connections to electronics, mechanics,and software

Robotics is a new concept... right?

Only if ancient Greece is ”new”

In the Iliad the Greek godHephaestus made talking,mechanical handmaidens outof gold and in 322 BC Aristotledreamed of automatons andtools capable of workingindependently of people.

The Mighty AutomatonAutomatons vs Autonomous Robots

Definition

Automatons are mechanical figures or contrivances constructed to act as ifby their own motive power.

Imitating Nature with Mechanics

Between 1500 and 1800, many automatons were built, including ones thatcould act, fly, draw, and play music.

Leonardo DaVinci designed a humanoid robot in knight’s armor toentertain his patrons

The Mighty AutomatonAutomatons vs Autonomous Robots

Definition

Automatons are mechanical figures or contrivances constructed to act as ifby their own motive power.

Imitating Nature with Mechanics

Between 1500 and 1800, many automatons were built, including ones thatcould act, fly, draw, and play music.

Leonardo DaVinci designed a humanoid robot in knight’s armor toentertain his patrons

Jacques de Vaucanson designed the Digesting Duck. An artificial duckcapable of flapping its wings, eating and digesting grain. Powered entirelyby a system of weights and pulleys

Automation In Industry

1764 - The Spinning Jenny: Led to the automation of the textiles industry

Many other examples: http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/the_7_greatest_robots_of_the_early_modern_world.php

Old News: Automatons, New Hotness: Autonomous Robots

Autonomous robots are machines that have been programmed to observe,think and act in an intelligent manner.

http://bit.ly/lOw66 – http://bit.ly/dgqLq

As with many things, it’s easier to show you than to tell you.

Some Demonstration of What Can Be Done

Wiiroomba Game

Introduction to Player and Stage

http://www.mcs.uvawise.edu/wiki/index.php/Introduction

Getting Familiar with the Hardware

Let’s take a moment and disassemble one of our robots. . .

then put it backtogether.

Getting Familiar with the Hardware

Let’s take a moment and disassemble one of our robots. . . then put it backtogether.

A thought about imagination

Our imagination is what makes us human, it allows us to be at thetop of the food chain.

Think about it, we have no claws, or fangs, or great strength, nophysical weapons of nature, no way to survive.

Imagination keeps us out of trouble, and allows us to overcome. Itprotects us and propels us; it is the root of our nightmares whichmake us ask ”but what if...?” and the root of our dreams which makeus ask ”why not?”.

This week is going to be about using your imagination.

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