RobotsConfRobotics

are you ready?

lovingly presented by

Ari @arizzitano

Jon +JonathanBeri

Pawel @makenai

what is a robot?

I like to think of robots as software that proccesses inputs and outputs in the phyical world. They are often used for tasks too dangerous or boring for humans.

wow

such precison

very smoov

much accurate

wow

Here is a kukabot stamping IC's or something else equally impressive and unverifiable.

meow

We also use robots to help us clean while entertaining our pets

whut?

DARPA also puts funding into robots with military applications, such as making the enemy feel creeped out.

robot anatomy

CPU

The CPU is the brains of the robot

Arduino

Arduino is one of the easiest ways to get into robotics

Specialty Arduino

There are also specialty arduino boards liuke romeo, spider and redbot that have built in power suplies or motor controllers

Parallax

BOE Bot uses a basic stamp, but can be controlled by Arduino

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi is most like a Linux computer

BeagleBone

Beaglebone is much like a beefier Pi

Mindstorm

Mindstorms use a drag and drop programming interface

Upcoming

Many new boards coming likr tessel and espruino run Javascript natively or have onboard wifi lke pinoccio

motion articulation

dc motor

these motors are the simplest sand dumbest of motors, so you don't see them in robotics without extra hardware

servo motor

servos are dc motors with optical enoders an dears to create extra torque. they can be normal or continuous rotation

stepper motor

steppers are hezvy duty and precise for fine movements

wheels and ca(t)sters

You knowsheels

tank treads

treads are like wheels with more surface area and grip

bipedal robots

the walk on two legs are are cute but impractical

fixie hipsterbots

fucking hipsters

quadruped robots

You can see a pattern, legged robots oftem mimic animals and this is turtlebot

stationary arm

robot gripper

you can use servos and gears to mske more complicated motions

linear actuator

or conerty radial to linear motion with a screw drive

rack and pinion

or rack and pinion

want more?

507movements.com

sensors

microswitch

the simplest sensor is a microswitch which can be used as a bump sensor or end stop

cameras

cameras are cool, but compuer vision is hard. OpenCV helps.

accelerometer

accelerometers measure g-force on XYZ axis

gps

reflectance sensor

These are used to follow dark lines

sonar rangefinder

You can detect proximity

light sensor

light levels

thermistor

or temperature

gyroscope

a gyroscope is a 3 axis tilt sensor

are you ready? – CPU – motion articulation

makenai

are you ready? – CPU – motion articulation

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