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  Exoskeleton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is a multi-layered structure with four functional regions: epicuticle, procuticle, epidermis, and basement membrane.
Note that while the arthropod exoskeleton is chitin-based, it is not composed entirely of chitin; in fact, the membranous portions of the exoskeleton and endoskeleton are closer to pure chitin than the hardened external sclerites.
To overcome this, arthropods go through a process called ecdysis in which they shed their exoskeleton and replace it with a new, larger one.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arthropod_robot   (447 words)

  
 Robot - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The first known functioning robot was created in 1738 by Jacques de Vaucanson, who made an android that played the flute, as well as a mechanical duck that reportedly ate and defecated.
Many consider the first robot in the modern sense to be a teleoperated boat, similar to a modern ROV, devised by Nikola Tesla and demonstrated at an 1898 exhibition in Madison Square Garden.
Their robotics competition is a multinational competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Robotic   (3454 words)

  
 Robot
The word robot was first used by Karel Capek in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (written in 1920; first performed 1921; performed in New York 1922; English edition published 1923).
The laws or rules that could or must apply to robots or other "autonomous capital" in cooperation or competition with humans have spurred investigation of macro-economics of this competition, notably by Alessandro Acquisti building on much older work by John von Neumann.
Recently, tremendous progress has been made in medical robotics, with two companies in particular, Computer Motion and Intuitive Surgical, receiving regulatory approval in North America, Europe and Asia for their robots to be used in minimal invasive surgical procedures.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/it/wikipedia/r/ro/robot.html   (880 words)

  
 Definitions In practical usage a robot is a...
In practical usage, a "robot" is a mechanical device which performs automated tasks, either according to direct human supervision, a pre-defined program or, a set of general guidelines, using artificial intelligence artificial intelligence techniques.
In his "I, Robot I, Robot" series, Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov created the Three Laws of Robotics Three Laws of Robotics in a literary attempt to control the competition of robots with humans: # A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Robots in literature Robots in literature and fantasy: Robby the Robot Robby the Robot
www.biodatabase.de /robot   (1875 words)

  
 Robot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Alternate definition: Robot is the general term for a mechanical man or automaton, but has come to be applied to many machines which directly replace a human or animal.
The word robot comes from the Czech word robota (compare with the Russian rabotatj for "to work") meaning "drudgery", "servitude", or "forced labor",especially the so-called "labor rent" that survived in the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1848.
Robots are being used today to do the tasks that are either too dirty, dangerous, or dull for humans.
www.termsdefined.net /ro/robot.html   (1283 words)

  
 Domestic Robots, Part II
Electrolux, the world's largest household appliance manufacturer, unveiled its prototype of robot vacuum cleaner, beginning the journey to the home of the future and answering the prayers of people tired of boring household tasks (and what could be more boring than vacuuming the whole house over and over again?).
This isn't what you would expect from an average robot: it is a smooth round disc with an in-built navigational radar that allows it to vacuum its way around any room without bumping into furniture or other obstacles.
This is not the first "domestic" robot from Electrolux: they already developed a prototype solar powered robotic lawn mower which cuts the grass as long as there is daylight.
www.aboutai.net /library/weekly/aa010599.htm   (625 words)

  
 Arthropod Definition / Arthropod Research
Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda) are the largest phylum of animals and include the insects Insects are invertebrate animals of the class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely distributed grouping within the Phylum Arthropoda.
They are chiefly terrestrial arthropods, some 65,000 to 73,000 species including the spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks, and mites.
Arthropods are common throughout marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and even aerial environments, as well as including various symbiotic and parasitic forms.
www.elresearch.com /Arthropod   (303 words)

  
 The New Atlantis - A Journal of Technology and Society
Robots have been used in industry for decades—we are all familiar with the big robotic welding arms that build cars and other consumer goods.
Most of the personal and private robots already on the market are “toy and entertainment robots,” like Sony’s robotic dog “AIBO.” AIBO comes in different shapes and colors, with memory, voice, and name recognition, and the ability to follow certain basic vocal commands.
Engineers seem to have mastered the basics of robotic bipedal walking and other humanoid motions—for instance, there is a new Chinese robot capable of performing tai chi—but there are still other essential capabilities that need improvement before robots regularly enter the home, including better skills for interacting with their environment and their owners.
www.thenewatlantis.com /archive/1/soa/robot.htm   (1201 words)

