Robotics Day 3
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
HISTORY OF ROBOTS
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Recreation of an actual "robot" created by the Greek engineer Hero in 60 AD
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AUTOMATONS
SELF-OPERATING MACHINES THAT COULD AUTOMATICALLY PERFORM A PREDETERMINED SET OF FUNCTIONS
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FAST FORWARD...
- 1921 - the word "robot" is coined by Czech playwright, derived from the word robota (peasant labor)
- 1926 - the first movie robot appears in the silent film "Metropolis"
- 1940 - writer Isaac Asimov begins publishing short stories about robots and popularizes the word "robotics"
GETTING CLOSER...
- 1958 - microprocessors make it possible to add computing ability to any mechanism
- 1961 - "Unimate", the first robot used in a factory, helps builds cars at a GM plant
- 1966 - "Eliza", an artificial intelligence program or chatbot, can hold a conversation with a person
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1980
Seymour Papert, pioneer of constructionist learning, publishes "Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas"
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DESIGN & BUILD A MYTHICAL CREATURE
- How will it look?
- Will any part of it move?
- How will it sense and react to its environment?
- What will it be called?
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