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Frontiers of Robotics National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering 1998
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Karel Capek, R.U.R. (1923) “Robot”
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What is a Robot? Anthropomorphic Non-Anthropomorphic Unstructured Structured Flexible Efficient
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Robot Industry Fanuc, ABB, Adept Welding Spray Painting Assembly Automotive, Food, Aerospace, Electronics Size of Industry (1997): $1 Billion
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Robotics Research Kinematics Dynamics Motion Planning Grasping Locomotion Actuator Design Sensor Design MechE, CS, EE, IE NSF, Arpa, NASA Japan, Europe Universities, Nat Labs IEEE Society of Robotics and Automation
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Some Other Frontiers of Robotics Medical, Surgical R. Micro-scale Robots Internet Robots Modular Robots Hazardous Cleanup Robot Pets Nonlinear Control Lie Algebra Computational Geom. Computational Algebra Randomization
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Lego Mindstorms (1998)
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Our Speakers Lydia Kavraki, Rice –Algorithms: Motion Planning Joel Burdick, CalTech –Mechanics: Locomotion Larry Matthies, NASA JPL –Sensing: Space Exploration Mike Peshkin, Northwestern –Design: Human/Robot Cooperation
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Lunar Rover/Mars Sojourner
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Honda Motor Co. 1996
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Some Predictions “2% of population will manufacture all goods.” (1963) “Atomic Batteries will be commonplace.” (1955) “Household robots will do all chores.” (1930)
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“Industrial robot”: Reprogrammable, multi-function manipulator with 3 or more axes. (Robot Institute of America)
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