Science Project 2005

RESEARCH REPORT

Introduction
I did this for my project because it could help all the factory owners and managers know what type of programming would be better to use for production.
History of robotics

Robots are mechanical objects that can do things that humans could not do. The programmings that robots have are very much similar to human like intelligence.
The robot idea came from the ancient Greek and Egyptian civilizations. An inventor from the first century A.D. (Hero of Alexandria) invented a machine that would automatically open doors to a temple when a priest would light a torch or pull a switch in the altar. In the late periods of the middle ages, the Renaissance, and the 17th & 18th centuries, interest in robot-like programming and mechanisms turned mostly to automations (devices that imitate human and animal appearance and activity but do no useful or helpful tasks). During the 1950’s and the 1960’s, advances in the field’s of automation, robotics, and computer science led to the development of experimental robots that could imitate a large range of human-like activities, including self-controlled, self-regulated, and self-propelled movement (either on wheels or legs), the ability to sense and manipulate objects, and the ability to select a course of action on the basis of conditions around them.

In 1954, George Dovol designed the first programmable robot in the United States. He called the robot Universal Automation, which was later, shortened to Unamation, which also became the name of the first robot company.

James Watt and the Watt Generator

Scottish engineer James Watt made the first self-correcting control to find the speed of a steam engine. It helps the feedback principle of a servomechanism, link output to input which is the basic programming.

Human like Robots

Research into human-like characteristics is leading to the development of robots that handle objects with more sensitivity. Cog is one of the robots that has this programming. Cog has bifocal vision to make picking up fragile items ,like an egg, easier. It’s eye sensors detect size, weight, and shape to know how to hold the weight, and shape to know how to hold the item without crushing or dropping it.

Computer Visions

Working to build computers that find.
patterns, objects in visual images. A visual system first takes out parts of the picture like. Edges and textures then use rules to identify things. For example; systems can identify military items in aerial pictures.

Summary

Robots have been helping man for over 100 years and have improved our lives. Robots are all different in many ways and people still haven’t found all of the abilities a robot can master.