INTRODUCTION Get A Grip On Robotics Introduction to Robotics Exhibit Overview ROBOT BASICS Robot Basics 5 MAIN PARTS Controller Arm Drive End Effector Sensor DEGREES OF FREEDOM Degrees of Freedom Robot Arms JOINTED-ARM ROBOT First degree - rotate base of arm Second degree - pivot base of arm Third degree - bend elbow Fourth degree - wrist up and down Fifth degree - wrist left and right Sixth degree - rotate wrist ARMS LIKE US Arms Like Us Arms 'R Us Please Pass The Butter Arms Like Us 7 DEGREES OF FREEDOM Shoulder Pitch Arm Yaw Shoulder Roll Elbow Pitch Wrist Pitch Wrist Yaw Wrist Roll TODAY'S APPLICATIONS Today's Applications Home Robots Wide World of Robots Why Robots? Everyday Robot Tasks Robots of the World, Unite! Industrial Robot Wins Nobel Prize Case #1: Robots In The Workplace Factory Robots Robots In The Workplace - Questions Robots and Science Fiction Rossum's Universal Robots Critical Questions THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE Possibilities The Three Laws of Robotics The Fourth Law of Robotics? Landmark Images of People and Technology in Fiction Case #2: The Sentry Robot Security Robots Security Robots (continued) How To Arm The Robot The Sentry Robot - Questions RESOURCES Table Of Contents Glossary Bibliography Acknowledgements Links