A Taste of Science and Technology: Robotics Points to ponder: for guided reading/viewing or discussion
Presentation Class presentation, four slides to a page (12 pages): click here or on "Presentation - Robotics.pdf" below. Videos "How 6-Axis Industrial Robots Work" (2:13) "Watch A Scientist Talk To Her Look-Alike Robot" (1:20) Meet Nadine "Human or Machine? The Incredibly Life-Like Android Robots From Japan" (3:07) In Japanese, with English subtitles "Atlas, The Next Generation" (2:41) Boston Dynamics humanoid robot "Introducing Spot" (2:15) Boston Dynamics four-legged robot "Fido vs Spot — Animal vs Robot" (1:54) The robot and the terrier "Kismet (MIT A.I. Lab)" (3:17) Kismet, an expressive robot head with social intelligence "Autonomously folding a pile of 5 previously-unseen towels" (2:01) PR2 robot folding towels "Rise of the Robots" (44:45) In case you missed it, the NOVA program, but you need to be a WGBH Passport member "A Compilation of Robots Falling Down at the DARPA Robotics Challenge" (1:13) "Korea Humanoid Robot - Hubo - DRC Final Winner - [Time lapse - HD]" (4:31) Winner of the DARPA Challenge Overview "How Robots Work" on the "How Stuff Works" site (8 pages) "Robot" Wikipedia article: robots from history to the future The Economy "Skilled Work, Without the Worker" New York Times - Aug. 18, 2012 "Robot Makers Spread Global Gospel of Automation" New York Times - Jan. 23, 2013 "Will this robot take your job?" Boston Globe Magazine - Sept. 24, 2015 Applications "As Aging Population Grows, So Do Robotic Health Aides" New York Times - Dec. 4, 2015 "Autonomous Car" Wikipedia article "How Google's Self-Driving Car Works" IEEE Spectrum article "DARPA Robotics Challenge: Amazing Moments, Lessons Learned, and What's Next" IEEE Spectrum article: Robotics competition with eight tasks that an emergency worker might face, much of which was shown in the NOVA program. |
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