robotics

Question 1

Asimov’s three laws of robotics

Answer 1

· a robot may not injure a human through action or inaction
· a robot must obey orders given by humans, unless it comes into conflict with law 1
· a robot must protect itself, unless this conflicts with law 1.

Question 2

characteristics of a robot

Answer 2

ability to sense their surroundings; programmable; have a degree of movement

Question 3

How do robots sense their surroundings?

Answer 3

sensors; recognise the immediate surroundings and give it the ability to determine things(temp/appearance etc.); all sesor data sent to a microprocessor/computer

Question 4

How are robots ‘programmable’?

Answer 4

they have a ‘brain’(controller) that determines the action to be taken to perform a certain task

Question 5

INDEPENDENT robots

Answer 5

autonomous; can replace the human activity totally

Question 6

DEPENDENT robots

Answer 6

human interface through a computer/control panel; can supplement the human activity rather than totally replace