Electric Motors

What is a Motor?

A motor is a a machine. It is powered by electricity or internal combustion that supplies power for a vehicle or other devices with moving parts. 

History of Motors:

"Motos find the most practical use in our every day life in form of modern gadgets, devices, and appliances." From the first discovery t today, we have progressed into developing advanced and useful motors that aid us in our every day lives. 

Before 1834, Joseph Henry and Michael Faraday created an early motor using electromagnetic fields. These motors were created with spinning disks or levers but were not powerful enough to do any kind of task. Because of this, it helped lead the way to create better motors in the future.  

Michael Faraday

• Early 1800s: the basic principles of electromagnetic induction was discovered by Oersted, 

  

  Hans Christian Oersted

  Gauss and Faraday. 
• 1800: the invention of the battery by Alessandro Volta 
• 1820: the invention of a magnetic field from electric current by Hans Christian Oersted and Andre Ampere. This lead to the invention the the basic DC motor. 
• 1821: Michael Faraday set out to prove the theory proposed by Oersted and Ampere. He did this by converting electric energy into motion
• 1822: the invention of the first rotating device driven by electromagnetism was built by Peter Barlow
• 1825: the invention of the electromagnet by William Sturgeon
• 1832: The invention of the commutator by William Ritchie and Hippolyte Pixii.
• 1833: Friedrich Emil Lenz published an article on the law of reciprocity of magneto-electric and electromagnetic phenomena. 
• 1834: Thomas Davenport constructed the first real DC electric motor. It was powerful enough to preform certain tasks. His motors were able to preform tasks like moving a trolley on circular tracks. Later on, it turned out that the trolley was the first important application of electric power. Also in May, Moritz Jacobi created the first real rotating electric motor. It set a world record which was improved by him self 4 years later in 1838.

  

  Jacobi's motor

• 1835: 2 Dutchmen created an electric motor that was able to power a small car. 
• 1837: In 1837, the first patent was granted to Thomas Davenport.
• 1838: Jacobi's second motor created was powerful enough to drive a boat full of people across a river. Also, Friedrich Emil Lenz proved a detailed description of his experiments with the generator used to operate his motor.
• 1839/40: Scientist all over the world  managed to recreate his motor as well as create ones with a higher power.
• 1850: Thomas Davenport's death. 30 after his death, full sized electric trolleys were built.
• 1856: the invention of the Double-T-anchor by Werner Siemens.
• 1872: the invention of the drum armature by Friedrich Hefner-Alteneck.
• 1873: the electric motor achieved commercial success
• 1880: trolleys and their power systems were very expensive to build and transport people.
• 1885-1889: the invention of the 3-phase electric power system. That is the basis of the electrical power transmission and advanced electric motors today. This motor is most commonly used in highly dynamic applications such as robots or electric cars

How Motors Work:

"The core function of an electric motor is to convert electrical current into mechanical force."

DIfferent motors work differently but they all work off of the power of the electromagnetic field. There are main types of motors. AC and DC motors. On electric motors, there are parts that all it to function. For example, a rotor or stator. Motors use electromagnetic fields to generate motion. Electric motors function of the principle of magnetism which is alike poles repel and opposite poles attract. Magnets are the base of many motors.

AC Motors:

AC motors use a secondary and primary magnet. The primary winding is connected directly to a power source like a generator or power grid. The secondary magnet receives energy from the primary without directly touching it. These motors have the advantage of auto-change of polarity due to alternating current. It runs at the frequency of the sine wave. The most common of these motors are induction type. Unlike the DC motor, no current passes through the armature coils. The current gets induced through rotation coils instead of them being supplied directly. A typical motor consists of  parts. The first one is an exterior stationary stator with coils that use AC current to produce a revolving magnetic field. The second one is an interior rotor linked to the output shaft that employs torque using the rotating field.

DC Motors:

DC motors were not created from the motors that were made in the 19th century. Rather from eh development of power generators. DC motors the the oldest form of electric motors. Today, they have a dominant market position in the lower power and low voltage. They are powered through a direct current. DC motors have a fixed magnet on the outside. On the inside is an armature that carries current. "As soon as the current passes through the wired armature, it turns into an electromagnet with opposite polarity as of the girls magnet." This cause the armature to continuously rotate. A armature is usually nothing more but a good conductor with copper wire on it. With every half rotation of these motors, the electromagnet gets stuck at the opposite poles and they attract to each other. To get past it, the current needs to be flipped. To do this, a commuter and brushes are used. The commutator allows for the motor to change the direction of the current. It is attached to the armature. Like the motors we built, the brushes rest against the commutator. "The key is that as soon as the armature passes over the maximum flux of the field magnet, the poles of the electromagnet must flip. Because of the flip, the North Pole of the electromagnet is always in line with the North Pole of the field magnet that keeps the armature under constant repulsion."