  
 A Highly Compliant Passive Antenna for Touch-Mediated Maneuvering of a Biologically Inspired Hexapedal Robot
In this model, we assume that the distance y from the robot to the wall is related to the total curvature and hence resistance of the flex sensor according to
The robot tended towards the wall but would respond much too quickly, moving too close to the wall, which in turn, drove it to move quickly away from the wall.
T h e unknown resistance of the antenna sensor with respect to a nominal resistance set by balancing a half-bridge circuit of resistors and examining the output signal.
www.stanford.edu /group/journal/archives/2003-06HexapedalRobot.html   (2596 words)

  
 arthropod - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about arthropod   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The harlequin beetle Arocinus longimanus from tropical South America is a typical arthropod.
It is a member of the Insecta class of arthropods, which has more species than all the other classes of arthropod put together.
Member of the phylum Arthropoda; an invertebrate animal with jointed legs and a segmented body with a horny or chitinous casing (exoskeleton), which is shed periodically and replaced as the animal grows.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /arthropod   (136 words)

  
 Leg Types
There are lots of different leg types among living things, but the most common models for robot designs have been the arthropod (i.e.: crabs, insects) type and the higher tetrapod type (mammals principally).
The Arthropod type is probably the most commonly used leg design in walking robots (figure B).
Assuming the pivot point is rigidly connected to the body, the side forces generated by the lateral displacement of the contact patch as the leg swings through its arc result in a loss of traction at the foot pad.
home.att.net /~jZeissig/LegTypes.html   (986 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Technology | Robot cleaner hits the shops
Modelled on an ancient arthropod the Electrolux Trilobite is in stores from Friday and should cost around £999.
In contrast to the Trilobite the robot mowers require wires to be placed around the lawn edge to ensure they keep on the grass.
In 2002 Matshushita unveiled another prototype robot vacuum that it too was refining and hoped to put on sale by the end of 2005.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/technology/3031219.stm   (544 words)

  
 Biology In the News - Glencoe Online
Scientists would like their mechanical robots to be as nimble and well balanced as these arthropods.
A robot with such precise balance would be useful for investigations in dangerous areas such as toxic waste sites, and for exploring difficult terrain such as craters on the moon and Mars.
By studying the strain gauges of arthropods, scientists hope to be able to manufacture more effective strain gauges and more agile robots.
glencoe.com /sec/science/biology/bio2000/chapter/archives.php?iRef=36   (401 words)

  
 Harvard BioRobotics Laboratory: Research Areas
The most interesting feature of the robot is a passive rubber spring joint connecting the legs to the body.
Similar to the robot, the gripper is inspired by arthropod grippers (or claws), which show a resemblance to traditional industrial robot end effectors (see right).
Tasks such as undersea and space exploration, hazardous waste handling, and robotic surgery, in which a human operator is controlling a remotely located robot in an unfamiliar environment could be revolutionized by a technology that helps to make up for the lack of knowledge of the surroundings.
biorobotics.harvard.edu /research/aaron.html   (645 words)

  
 Biorobotics Lab   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Robot I and Robot II were our first two biologically inspired projects.
Robot V is another cockroach inspired robot, following in many ways after Robots III and IV.
The kinematically correct model of the front leg of a Blaberus cockroach described in the Arthropod modeling section has a femur-tibia joint that has been actuated using actual EMG recordings from the extensor and flexor muscles of the Blaberus cockroach.
biorobots.cwru.edu /projects/onrprojects.htm   (224 words)

  
 Navigation in LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming > Understanding the Problem of Navigation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
One of the most exciting, baffling challenges in robotics is navigation, which is important to mobile robots for obvious reasons.
With robot navigation, a robot should be able to go from one point to another and have the ability to return to the original point.
This requires keeping track of where the robot is in one form or another, so a simple bumper-car robot would not be considered a navigator.
www.phptr.com /articles/article.asp?p=29383&seqNum=4   (1557 words)

  
 Manic Zombie - Chapter 15, Page 2 of 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The other Arthropod stopped it's advance on the lush concentration of living organic material and turned it's attention to the six rocket cycles encircling it.
Knocked senseless by the arthropod hallucinogenic nerve gas, they were immobilized in one mass of humanity, experiencing chemically enhanced terror.
In a few moments the damage was repaired, and he began a hyper-visual inspection when the shadowy profile of one of the wounded predators appeared behind him on his perimeter radar.
www.maniczombie.com /chapter15b.html   (4897 words)

