1. Introduction to Robotics NXT
Welcome to Robotics!
Introduction to Robotics
NXT

2. Unit Outline What are we going to achieve?
You will learn how to use the NXT program.
You will gain knowledge on how to work as a team.
We will create a Robotic Presentation for your parents and friends.

3. IT IS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE
WHY ROBOTICS?
IT IS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE

4. INDUSTRY Almost ever Industry uses some form of Robotics, including:
Entertainment (Lego, Animatronics)
Domestic (Automatic Lawn Mowers, Vacuum Cleaners)
Movies (Terminator, C3PO, R2D2)
Industrial (Welding, Factory Automation)
Medical (Remote Surgery)
Exploratory (Mars Rovers, Deep Sea ROV’s)
Military (PackBot, Bomb Disposal, Search and Rescue)

5. COMPUTER PROGRAM Lego Mind Storm NXT 2.0
The program that we will be using is:
Lego Mind Storm NXT 2.0
This is the easiest program
Even though it is the easiest DO NOT think it is not the BEST
This program is used by MOST Universities

6. What is Robotics? Robotics is the science and technology of Robots
Robotics is the design, manufacture, and application of Robots
Robotics combines a working knowledge of electronics, mechanics and software

7. Why do we have Robots?
Robots make life easier. They are designed to complete harder tasks and are quite often used in dangerous missions to protect human life
Without Robots society would not be able to function efficiently. Robots are used to complete tasks that human kind cannot. For example: Space explorations, bomb detection, medical surgery
Robots are used in industry as they are needed to complete tasks that humans cannot. For example: Underground mining, car manufacturing
Robots are less expensive in the long term as companies need less humans and companies do not have to pay robots salary/wages

8. What are the main components of a Robot?
A typical Robot has:
A movable physical structure
A motor of some sort
A sensor system
A power supply
A computer “Brain”
Essentially, Robots are machines that replicate human and animal behaviour

9. Where did the term “Robot” come from?
The word “Robot” was coined by the Czech playwright Karel Capek (pronounced “chop’ek) from the Czech word for forced labour or serf
Capek was reportedly several times a candidate for the Nobel prize for his works and very influential and prolific, as a writer and playwright. Mercifully, he died before the Gestapo got to him for his anti-Nazi sympathies in 1938
The use of the word Robot was introduced into his play R.U.R (Rossum’s Universal Robots) which opened in Prague in January 1921

10. Reference List Shelton, B. (2003) Types of Robots
Harris, T. (2008) How Robots work?
Dowling, K. (1996) What is Robotics?