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Robot Web Quest Name: Date: Class Block: Directions: This is a Power. Point about robotics. As you go through each slide their will be a link and questions for that link. 1. Click the link to the Internet and answer the questions on a word document. 2. Copy and paste the questions to your word document. 3. BE SURE TO LABEL EACH SECTION AS THE SLIDE NUMBER. 4. Save and submit to Canvas for grading.

Disaster • Disasters such as a bomb threat, land mine removal, and a nuclear attack can call upon the assistance of robots. Read about the robots, watch the clips, and choose the appropriate robot for each disaster by going to the link below and completing steps 1, 2 and 3. Watch the. avi video file about each type of robot. • http: //www. pbs. org/wgbh/nova/robots/hazard/

Disaster Bots 1. What is the name of the robot used for disabling bombs? What are the characteristics of this robot that makes it useful for this job? 2. What is the name of the nuclear disaster robot? What are the characteristics of this robot that makes it useful for this job? 3. What is the name of the land mine robot? What are the characteristics of this robot that makes it useful for this job?

General Robotics Questions • What is a “robot” ? http: //dictionary. reference. com/search? q=robot • What is the modern term “robot” derived from and what does it mean? http: //www. britannica. com/eb/article-9063935/robot • What are Asimov’s three laws of Robotics? http: //www. britannica. com/eb/article-9063935/robot

Robotics Questions Continued What 5 components do humans and robots share in common? http: //science. howstuffworks. com/robot. htm What is the difference between automation and remote control? http: //science. howstuffworks. com/robot 4. htm

Robotic Arm http: //science. howstuffworks. com/robot 2. htm • What are the typical 5 components that make up the robotic arm (These are given in paragraph 2. . . but you must read to determine what they are!) • How many degrees of freedom does a robot have and what does this mean?

Robot Questions • What makes a robot move? http: //science. howstuffworks. com/robot 1. htm • What does each of the following types of robots do? Tell how each is used. http: //www. wtec. org/loyola/hci/c 6_s 3. htm 1. industrial robot 2. service robot 3. telerobot 4. medical robot

Mars Exploration Rover robots http: //marsrover. nasa. gov/overview/ • What are the Mars Exploration Rover robots? • When were they launched and when did they land? • What is their mission? • What is the primary mission goal?

Battle. Bots http: //science. howstuffworks. com/robot 5. htm 1. What are the “Battle Bots”? 2. Are they actually robots? Why or why not?

Robots in the Automotive Industry– http: //www. ehow. com/how-does_4572605_how-robots-used-industry. html (3 complete sentences) What are they used for and why?

Honda’s Asimo Robot 1. What is the Asimo robot? http: //asimo. honda. com/inside-asimo/ 2. Tell about its present use and future use. http: //asimo. honda. com/asimo-history/ 3. What is its height, walking speed, running speed and number of degrees of freedom? http: //asimo. honda. com/asimospecs/ 4. What was the cost to lease per month and the cost of buying one? http: //www. forbes. com/2002/02/21/0221 tentech. html

Robots in the Military http: //www. armyofrobots. com/ 1. Write 3 sentences that describe military robots today. 2. Tell about some of these current used robots: (One complete sentence for each. ) • Daksh • Goalkeeper • Packbot • MARCbot