  
 Manic Zombie - Chapter 16, Page 1 of 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
She knew that the living bodies were packed into a large larder surrounded in all directions by thousands of individual honeycomb chambers, each containing an Arthropod larva.
Trent could see that the Arthropod on the far ramp was dragging a long transparent cocoon packed with human bodies though the tunnel leading to the antechamber.
She was ready to charge out of the ship as soon as the others appeared, but the sight of the second Arthropod changed her plans.
www.maniczombie.com /chapter16a.html   (6673 words)

  
 Biomimetic Underwater Robot Program
We are also developing neuronal circuit based controllers for both robots and neurorehabilitative devices.
Ayers, J., Wilbur, C., Olcott, C. (2000) Lamprey Robots.
Ayers, J. (1995) A Reactive Ambulatory Robot Architecture for Operation in Current and Surge.
www.neurotechnology.neu.edu /welcome.html   (914 words)

  
 Cliffbee.com: Transformer Toy Reviews: Poison Bite
The blue, which looks right for a sleek fish, is generally accompanied by smooth surfaces while the striped part of his body has a rough, arthropod like, skin texture.
If you push down on the stinger, the front of the knob rotates to reveal a fl face with silver details such as eyes and a mouth, and retracts when you let go of the stinger.
While it's not the most robotic face ever, it's clearly meant to be a robot's face.
www.cliffbee.com /reviews/poisonbite.php   (753 words)

  
 Electrolux Trilobite: Programmable Robot Vacuum Cleaner: Science Fiction in the News
The trilobite was a type of arthropod that vacuumed the ocean beds for small animals and particles about 250-560 million years ago.
Depending on how fascinated you are with robot vacuum cleaners, be sure to take a look at Robovac Visualizes Your Home.
You might also want to take a look at the robot mouse from Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, which scurried about cleaning with their little bristly mustaches and then returned to their burrows.
www.technovelgy.com /ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=155   (308 words)

  
 Exoskeleton - Arthropod Exoskeleton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The exoskeleton will be attached to your front like so, and I will be attached to the exoskeleton by my back like this.
Soon this robot will be fitted with a boot with which to stamp on a human face forever.
The arthropod exoskeleton is composed of separate pieces that are hinged with The arthropod exoskeleton does not grow, so arthropods must periodically
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 Aaron M. Dollar's Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Joint Coupling Design of Underactuated Grippers, submitted to the ASME 30th Annual Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 10-13, 2006.
Embedded Sensors for Biomimetic Robotics via Shape Deposition Manufacturing, proceedings of the first IEEE / RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), selected for a single-track podium presentation, Pisa, Italy, Feb. 20-22, 2006.
Teaching Robotics Everywhere: Spotlight on the Robotics Curriculum Clearinghouse, to appear in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Education Editorial Column, June 2006 (in press).
people.deas.harvard.edu /~adollar/pubs.html   (356 words)

  
 arthropomata Definition of arthropomata - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
ARTFL Project: Webster Dictionary, 1913 in which the shell is thin, and without a distinct hinge, as in Lingula and Arthropoma, in which the firm calcareous shell has a regular hinge, as in Rhynchonella.
Arthropod robot - definition of Arthropod robot in the Medical 1.
Arthroscopies - definition of Arthroscopies in the Medical dictionary Examination of the interior of a joint using an endoscope that is inserted into the joint Arthropomata.
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 Sensorimotor Control of Navigation in Arthropod and Artificial Systems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
They thus provide a source of inspiration and ideas to robotics researchers.
At the same time, attempting to re-engineer these mechanisms in robot hardware and software provides useful insights into how the natural systems might work.
This paper reviews three examples of arthropod sensorimotor control systems that have been implemented and tested on robots.
www.comdig.org /print_article.php?id_article=17360   (115 words)

  
 Stock Illustration of Robot mosquito sucking on microchip - Search EPS Clipart Drawings Illustrations and Vector Images ...
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Artist Bruce Worthington`s unique vision turns executives into executroids in this gallery of working life on a robot planet.
It`s not solely corporate robotics - it`s a complete mechanized world of industry, medicine, arts, and sport.
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 Robots ( Ludobots, Differential Wheeled Robots, Humanoid Robots, Arthropod Robots, Domestic Robots, Service Robots, ...
Robots (Ludobots, Differential Wheeled Robots, Humanoid Robots, Arthropod Robots, Domestic Robots, Service Robots, Autonomous Research Robots, Military Robots, Industrial Robots, Educational Robots, and BEAM Robotics) Definition
DEFINITION: Mechanical devices which perform automated tasks, either according to direct human supervision, a pre-defined program or, a set of general guidelines, using artificial intelligence techniques.
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