Adaptive+or+Non+Adaptive


 * Are the videos Adaptive or Non Adaptive?**


 * VIDEO 1:** In the first video, the robots were non adaptive because they could not respond to any immediate instructions given to them as they were programmed to perform a particular task in a particular way at a particular time.
 * Sensors:** They had timing sensors on them.


 * VIDEO 2:** In this video, the robot was adaptive because it responded to a call in its environment. The robot would use sensors to judge whether it was appropriate to flush the toilet and when it thought it was time to do that, it would flush it down.
 * Sensors:** An eye sensor that picks up movement and assists in knowing when to flush the toilet.


 * VIDEO 3:** The robot was adaptive because it responded to the instructions given to them by the remote read by the light that was showing on the iPhone.
 * Sensors:** Light sensor

Uses of Robots: // Industrial Robot: // Usually non-adaptive, complete routine tasks eg drilling, welding, assembly, painting and packaging // End effector: // A mechanical device on the end of a robot arm, used to do a job // Gripper: // used for grasping, holding, moving, controlling operation // Domestic Robots: // Automatically handle routine tasks and household tasks, usually adaptive
 * Read through page 248 of your text**
 * Define:**
 * Complete exercises 8.2 – 1,2 and 3**
 * 1. ****A) false**
 * b) false**
 * c) false**
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2.
 * **End effector** || **Robotic arm device used to do useful work** ||
 * **Gripper** || **Device used to grasp and hold items** ||
 * **Industrial robots** || **Weld, drill, assemble and paint manufactured items** ||
 * **Remote controlled car** || **Automated programmable toy** ||
 * **Switch** || **Mechanical device used to connect/disconnect the power supply** ||

3. Robots raise problems like replacement of jobs that will cut down the income of some people that used to do that job. Eventually robots will replace many humans that work in industries but at the same time they will bring a lot of advantages in the industry because they will be able to work more, make more stuff, for no money except repairs and development and replacement and they will be able to work non-stop 24 hours a day, seven days a week which will bring more money in the industry.

Go to [|http://www.robots.com/movies.php?tag=4]

Work out what the specifications on the machine mean
 * **Axes:** 4
 * **Payload:** 100 kg how much it can carry
 * **H-Reach:** 3139 mm how hight it can reach
 * **Repeatability:**
 * **Robot Mass:** 1500 kg how much it weighs
 * **Structure:** Vertical Articulated how it is built
 * **Mounting:** upright how it stands

Construct a [|bubbl.us] on examples of Industrial robots and domestic robots and embed in your wiki.

Case study 8.1: Subterranean robots Questions: > It means under the surface of the earth. > So that they can collect data from beneath the earth’s surface like photos, videos, sounds, temperature readings, store them in the hardware and make it available to humans when the robots return the information to the base site or maybe they even send it via another wireless way. > A sensor is an electronic sensing aid for robots with which robots have the ability to sense things like where they are going, what the temperature is like, how much under the earth’s surface they are, how much light there is, what the surface is life and all different sorts of things. > Laser sensors that perform tasks like collecting data. Light sensors to measure light. > It is important to collect different types of data that the other sensor would not be able to pick up. > They are adaptive because they are programmed to respond to the area they are placed in and also they are handled with a remote that someone from the base site used to guide it. > When the person at the base site is not controlling the robot or when the signal cuts out. > They could take pictures and maps of exactly where it happened and then also collect data of the sctructure of the cave and take samples that would make it possible for the people at base to determine reasons for caving and ways to correct it. > The advantage would be that in case of an accident the robot would get damaged ad could get replaced but a human being would die. > It improves the system because if the robot is near danger then it will be guided back to safety. Also its ability to transmit the data back to base makes the people able to work with data that the robot sends back.
 * 1) What does subterranean mean?
 * 1) Why would these robots carry small cameras and storage hardware?
 * 1) What is a sensor?
 * 1) Name some of the different sensors these robots carry.
 * 1) Why is it necessary for subterranean robots to have more than one type of sensor?
 * 1) How can you tell that these robots are adaptive?
 * 1) When would feedback from the environment be valuable to such robots?
 * 1) How could subterranean robots assist with gathering data for a mine rescue after a caveing?
 * 1) What would be the advantages of using a robot rather than a human in these situations?
 * 1) How does these robots’ ability to transmit data back to a base computer and the operator in real time improve this system?

Wednesday the 4th August HOMEWORK: