robotic lecture note
Lecture Notes—Wednesday, August 28, 2013
There is no class Monday, September 2, 2013, Labor Day. The University is closed.
Class started with Will Hilton’s dropbox video of Hubo dancing with the Drexel Dance Team. Professor Humpert showed the ‘Rise of the Machines” from Announcements.
We did some discussion from Monday’s lecture to start the class today and to review what was discussed on Monday.
Websters defines a robot as: 1: a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being; also : a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized b : an efficient insensitive person who functions automatically; 2: a device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks; 3: a mechanism guided by automatic controls. The RIAA defines an industrial robot as a reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools and specialized devices through various programmed motions to perform a variety of tasks.
In Niku’s “Introduction to Robotics”, he gives the classification of robots according to the Japanese Industrial Robot Association ((JIRA);
Class 1: Manual Handling Device: a device with multiple degrees of freedom, actuated by an operator.
Class 2: Fixed Sequence Robot: a device that performs the successive stages of a task according to a predetermined, unchanging method, which is hard to modify.
Class 3: Variable Sequence Robot: same as class 2, but easy to modify.
Class 4: Playback Robot: a human operator performs the task manually by leading the robot, which records the motions for later playback; the robot repeats the same motions according to the recorded information.
Class 5: Numerical Control Robot: the operator supplies the robot with a movement program rather than teaching it the task manually.
Class 6: Intelligent Robot: a robot with the means to understand its environment and the ability to
There is no class Monday, September 2, 2013, Labor Day. The University is closed.
Class started with Will Hilton’s dropbox video of Hubo dancing with the Drexel Dance Team. Professor Humpert showed the ‘Rise of the Machines” from Announcements.
We did some discussion from Monday’s lecture to start the class today and to review what was discussed on Monday.
Websters defines a robot as: 1: a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being; also : a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized b : an efficient insensitive person who functions automatically; 2: a device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks; 3: a mechanism guided by automatic controls. The RIAA defines an industrial robot as a reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools and specialized devices through various programmed motions to perform a variety of tasks.
In Niku’s “Introduction to Robotics”, he gives the classification of robots according to the Japanese Industrial Robot Association ((JIRA);
Class 1: Manual Handling Device: a device with multiple degrees of freedom, actuated by an operator.
Class 2: Fixed Sequence Robot: a device that performs the successive stages of a task according to a predetermined, unchanging method, which is hard to modify.
Class 3: Variable Sequence Robot: same as class 2, but easy to modify.
Class 4: Playback Robot: a human operator performs the task manually by leading the robot, which records the motions for later playback; the robot repeats the same motions according to the recorded information.
Class 5: Numerical Control Robot: the operator supplies the robot with a movement program rather than teaching it the task manually.
Class 6: Intelligent Robot: a robot with the means to understand its environment and the ability to