Quarter I - Module 2: Basics of Robotics Technology
Quarter I - Module 2: Basics of Robotics Technology
TLE
Quarter I – Module 2
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Identify the different types of robots and its uses
(SSP_TLE-CT10PSPE-Ia-b-2.1)
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Supplementary Learning Module for Junior High School Learners
LESSON
Types of Robots
As we jump into our next lesson which is the types of robots, you
may have question in mind: To what category of robot is my concept of robotics belong?
The concept of automated machines dates to antiquity with myths of mechanical beings brought to life.
Automata, or manlike machines, also appeared in the clockwork figures of medieval churces, and 18th-century
watchmakers were famous for their clever mechanical creatures. In 1995 about 700,000 robots were operating
in the industrialized world. Over 500,000 were used in Japan, about 120,000 in Western Europe, and about
60,000 in the United States.
In this module, we will identify different types of robots, from the one that flies high in the sky to the
crawling robot in land, from the one that floats in the vast waters of the sea and down to the deepest of the
oceans below.
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Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer / answers.
1. Which category of robot designed to evoke an emotional response and make us laugh or feel surprise
or in awe?
a. Exoskeletons
b. Entertainment
c. Industrial
d. Medical
2. Which of the following refers to a robot that allows you to be present at a place without actually going
there?
a. Telepresence
b. Underwater
c. Self-Driving Cars
d. Military and Security
3. Which of the following refers to a traditional robot consists of a manipulator arm designed to perform
repetitive tasks?
a. Drones
b. Education
c. Exoskeletons
d. Industrial
4. Which of the following refers to a robot that perform dangerous jobs like seaching for sruvivors in the
aftermath of an emergency?
a. Aerospace
b. Consumer
c. Disaster Response
d. Education
5. This is probably the type of robot that most people think of when they come across with the term
robot.
a. Research
b. Humanoids Hi! How did you find the test?
c. Industrial
Please check on your teacher
d. Medical
about the answer to this test and see
how you did. Don’t worry if you got a low
score, this just means that there are
more things that you can learn from this
module. So, hop on!
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Direction: Below are some of the many robots that are categorized
accordingly, Other than the samples below, give at least two examples of a
robot in every category, attach a pricture / drawing, describe the robot, and
supply its functions and uses. Output should be presented in a short bond
paper following the format after the last category, compile using short paper folder.
Aerospace
This is a broad category. It includes all sorts of flying robots – the SmartBird robotics
seagull and the Raven surveillance drone, for example – but also robots that can
operate in space, such as Mars rovers and NASA’s Robonaut, the humanoid that flew
to the International Space Station and is now back on Earth.
Consumer
Consumer robots are robots you can buy and use just for fun or help you with tasks
and chores. Examples are the robot dog Aibo, the Roomba vacuum, AI-powered robot
assistants, and a growing variety of robotic toys and kits.
Disaster Response
These robots perform dangerous jobs like searching for survivors in the aftermath of
an emergency. For example, after and earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011,
Packbots were used to inspect damage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powerstation.
Drones
Also called unmanned aerial vihicles, drones come in different sizes and have different
levels of autonomy. Examples include DJI’s popular Phantom series and Parrot’s Anafi,
as well as military systems like Global Hawk, used for long-duration surveillance.
Education
This broad category is aimed at the next generation of robotics, for use at home or in
classrooms. It includes hands-on programmable sets from Lego, 3D printers with
lesson plans, and even teacher robots like EMYS.
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Entertainment
These robots are designed to evoke an emotional response and make us laugh or feel
surprise or in awe. Among are robot comedian RoboThespian, Disney’s theme park
robots like Navi Shaman, and musically inclined bots like Partner.
Exoskeletons
Robotic exoskeletons can be used for physical rehabilitation and for enbling a
paralyzed patient walk again. Some have industiral or military applications, by giving
the wearer added mobility, endurance, or capacity to carry heavy loads.
Humanoids
This is probably the type of robot that most people think of when they think of robot.
Examples of humanoid robots include Honda’s Asimo, which has a mechanical
appearance, and also androids like the Geminoid series, which are designed to look
like people.
Industrial
The traditional industrial robot consists of a manipulator arm designed to perform
repetitive tasks. An example is the Unimate, the grandfather of all factory robots. This
category includes also systems like Amazon’s werehouse robots and collaborative
factory robots that can operate alongside human workers.
Medical
Medical and health-care robots includes systems such as the da Vinci surgical robot
and bionic prostheses, as well as robotic exoskeletons. A system that may fit in this
catetory but is not a robot is Watson, the IBM question-answering supercomputer,
which has been used in healthcare applications.
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Military & Security
Military robots include ground systems like Endeavor Robotics’ PackBot, used in Iraq
and Afganistan to scount for improvised explosive devices, and BigDog, designed to
assist troops in carrying heavy gear. Security robots includes autonomous mobile
systems such as Cobalt.
