Introduction -- Bump and go -- Too close for comfort -- ROBOT CHALLENGE: seeing things -- Familiar faces -- Lidar -- HELLO, MY NAME IS: Tory -- I'm listening! -- Inside and out -- Actuators -- Degrees of freedom -- HELLO, MY NAME IS: WAREC-1 -- Powered by fluids -- Piezoelectric actuators -- End effectors -- ROBOT CHALLENGE: get a grip! -- Grippers -- HELLO, MY NAME IS: The Shadow Dexterous Hand -- Other end effectors.
Summary:
Robots are all around you. As robotics technology improves, robots are poised to take on even more important jobs, making your life easier, safer, and cooler! A robot must have some awareness of itself and its surroundings to do its job. And it must also be able to manipulate the things around it.
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