A2 Product Design- Robots And Artificial Intelligence

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Automation

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the use of computer systems to control industrial machinery and processes largely replacing human operators

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Robot

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A re-programmable device designed to both manipulate and transport parts, tools, or specialised manufacturing implements through variable programmed motions for the performance or specific manufacturing tasks

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The world leader in robotics technology is

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Japan

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Advantages of robots

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Ideal for repetitive tasks, extreme precision, can be used in hazardous environments, can carry heavy loads, re-programmable, can work 24/7, cost effective

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Disadvantages of robots

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Do not have an array of sensors, do not have the ability to learn, hard to program, extremely expensive, humans have to be excluded from robot working areas, high costs making robot cells and collision sensors, maintenance issues, no standard robot programming language implemented

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degrees of freedom

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AI

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Artificial intelligence

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Artificial intelligence

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A machine that exhibits human intelligence and behaviour and can demonstrate the ability to learn and adapt through experience

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Robots cannot copy human behaviour and so scientists have focused on mimicing

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insect behaviour

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Expert Systems

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ability to prcess large amounts of information and seemingly make deicsions which are 'similar' to humans

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Example of an expert system

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Computer controlled chess game

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Autonomous robots

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learn the skills needed for any particular environment rather than programming them for a secific tast

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Robots cannot use 'guess-work' and instead have to

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examine individual pixels, process them and attet to develop conclusions using expert systems