Lesson 1

Lesson 1

1. What is a Robot?

   • An electromechanical device which is capable of reacting in some way to its environment, and take autonomous decisions or actions in order to achieve a specific task.
     • Step 1
       • determine what your robot should do
         • Diferent Tasks
           • Knowledge & Learning
             • Instead of building one robot, you can learn how to use individual components with the objective of building your own “knowledge library” to use to undertake a larger, more complex design in the future.
           • Amusement & Companionship
             • Robotics incorporates aspects of many disciplines including engineering , sciences and arts and users are free to use their imagination. Amusing others with your creations (especially if they are user-friendly and interactive) helps others to become interested in the field.
           • Competitions & Contests
             • Competitions give the project design guidelines and a due date. They also put your robot against others in the same class and test your design and construction skills.
           • Security and Surveillance
             • Most mobile robots are used to venture into areas where humans either should not or cannot go. Robots of various sizes (either remote controlled, semi-autonomous or fully autonomous) are an ideal choice for these tasks.
           • Domestic or Professional tasks
             • Domestic robots help liberate people from unpleasanttasks and give them more liberty and security. Professional and Service Robots are used in a variety of applications and are found in places such as deep-sea, battlefields and space, just to name a few. In addition to the service areas such as cleaning, surveillance, inspection and maintenance, we utilize these robots where manual task execution is dangerous, impossible or unacceptable.
           • Autonomous life form
             • Develop a fully autonomous life form that rivals or surpasses ourselves in ability and perhaps creativity.