Disadvantages of DC Motors:

• The brushes wear. Because the brushes are constantly connecting to the commutator, it begins to wear. When that happens, it will increase in low pressure environment. Also, the sparks from the brushes can be hazardous. This is a rare occasion but the sparks from the brushes may cause an explosion if the environment that motor is in is susceptible to it.

Types of Electric Motors:

• Stepper Motors: 
• it is an electro-mechanical device that converts electrical current into torque output. It rotates a number of degrees with each electric pulse. It is also measured in degrees.
• Brushed DC Motors:
• it has a permanent magnetic field that is produced in the stator.
• Brushless DC Motors:
• it has similar operations as the DC motor. The role of the rotor and stator are inverted in the brushless motor. There are no brushes and the function of the commutator takes place by an electronic circuit. 
• Linear Motor:
• it is an electric motor that consists of an unrolled stator. It produces linear force instead of torque like the other motors.
• Servo Motor:
• it is a very small motor with one main function. It select if it wants vertical or horizontal polarization. It is usually used for motion controls. It also uses a special current to make them rotate electrically.

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My Motor

My Electric Motor:

Supplies:

• 2 spools of 24 gage copper wire
• 14 gage multistrand wire or lamp wire
• 1 rod of fiber glass
• 1 6 volt battery
• Hot glue gun
• 2 large nails
• Many small screws
• Small Washers
• Wire cutters
• Big Washers
• Drill
• Tape
• Sand paper
• 1 saw
• Wood
• 2 chopsticks
• Wood glue
• Soldering iron
• 1 sheet of copper
• 2 6 inch brackets
• 3 thin metal brackets
• 1 medicine canister
• Alligator clips
• A spool and thread

Procedure:

1. Gather all of your materials
2. Take your piece of wood and cut it in half with your saw. This is so that you will be able to join them together later. By cutting it, it will give you a better area to work with. 
3. Aline your pieces of wood nest to each other so that it almost forms a complete square. Next, take the smallest drill part and drill into the side of the wood at a diagonal. Gradually get bigger with the drills to where you re able to fit a chopstick in. When this is complete on both sides, you will be able to insert that chopstick into it. This will allow you to join the two pieces of wood together. 
4. Once you are done with the drill, take the wood glue and apply it to the two sides that you will be connecting and put some clue into the holes that you create with your drill.

   

   Base coil and Armature 

   Before the glue dries, insert both chopsticks in. Set aside and let dry.
5. Next, take 1 spool of 24 gage copper wire and the 2 6 inch brackets. These materials will be creating your base coil. Overlap the brackets so that it forms a U shape. Add a little hot glue to it so that it will stay together when you begin to wrap it. Do not add too much so that it is not flat. 
6. Before you start wrapping, leave a couple inches off the end so that you will be able to connect it to the battery. When winding your base coil, it is important to try to not overlap the layers of the wire. You have to keep going back and forth until you use up the whole spool of wire. When you have very little wire left, make sure that you leave a little sticking out at the other end so that it will be able to continue the circuit. Now your base coil is done. 
7. To make sure that you did it correctly, test it with the 6 volt battery. Since the wire is coated with enamel, you have to either use sand paper or a flame to take it off so that the electricity will flow through. Once that is done, attach each end of the wire to the battery. A way to test it is by taking some

   

   Testing magnet

   thing metal (paper clip) and see if it will be drawn towards it. 
8. The next thing to build is your armature. The materials need for this is the rod of fiberglass, the piece of copper, tape, the other spool of 24 gage wire, the 2 large nails, the pill canister, the hot glue gun, and the soldering iron. First take the fiberglass rod and the 2 nails. Place the 2 nails on either side of the fiberglass so that they are equal distance from the center and perpendicular to the rod. Put a little glue on the nail and rod to secure it into place. Next, take the wire. Leave about 10 inches out and start winding from the middle out to one side. This is very important that the wraps are neat and do not over lap. If it over laps, it will make the magnet weaker.  From the middle go out to one end and then back. Do that one more time. Once that is complete cross over to the other side and do the same thing. When you are wrapping on the other side, make sure that you are wrapping in the same direction or it will cancel out. When the is done come down and cut the wire so it is the same length of the other end.
9. Put is aside and move onto the pill canister. The pill canister will become your

   

