Bear Elective Adventures: Robotics

Bear Elective Adventures: Robotics

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1. Identify six tasks performed by robots.

10 Strange-ish Very specific tasks
9 more normal ones

10 min youtube vid of alot of neat robots(mostly just vids with no sound or talking)
Better video best robot till 2015


2015 Darpa challenge robotics contest (rescue robots)
Better shorter Darpa Challenge summary video
What is Darpa Video
 

2. Learn about some instances where a robot could be used in place of a human for

work. Research one robot that does this type of work, and present what you learn

to your den.

Types of robots from a how they are built perspective

3. Build a robot hand. Show how it works like a human hand and how it is different

from a human hand.

Canada scout plans for a robotic hand.. this is way less robotic than you are afraid it is...

Pintrest with lots of robots including hands


Cool "robot" hand out of cardboard and string (and bits)

4. Build your own robot.
Cub Books recommend bristle bots
Instructable on bristle bots 

Pintrest with lots of robots including hands

 
5. Visit a place that uses robots.
Remember, this includes alot of places you don't think about,  
Dentists that have CNC crown cutting, or the Xray that moves around your head, 
The kind of car wash where you drive in and it washes your car... anything where a computer or electronic switches makes things move when needed is a Robot.
Metal cutting or wood cutting places with CNC,