1927 the Maschinenmensch ("machine-human") gynoid humanoid robot (also called "Parody", "Futura", "Robotrix", or the "Maria impersonator"), the first depiction of a robot ever to appear on film, was played by German actress Brigitte Helm in Fritz Lang's film Metropolis.
• 1942 the science fiction writer Isaac Asimov formulated his
Three Laws of Robotics. • 1948 Norbert Wiener formulated the principles of
cybernetics, the basis of practical robotics. • 1961 Fully autonomous robots appear (Unimate)
• 1970’s Industrial Robots
• 1980 -90 – Increased CPU Power / Smaller, Satellites, Laser
technology, Coding advances
• 2000’s – GPS, Wireless, Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, Advanced Sensors, Agile
• Next…..
Karel Čapek
R.U.R.: Rossums Universal Robots (1920)
A dystopian story about things going wrong at a factory populated with sentient “robots”
After the Telelux, Westinghouse built several other robots—Katrina Van Televox, Rastus Robot & Willie Jr., Willie Vocalite, succeeded by the most successful Elektro the Moto-Man, built in 1937/38 at the Westinghouse's factory in Mansfield.
Quality Management: Testing Quality Control Quality Assurance
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co's first robot was Herbert Televox, built in 1927 by Roy Wensley at their East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania plant.
Robot Types
• Stationary robots (including robotic arms with a global axis of movement) • Cartesian/Gantry robots • Cylindrical robots • Spherical robots • Wheeled robots • Legged robots • Swimming robots • Flying robots • Mobile spherical robots (robotic balls) • Swarm robots • Others
Elements of a Robot
Sensors Effectors (Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Engines) Control Systems (the "brains") Pre Programmed Remote Control Supervisory Autonomous
ERATO grant: Japan Science and Technology Corporation
Robot Implementations (Context)
• Industrial robots • Domestic or Household robots • Medical robots • Service robots • Military robots • Entertainment robots • Space robots • Hobby and competition robots
A Step In Mankind's Ongoing Advance?
Robotic Workforce Technological Advances Collective Intelligence Learn how to Learn Expendable Harvest Automation Robotic Surgery
A Step In Mankind's Obsolescence?
Robotic Workforce Technological Military Superiority Lack of Common Sense Robohackers “Rise of Machines” Robotic Revolution
KUKA ( Keller und Knappich Augsburg) Agilus the world’s fastest robot – was programmed into play a match against table tennis champion Timo Boll, ranked at number 5 in the world.
Vocabulary
Robotics Artificial Intelligence
Top Down: Build the brain first Bottom Up Don't bother with a brain
AI
Approaches: • Cybernetics and brain simulation (Neurology + Information Theory,) • Symbolic (Cognitive, Logic Based, Symbolic Manipulation ) • Sub-symbolic (Perception, Learning Patterns) • Statistical (Sophisticated Mathematics) Tools: • Logic • Probabilistic methods • Classifiers and statistical learning methods • Neural networks • Control theory • Languages
Research Labs
DARPA, USA Charité Surgical Navigation and Robotics Lab Cybernet Systems Corporation IU Hardware Methods Group LIRA-Lab: Laboratory for Integrated Advanced Robotics NASA Robotic, CZ Russia's Central Research and Development Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (CRDI RTC) EU-IST project (Swarm Bots) University Zurich