Research
The vast majority of today’s robots are born in universities and corporate research
labs. Though these robots may be able to do useful thins, they’re primarily intended
to help reserachers do, well, research. So although some robots may fit other
categories described here, they can also be called research robots.
Self-Driving Cars
May robots can drive themselves around, and an increasing number of them can now
drive you around. Early autonomous vihicles include the ones built for DARPA’s
autonomous-vihicle competitions and also Google’s pioneering self-driving Toyota
Prius, later spun out to form Waymo.
Telepresence
Telepresence robots allow you to be present at a place without actually going there.
You log on to a robot avatar via the internet and drive it around, seeing what it sees,
and talking with people. Workers can use it to collaborate with colleagues at a distant
office, and doctors can use it to check on patients.
Underwater
The favorite place for these robots is in the water. They consist of deep-sea
submersibles like Aquanaut, diving humanoids like Ocean One, and bio-inspired
systems like the ACM-R5H snakebot.
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Sample format of output:
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
ROBONAUT is a NASA robot. Engineers SPIRIT and OPPORTUNITY were sent to Mars
designed Robonaut to be humanoid, which to find more clues about the history of water
means it is built to look like a person. This there, and to see if the Red Planet could ever
makes it easier for Robonaut to do the same have supported life. To do this, scientists sent
jobs as a person. Robonaut could help with the two rovers to two different landing sites.
anything from working on the International The rovers landed on opposite sides of the
Space Station to exploring other worlds. planet. Spirit landed at Gusev Crater, a place
where mineral deposits suggested that Mars
had a wet history while Opportunity landed at
Meridiani Planum, a possible former lake in a
giant impact crater
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2. Name: AIBO________________ Name: ROOMBA__________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
AIBO looks like a puppy, albeit a robo- A robotic vacuum cleaner, sometimes called a
approximation. It makes vaguely dog-like robovac or a ROOMBA as a generic
sounds, walks around, plays with toys, trademark, is an autonomous robotic vacuum
responds to commands, occasionally cleaner which has a limited vacuum floor
misbehaves and uses cameras and facial cleaning system combined with sensors and
recognition technology to interact differently robotic drives with programmable controllers
with each person it encounters. and cleaning routines.
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3. Name: HYDRONALIX__________ Name: VIDEORAY_________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
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4. Name: MQ-1 PREDATOR AND MQ-9 REAPER Name: AERYON SCOUT
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
The MQ-1 PREDATOR and MQ-9 Though not in use by the United States, let’s
REAPER are the most iconic drones, and odds take a look at the AERYON SCOUT. It’s a
are if there’s a news story about a drone, it’s small quadrotor that NATO allies supplied to
going to have a picture of one of these. These the Libyan rebels in the recent campaign to
guys can be armed so that makes them overthrow Gaddafi. The scout weighs less than
largely, though by no means exclusively, the 3 pounds and can fly for about 25 minutes,
preferred tool for what we call drone strikes. making it useful for checking around corners.
The main difference between them is that the It’s operated with a touch screen, too.
newer Reaper is larger, has a more powerful
engine, and can carry much, much more. They
still both look like someone slapped a giant
wing on a match, though.
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5. Name: PEPPER_____________ Name: TIRO_________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
PEPPER is the world's first social humanoid TIRO had been used for class management
robot able to recognize faces and basic human such as checking students' attendance, getting
emotions. Pepper was optimized for human attention, and acting as a timer for activities
interaction and is able to engage with people and for tutor such as providing lesson
through conversation and his touch screen. objectives, conversation scripts, English chants
The four directional microphones located on and dancing, storytelling and role playing,
Pepper's head allow it to detect where sounds praising and cheering up.
are coming from and locate your position, as
well as identifying the emotions in your voice.
Pepper can engage in conversations, and can
incorporate information it has gleaned from the
conversation into what it says.
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6. Name: TEKNO__________ Name: GUPI_________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
With over 160 emotions and functions, TEKNO GUPI, the intelligent robot guinea pig is cute
the Robotic Puppy captured the imagination of and fluffy like a real guinea pig, and even has
parents and kids by offering a special different moods depending on how you treat
technological peak into the future. Children him. If you ignore him, he'll get lonely and
could enjoy the companionship and playfulness scared, and will run off and hide in a corner, but
of a real pet without the daily care giving if you pay attention to him he'll love you, chirp
burdens. Tekno's basic functions included happily, and stay close to you. Gupi can also
walking, barking, eating, and sleeping, and hear and responds to the sound of your voice.
special motor sensors enabled emotional and He'll come running when you call him, but if it
life-like intelligence. It could be "taught" to gets too loud and he gets scared, it'll run away.
respond to voice commands and to perform
real dog tricks such as fetching, whining, and
playing tricks with the included bone and ball
accessories. Smart light sensor technology
also gave Tekno the ability to understand visual
commands and to react to environmental
stimuli, even knowing when to go to sleep on
its own. Since 2013, Tekno is controlled by a
smart device like iPad and Android phone.
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7. Name: THE MOUNTED ARM EXOSUIT Name: ARM SUPPORT LIMB_________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
THE MOUNTED ARM EXOSUIT: ARM SUPPORT LIMB: Some suits are simple
arms that help workers lift heavy tools while
fuller exoskeletons offer shoulder or arm
Tool-holding exoskeletons are composed of a support. The Fraco Exoskeleton by Mawashi is
spring-loaded arm that holds a heavy tool on a hybrid system combining passive and quasi-
one end and is connected to a lower-body passive actuation to support and assist masons
exoskeleton and a counterweight. The weight in lifting and placing masonry blocks as well as
of the tool is transmitted to the ground. These manipulating masonry tools. It uses litte power,
exoskeletons are usually passive and but provides ergonomic upper body and arm
sometimes contain only one joint, which is support that makes objects seem to weight
sufficient to provide weight support. much less than they do, and enables a worker
to do a variety of tasks without fatigue,
Examples here include the EksoZeoG, according to the suit makers.
from Ekso Bionics. The mounted-arm
exoskeleton isn’t worn on the body, but rather
workers control the arm by placing their hand at
its end. The exoskeleton helps workers use
heavy hand-tools quickly so they can complete
jobs faster, with less fatigue, and better
workmanship, according to Ekso.
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8. Name: SOPHIA__________ Name: KIME__________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
SOPHIA: A humanoid robot developed by KIME is a food and beverage serving robot,
Hanson Robotics, is one of the most human- developed by Macco Robotics in Spain. It has a
like robots. Sophia is able to have a human-like human-like head and torso with two arms
conversation and is able to make many human- inside a kiosk. Tested at gas stations in Europe
like facial expressions. and in a Spanish brewery, Kime is known to be
quite good at pouring beer and can serve up to
300 glasses per hour.
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9. Name: SCARA__________ Name: DELTA__________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
The SCARA robot is most commonly used for DELTA robots are designed to move at high
Pick-and-place or assembly operations where speeds and perform repetitive tasks quickly
high speed and high accuracy is required. and consistently. These robots can replace
Generally a SCARA robot can operate at manual processes where over a 100 parts per
higher speed and with optional cleanroom minute are being picked, sorted and placed.
specification.
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10. Name: PARO__________ Name: CYBERKNIFE__________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
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11. Name: AVATAR III__________ Name: MUTT_____________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
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12. Name: BAXTER__________ Name: SAWYER_____________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
BAXTER was an industrial robot built by Equipped with both the ROS system and a SDK
Rethink Robotics, a start-up company founded (Software Development Kit), SAWYER for research
by Rodney Brooks. Baxter is a two-armed robot and education will pave the way to innovations in
with an animated face. It is 3 feet tall and weighs
fields like machine learning, human-robot interaction,
165 lbs without its pedestal; with its pedestal it
is between 5'10" – 6'3" tall and weighs 306 lbs. mechatronics and grasping, machine vision and
It is used for simple industrial jobs such as manufacturing skills. Sawyer for Research and
loading, unloading, sorting, and handling of Education has the same hardware as the
materials. Brooks stated that Baxter was manufacturing version of the robot. Sawyer is a one-
designed to perform the dull tasks on a armed robot with innovative technical features that
production line. It is intended to be sold to small
and medium-sized companies. was designed by the company Rethink Robotics.
This visionary organisation was founded by Rodney
Brooks, Former MIT professor (26 years) and former
director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory (10 years). Having
experience in both education and successful
companies (iRobot, Rethink Robotics), Rodney
Brooks developed a cutting edge robotics platform,
that could be deployed on both manufacturing, floors,
universities, classrooms, and research labs.
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13. Name: nuTONOMY__________ Name: AutoX_____________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
nuTonomy is a self-driving car company that AutoX is a company building hardware and
software integrated technology for autonomous
focuses on inventing software for self-driving
vehicles. Its self-driving car technology, AutoX AI
vehicles and autonomous mobile robots. driver, can drive different vehicles such as sedans,
NuTonomy began testing its software on cars SUVs, trucks, and electric vehicles. AutoX has
in early 2016. One of the cars used to test its conducted test drives in different cities globally to
software included Mitsubishi i-MiEV. The train its driver AI on different road conditions,
product is still in research and weather patterns, and driving styles. The test
development phase. In August 2016, it locations
launched its autonomous taxi service using a included Shenzhen, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan,
fleet of 6 modified Renault Zoes and Mitsubishi Las Vegas, San Jose, Saratoga, Palo
i-MiEVs. NuTonomy later signed three Alto, Zhaoqing, Wuhu, Changzhou, and Xiangyang.
