Robotics

Teacher: Ivana Čizmić

icizmic@oss.unist.hr
Etymology
- engineering science and technology of robots, and
their design, manufacture, application and structural
disposition.
- word „robot“ - first introduced in 1921 by writer Karel
Čapek in his play R.U.R. („Rossums Universal
Robots“)
- it originated from word „robota“ which in Czech
means „forced labor“.
 Historical overview

Heron of Alexandria, 1st century

Leonardo da Vinci, 15th century

Historical overview
 In 1948 Norbert Wiener formulated the principles of
cybernetics
 In 1961 George Devol made

Unimate – first installed industrial

robot
Historical overview
 At the end of 19th century Nikola Tesla
demonstrated first radio – controlled robot boat
 In 1930s first
humanoid robot - Elektro
Types of robots
 Mobile robots

 Industrial robots

 Service robots
Designing a robot
 Defining a problem
 Researching and designing
 Creating a prototype
 Building a robot
 Programming and testing
 Evaluating
Examples
 Italian humanoid robot iCub learns archery
 Croatian robotical system ROKI – helps in surgery