   Commutator

   commutator Take the drill and drill a small hole through the center of the bottle. Keep making the hole bigger until you are able to slide the canister onto the rod. Once it is on the rod, take the piece of copper and cut it in half. The copper will go around the canister and this where the brushes will make contact. Cut the copper so that it goes around the bottle but the ends to not touch. Make sure that there are gaps in between the pieces of copper and the gaps should line up with the tips of the nails. Secure the copper by putting a thin piece of tape on the outer sides of the piece of copper the is farther away from the coil.
10. Next, burn the ends of the wire to get the enamel off agin. Then take the soldering iron and join the ends of wire to the sheet of copper that does no have tape. After it dries, you can put another piece of tape on to make sure that it doesn't move. Doing this, it completes the circuit. Now the armature is done. 
11. To test the armature, connect the battery to the copper with alligator clips. Use the paper clip again and see if it stays on the coil. If so, you can move on to the brushes.
12. Next, it is on to the brushes. The brushes make the motor rotate. Take the multi strand wire and cut 2 8 inch pieces of wire using the wire cutters. Then use the wire cutters to take of the plastic covering on the wire to expose the metal. 
13. Now, you have to secure everything to the wooden board to finish working on the brushes. 
14. First,

    

    Vertical view

    measure off to one side and secure the base coil to the board with screws. After that is complete, take your armature and secure it with 2 thin metal brackets so that the coin will be directly over the base coil. Once the base coil and armature are connected, you can finish the brushes. 
15. One end of one multi strand wire is going to connect to one of the base coil's wires. The other one is going to connect to the battery. Take the one that will connect to the base coil and twist this wire with the 24 gage wire sticking out. The other end of the multi strand wire will touch your commutator. 
16. In order to make sure the brushes are secure and do not move. Take the last thin metal bracket and cut it in half. Screw them down on either side of the commutator. Next, weave the wire through the outer hole and up to the top so that it is standing vertical barely touching the copper. Do this on either side. You might have to bend the wire in order to get it just right. 
17. Lastly, attach the spool to either end of the armature. Glue or tape a little over 4 meters

    

    Spool to pull the car

    of thread to the spool. This will allow you to pull the car.
18. Now it is time to test it. Attach the alligator clips to the motor by attaching one to the wire sticking out from the base coil and the other one to the end of one of the brushes. When you do this, you should see your brushes spark against the copper. By doing this, it is completing the circuit and it should make the motor spin. 

When testing your motor, it usually does not work on the first time. It takes a lot of adjusting and correction. With my motor, the most common problem that I had the most was my brushes. I had to keep adjusting it until I got it just right. It also helps to have a battery that functions and not one that is out of power. 

How it Works:

In a motor, there are negative and positive terminals. In my motor, wither side of the base coil represents that. When the motor is suing, it is constantly switching terminals. When the negative part of the armature is on the positive side, it repels off of it because it wants to go to the negative side and vise versa. This keeps happening and what causes the motor to spin.

Equilibrium

What is Equilibrium?

Equilibrium is the state at which opposing forces are balanced. The force as well as torque both equal zero. The forces don't always have to be equal as shown int eh picture below but they do have to be equal. An object can be moving and still have a state of equilibrium as long the center of mass is moving at a constant velocity.

Torque:

"A torque is an influence which tends to change the rotational motion of an object."
Torque is a measure of how much force is acting on an object that causes the object to rotate. In this picture, the force is going down on the radius (lever) at a point that is called the pivot point. The torque will rotate around the pivot point.

One equation of torque is =Fr

This is like one of the problems we did in class. We had the force and the radius and we just multiplied them together to find the torque of the wrench.

Some Types of Equilibrium:

Hyperbolic Equlibrium

Physics Equilibrium:

• Equilibrant Force: considered to be the equal and opposite of the resultant force
• Equilibrium Mode Distribution: a state in which power is distributed to all modes equally
• Hydrostatic Equilibrium: the pressure at any point in a fluid is at rest is due to the weight of the overlying fluid
• Hyperbolic Equilibrium Point: a fixed point that does not have any chambers branching into openings.
• Mechanical Equilibrium: a state where there is no physical change. It is known a s a state of steadiness
• Radiative Equilibrium: the temperature of an object is constant with the time
• Secular Equilibrium: a situation when the quantity of a radioactive isotope remains constant. This is because the production rate is equal to the rate of decay

Chemistry Equilibrium:

