From “Star Wars” to “Wall-E”,”Robocop” to
“I-Robot” everything had one common mesmerizing thing in it. In some it looked
like humans, spoke like them, ran around even till the extent of having
emotions in them. Technically they are all called as humanoids.
Male: - Android
Female:-Gynoid
So let’s
now see what do we mean by a robot and how do we go about building it.
What
is a robot??
There is no single correct definition for a
robot typically it is considered to have following characteristics in them
- Electromechanical device
- Ability to interact
- Ability to perform dedicated tasks
- Automatic, semi-automatic, manual control
What are the types of
robot??
We classify them into
- manual or autonomous
- Wired or wireless
Classification based on field of application is also present
Applications of robots
- Industry
- Medical
- Home
- Military
- Space and research
Basic parts in a robot
Like humans robots need certain basic things to name few
they
are
Humans
|
Robots
|
Eye
|
Sensors
|
Body
|
Chassis
|
Legs
|
Wheel
|
Muscles
|
Motor
|
Brain
|
Controller
|
Heart
|
Power supply
|
And so on…
Basic things required
- Bread boards
- Multimeter
- Cutter
- Microcontroller boards
- Solder kit
- Sensors
- Actuators(Motors )
It would be useful to know few shops in your place which
would
supply these things or few online sites which would deliver it to your door step
- http://www.nskelectronics.com/home.html
- http://www.robokits.co.in/shop/
- http://www.vegarobokit.com/
- http://axman.com/
With this we would have assembled basic things required to
construct a bot but this wouldn’t give us any knowledge of the electronics
related to it. It is of great importance for us to know the requirement of the
bot and then choose the controller, actuators, sensors etc. Some commonly used parts
are
Controllers
- Arduino
- Atmel
- 8051
- Avr
Actuators
- Stepper
- Servo
- Dc
Batteries
- Lead acid
- Ni-cd
- Zinc carbon
We will look into all
these in the next update...
CONTRIBUTION:
Athul Shenoy
NMAMIT NITTE
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