Unit 3.

ROBOTICS AND AI

Reading

Activity 3.4.

After reading carefully, complete the chart below with the information from the article. In the columns Advantages and
Disadvantages write one or more advantages or disadvantages you may think of that Robot.

ROBOT ORIGIN FUNCTIONS ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

Robot Sea Kongsbeg Performing It looks and moves just It is still cabled.
Snake Maritime inspections and like a sea snake and
maintenance on can quickly and safely
deep sea rigs. reach places no vehicle
can.
Roko the No information Transport small It can penetrate deep Two different driving
Robotic available packages in into dense forests. systems, short and
Monkey remote areas. Supply small towns long range.
RoboBees Harvard Weather Compact, smart and Fragile
monitoring, rescue autonomous.
missions,
surveillance.
MuddyBot Georgia Tech Understand how Simple anda e design. The robot has
School of the first demonstrated that its tail
Physics vertebrates on the is not very useful for
planet moved. locomotion at all.
Bionic Festo Emulate the It is fun to have around. It has no application
Kangaroo behavior of the functions.
kangaroo.
SpotMini Boston Heavy duty Better in freight Cost.
Dynamics platform that can transportation than
be transported drones.
over difficult Video recording to
terrain. monitor places at risk
of damage.
SpiderBot Institute for He works in Easy creation of Like "spider", it does
Computational company with industrial fabrics. not climb walls
Design in other "spiders" to
Stuttgart, weave high
Germany resistance fabrics.
RoboRoach UC Berkeley Enter into narrow It reaches narrow Fragile.
biomechanist spaces. places and can locate The patent has not
Robert Full people in the event of been terminated.
a natural disaster.
RoBird Enter Clear Flight Chasing away Airport companies They are controlled
Solutions birds in urban can use them. wirelessly by an operator
spaces and flight Scatter the birds to on the ground.
routes. find a better place to
live.
Cyborg International team It mimics the Significant advance in It has biomechanical
Stingray of Scientists, swimming motions the creation of functions, which makes
Harvard of a real stingray. automated robots. it perceptible to
This one is not failures.
technically a robot.