Robotics by Íñigo García and Fernando Vázquez

Automated mechanisms and robots

A robot is a programmable automated machine that captures information about its surrondings, processes this information and acts on it

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An automated mechanism is a device or machine that performs a specific task and whose operation cannot be changed

Uses and classification of robots

Industrial robotics

For welding, cutting, painting, operations in nuclear plants, moving parts, assembly, etc...

Service robotics

For domestic, education, companion, etc...

Medical robotics

For medicine

Land, sea and air robotics

Defense, security and surveilance robotics

For the war

By Morphology

Android

copy the appearance and movements of humans

Zoomorphic

imitate animals

Polyarticulated

have several joins with a limited number of degrees

Mobile

move on wheels , trucks or chains depending on what they are used for

How do robots work?

Have 3 steps

1 Sensors perceive

2 Controller process

How robots perceive

Contac sensor

Light sensor

Temperature sensor

Ultrasonic distance sensor

Infrared sensor

How robots act?

Robots act with actuators, the actuators are ellements that execute orders.

buzzer

How robots control?

Robots uses controllers to process signal from the sensors and calculate that it must give it to the different parts of the robot

Micro-bit board

Arduino board