Dr. Jianxiong Xiao founded AutoX in 2016. Xiao is
significant partnerships to develop its
also known as Professor X, a former assistant
technology and service: with Grab, with Groupe professor at Princeton University, the Shenzhen-
PSA, which is supposed to provide the based start-up counts Alibaba Group
company with Peugeot 3008 SUVs, and the Holding, MediaTek, Chinese carmaker Shanghai
last one with Lyft to launch a Robo-Taxi service Auto and Dongfeng Motor and among its backers.
in Boston. In October 2017, Delphi The firm also announced at the CES 2020 a
Automotive (now Aptiv) purchased the partnership with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) for
company. developing self-driving robotaxi vehicles, adding that
both companies will launch a fleet of robotaxis
in China, composed of FCA’s Chrysler Pacifica cars,
and powered by AutoX’s AI Driver system.
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14. Name: DOUBLE 3__________ Name: OHMNI ROBOT_____________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
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15. Name: ROBOTICS BENEATH THE WAVES Name: ROBOT ROVs__________
Description/Function/Task Description/Function/Task
ROBOTICS BENEATH THE WAVES: Aerial ROBOT ROVs: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill
drones have buzzed their way into almost in 2010 resulted in a gathering of the world's
every aspect of the modern world, from largest robotic underwater armada, as about a
photography and television news coverage, to dozen large "work-class" ROV's struggled for
environmental monitoring and archaeology. months to stem the oil gushing from a
And many of the concepts developed for aerial shattered wellhead on the seafloor beneath
drones are being adopted and adapted to work 5,100 feet (1,600 meters) of water.
in a very different environment — underwater.
Among the lessons learned: making ROVs
Here's a look at 23 of the many ways that more autonomous, even while they remain
drones are being used beneath the waves, by tethered by an umbilical cable to a control ship
oceanographic scientists, archaeologists, on the surface. Advanced ROV's — like the
militaries, commercial divers, photographers Schilling UWD shown here above a test pool —
and undersea explorers. already use pressure gauges, compasses and
doppler sonar to keep themselves oriented;
automating ROVs further could help to refine
their awareness of what surrounds them, a
feature that might have been useful navigating
cables and moving gear in the Gulf.
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Hi!
I hope you accomplish the task well and did everything
you can to have an exellent output. With that, thank you
very much for the great effort.
And by the way, make your self aware of the
different types/categories of robot, see you in the next
assessment period!
Good luck guys, please share your ideas to our classmates for I will
also do the same. Lets help fight COVID-19 in our own little way.
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[Link] Retrieved September 2020
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Bicol Regional Science High School was conceived by virtue of DECS Order No. 69, s. 1993. Like all
other regional science high schools, it aims to provide for a more intensive and advanced secondary education
program with special reference to science. A special school for the more intellectually promising students, its
main objective is to foster problem-solving approach of critical thinking. It offers enriched Science, Mathematics
and English curriculum in addition to the standard requirements of basic education.
It was in SY 1994-1995 when the first set of first year entrants were enrolled at Ligao National High
School, its mother school. There were two-hundred twelve (212) students who were taken in as first year
students using the mother school’s amenities such as classrooms, instructional materials and teachers because,
BRSHS has no school site yet of its own. The teachers then received stipend from the Metrobank for at most
two years other than their regular salaries. The administration of the school was under the principal of the mother
school who was then Mr. Wilfredo E. Pura. The following school year or two, while the students were housed in
the mother school, the construction of school building for BRSHS was started at Tuburan, Ligao City. The new
school site was used only after a number of years because of the apprehensions felt by both parents and
students, that the school is far from the city proper and it is located within residential houses. It was only after
six (6) years when BRSHS was totally weaned from her mother, the Ligao National High School.
The new school site for BRSHS located at Tuburan, Ligao City having an area of at least nine thousand, seven
hundred eight sq. m. (9,708) has eight (8) rooms only utilized as classrooms in SY 2000-2001. Having no
appropriations for teacher items, the teachers who were assigned to handle classes in this new school site
were loaned from big national high schools such as Ligao National High School, Polangui General
Comprehensive High School and Malabog High School without receiving anymore the extra stipend. The
subsequent school year is a blessing for BRSHS because of a lump sum appropriations to teacher items and
items for the support staff. It was during this time where the teachers loaned from different national high
schools were asked to stay or may opt to return to their respective stations. The BRSHS, then, for the first
time, stood by its own.
Contact:
Teacher: JOSEPH F. MORCO
Address: 272, P-2, Bogtong, Legazpi City
Mobile: 09335168178
Email: [Link]@[Link]
Facebook/Messenger: josephfullermorco
Youtube: Joseph Morco
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