Presentation Robotics - Text

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA MATANZA
SECOND MID TERM: Presentation of Robotics

COURSE OF STUDIES: Ingeniería Electrónica

SUBJECT: Inglés IV
CLASSROOM: 223

YEAR: 2017

TEACHER: Silvia Picelille

STUDENT: Marquardt Nadia Belén
Introduction
Good morning everyone. First of all, let me thank you all for coming here today.
Let me introduce myself. I’m Nadia Marquardt and I’m the CEO of robot design here at
Samsung. Today’s topic is robotics. The topic is very important for us because in these days,
robots make everyone’s life easier by doing things we don’t like to do.
By the end of this talk you will be familiar with concepts such as artificial intelligence,
programming code and more.
I’ve divided my presentation in three parts. I’ll star off by defining “Robotics”. Then I’ll
move on to robotics aspects. And I’ll end with its applications.
My talk should take about ten minutes and then we will have time for some questions.
Body
Definition
Robotics is the branch of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics and
computer engineering that deals with the design, construction, operation and application of robots,
as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback and information processing.
Etymology
The word robot comes from the Slavic word robota which means labour.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word Robotics was first used in print by
Isaac Asimov, in his science fiction short story "Liar!", published in May 1941. In 1942 he
created the three laws of robotics:
1. A robot may not injure a human being.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human being.
3. A robot must protect its own existence.
The concept of creating machines that can operate autonomously dates back to classical
times, but potential uses of robots did not grow substantially until the 20th century.
The first digitally operated and programmable robot, the Unimate, was installed in 1961 to lift hot
pieces of metal from a die casting machine and stack them. Commercial and industrial robots are
widespread today and used to perform jobs more cheaply, more accurately and more reliably, than
humans. They are also employed in some jobs which are too dirty, dangerous, or dull to be
suitable for humans.
Robotic aspects
There are many types of robots as they are used in many different environments and for
many different uses. Although being very diverse in application and form, they all share three
basic similarities when it comes to their construction:
 Robots all have some kind of mechanical construction, a frame, form or shape
designed to achieve a particular task. The mechanical aspect is mostly the creator's solution to
completing the assigned task and dealing with the physics of the environment around it. For
example, a robot designed to travel across heavy dirt or mud, might use caterpillar tracks.
 Robots have electrical components which power and control the machinery. That
power comes in the form of electricity, which will have to travel through a wire and originate
from a battery, a basic electrical circuit. The electrical aspect of robots is used for movement,
sensing and operation. For example, the robot with caterpillar tracks would need some kind of
power to move the tracker treads.
 All robots contain some level of computer programming code. A program is how
a robot decides when or how to do something. It could have excellent mechanical and electrical
construction, but if its program is poorly constructed its performance will be very poor, or it may
not perform at all. In the caterpillar track example, a robot that needs to move across a muddy
road may have the correct mechanical construction, and receive the correct amount of power from
its battery, but would not go anywhere without a program telling it to move. There are three
different types of robotic programs: remote control, artificial intelligence and hybrid. A robot with
remote control programing has a preexisting set of commands that it will only perform if and
when it receives a signal from a control source. Robots that use artificial intelligence interact with
their environment on their own without a control source. Hybrid is a form of programming that
incorporates both artificial intelligence and remote control functions. In the caterpillar track
example, a robot that needs to move across a muddy road may have the correct mechanical
construction, and receive the correct amount of power from its battery, but would not go anywhere
without a program telling it to move
Applications
There are many kinds of robots designed for many different tasks or environments, I’ll
show you some of the current and potential applications which include:
 Welding robot;
 Military robot;
 Herding robot;
 Robots are increasingly used in manufacturing;
 Robots are used as couriers in hospitals, it means to deliver messages. Other

hospital tasks performed by robots are receptionists, guides porter’s helpers and surgical robot
helpers such as Da Vinci;
 Robots can serve as waitress and cook also at home. Boris is a robot that can load
a dishwasher;
 Robot combat for sport;
 Cleanup of contaminated areas, such as toxic waste or nuclear facilities;
 Agricultural robots;
 Nanorobots.
Conclusion
To sum up, then, I’d like to run through my main points again. All robots must follow
their three laws, not to injure humans, obey their orders and protect themselves. There are many
types of robots but they all have the three basic similarities. All of them have a shape designed to
do a particular task, they also have electrical components to power them and they all contain a
computer programming code. These automated machines are used to achieve many different tasks,
such us surgery, assembly and jobs that might be dangerous to people. This automatization
reduces robots to merely processors which may realize human tasks under human commands; that
is why, complicated tasks are still best performed by human beings with real brain power.
Thank you very much for your attention. Now I’ll be happy to answer any questions you may
have.

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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA MATANZA

SECOND MID TERM: Presentation of Robotics

 Robots are increasingly used in manufacturing;

 Robots are used as couriers in hospitals, it means to deliver messages. Other

 Robot combat for sport;

 Cleanup of contaminated areas, such as toxic waste or nuclear facilities;

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