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    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA

    SURATHKAL

    ROBOTICS AND CONTROL | MF703


    DR K. R. GURUPRASAD
    DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

    ASSIGNMENT -1 | INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS

    Sakthivel Sivaraman 11M236

    1. Key characteristics of a Robot?


    A. Sensing, the very basic characteristic of robots is that it must have the ability to sense its
    environment or the surroundings. It must sense it in almost similar ways as a human does. There
    are different types of sensors which can be present in a robot such as light sensors which function
    as eyes in human, chemical sensors to perform the functions which are done by nose, touch and
    pressure sensors to act like hands, hearing and sonar sensors to act like ears and taste sensors to
    act like tongue in human beings. All these sensors provide awareness to a robot about its
    surroundings.
    B. Movement, another of the primary robots characteristics required in machine is that it must be
    able to move around its surroundings. This can be done in different ways like there can be rolling
    on wheels propelling by thrusters a robot needs to be able to move, to count as a robot. If the
    entire robot moves, it is like the Sojourner or if only some just parts of the robot moves, it is like
    the Canada Arm.
    C. Programmability, it can be programmed to accomplish a large variety of tasks. After being
    programmed, it operates automatically.
    D. Mechanical capability, enabling it to act on its environment rather than merely function as a data
    processing or computational device
    E. Energy, is one of the most important robots characteristics. It is necessary to have an adequate
    source of energy so that robot is able to power itself on its own. There may be different sources
    like electrically powered, battery powered or solar powered robots. The means of energy are
    selected in accordance with the functions which the robot needs to perform.
    F. Flexibility, it can operate using a range of programs and manipulates in a variety of ways.
    G. Autonomous or Semi-autonomous, something that reacts to stimuli and makes decisions on
    how to respond appropriately. The most important among all the characteristics of robots is that it
    must be a kind of smarts. This is the area where programming enters into the scene. Smartness is
    awarded to a robot by the programmer. A programmer is a person whose job is to provide robot its
    smartness. The robot receives the program so that it knows what to do and how to do.
    H. DOFs, degrees of freedom is also a determining factor in the characterization of Robots. Usually
    robots have varying DOFs starting from 2 or 3 to 36 and higher in humanoid robots.
    I.

    Learnability or Adaptivity, robots that will train themselves just like peeople learn how to move
    as we grow up, or learn a new activity. Just as with us it is a trial and error process. A trainer must
    help the robot or person learn by correcting errors.

    J.

    Dexterity, to touch, pick up and manipulate objects in a complex fashion, flipping a coin between
    your fingers for example.

    2. Taxonomy

    Robots
    Application
    based

    Arm
    Configuration
    Rectangular
    Coordinates
    Cylindrical
    Coordinates

    Polar
    coordinates

    Scara

    Feauture
    based

    General
    purpose

    Factory
    Robots

    Modular
    Robot

    Industrial
    Robot

    Military
    Robots

    Mining
    Robots

    Service
    Robot

    Educational
    Robots

    Medical
    Robots

    Research
    Robots

    Mobile
    Robots

    Collaborative
    Robots

    Shape of
    workspace

    Operating
    Method

    Type of
    controller

    Type of Joints

    Type of
    Technology

    Type of
    Motion

    Limited
    Sequence

    Linear
    Motion

    Continuous
    Path

    Rotational
    motion

    Extenional
    motion

    Point to
    point

    3. Why CNC machine is not considered as a Robot?


    -

    A robot is a machine that uses sensors to perceive some information about its environment, then
    thinks about that information, makes a decision, and performs a physical action. A mobile robot is a
    robot that also can move around in its environment. So, by my definition, a CNC can be viewed as
    robotic, but not a mobile robot.

    There is no agreed-upon definition of a robot, but a common definition is a machine controlled,


    wholly or partially, by an onboard computer. Should be either autonomous or semi-autonomous,
    and should have atleast some basic intelligence imparted but CNC fails in this aspect as well.

    4. Examples of what are considered to be Robots!

    Humanoid Robot: ASIMO

    Medical Robot: da Vinci Surgical System

    Industrial Robot: KUKA

    Military Robot: Big Dog

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