• Thermodynamic Equilibrium: when two objects are in thermodynamic equilibrium with a third object, hey are in equilibrium with each other. "It is observed that some property of an object, like the press in a volume of gas, the length of a metal rod, or the electrical conductivity of a wire, can change when the object is heated or cooled. If two f these objects are brought into physical contact there is initially a change in property of both objects. But eventually, the change in property stops and the objects are said to be in thermodynamic equilibrium."
• Chemical Equilibrium: there is a constant ratio between the products and the concentration of reactants.
• Diffusive Equilibrium: state at which the concentrations of diffusing substances in two compartments become equal to each other.
• Thermal Equilibrium: state where one object has a higher temperature than the other one. When they become closer to having the same temperature, they become a state of thermal equilibrium.
• Donnan Equilibrium: the equilibrium of small ions between a solution with charged macromolecules and one without.
• Dynamic Equilibrium: when the rate of a forward reaction is equal to the rate of a backward reaction
• Equilibrium Constant: the constant is usually expressed in a form of "k". It is the relationship between reactants and the products of a reaction.
• Partition Equilibrium: this is a special id of chemical equilibrium because it is equilibrium of different substances at different phases.
• Quasistatic Equilibrium: a thermodynamic process that happens slow enough so that the system can remain in internal equilibrium 
• Schlenk Equilibrium: a chemical equilibrium that takes place in solutions of Grignard reagents 2 RMgX MgX₂ + MgR₂.
• Solubility Equilibrium: " Solubility equilibrium is based on the assumption that solids dissolve in water to give the basic particles from which they are formed"
• Vapor-liquid Equilibrium: VLE is a condition in which a liquid an dits vapor are in equilibrium with each other. The rate of evaporation is equal to the rate of condensation.

  

  Vapor Liquid Equilibrium

Biology Equilibrium

• Equilibrioception: sense of balance in a physiological sense
  
• Equilibrium Unfolding:the process of unfolding a protein or RNA molecule by changing its environment. For example, changing the temperature or applying some sort of force.
• Genetic Equilibrium: a condition where the alleles do not change from generation to generation
• Homeostasis: "the property of a system in which variables are regulated so that internal conditions remain stable and relatively constant."
• Punctuated Equilibrium: a theory that suggests that a species has been stable and most likely shows very little change for most of its history
• Sedimentation Equilibrium: "it is an analytical ultracentrifugation method for measuring protein molecular masses in solution and for studying protein to protein interactions."

Along with these equilibriums, there are examples of equilibriums in economics as well as game theory.

States of Equilibrium:

• Neutral Equilibrium: a kind of equilibrium so that with a small or insignificant change, it still
  
  remains in a state of equilibrium. An example of this is a sphere rolling on a flat surface. If it is stopped at any point, it will be in equilibrium.
• Unstable Equilibrium: a kind of equilibrium so that when the object is slightly changed, it go further from its original position.
• Stable Equilibrium: a kind of equilibrium so that with a small change, forces emerge which help return the object back into a state of equilibrium. An example of this is when the center of gravity is below the point of support. 
• Static Equilibrium: a kind so that when the system is at equilibrium, the forces will equal zero. When, the forces acting on the object are at rest, they are in a state of static equilibrium. An example is 
  
  In this picture, 
       A is neutral equilibrium
       B is stable equilibrium
       C is unstable equlibrium

Equilibrium in the Human Body:

Equilibrium in the human body allows for humans to stand up straight and allows them to walk. Equilibrioception also relates to the human body because it is the balance of a humans physiological sense. A huge part of this a humans center of gravity. If their is more mass to one side of their body, the human must compensate for it or they will fall over. As shown in the picture, each center of gravity or mass is different because of the way their body is and what they are carrying.

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Programming

What is Programming?

          "Programming is the process of taking an algorithm and encoding it into a notation, a programming language, so that it can be executed by a computer."
          "Programming is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs."

Computer Programming is the process of telling a computer what to do though programming languages. It is the process of creating a sequence of instructions that tells a computational device what to do.The specific program is interpreted by a computer and then it preforms the task it wa told to do.

Types of Programming Languages:

In 2015, the top 10 programming languages were:

• C: this program is widely known and gives maximum control and efficient to the programmer. C allows you to create lists for your computer to follow. It is an easy language to learn and is a compiled language. The C program is in human readable form that is then put through a C compiler for your computer to read and follow.
• C++: this program is an extension of C. It is most commonly used with system/application software, drivers, client-software applications and embedded firmware.
• C#: It was developed by Microsoft. It is a multi-paradigm programming language. "C# has strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented, and component- oriented programming disciplines."
  
• Java: it is a programming language that was designed to look and feel like the C++ language but a lot simpler. It was designed for the use of the internet. This language can be used to create complete applications that run on a single computer and it can also create small applications for a web page.
• JavaScript: it is a high-level, dynamic, untyped, and interpreted program. It is a subset to Java
• Python: this program is like a glue language that helps to connect existing components together.It consists of dynamic semantics.
• R: this program is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It run on a wide variety of UNIX platforms.
• PHP: this is a programming language that the server is a server-side HTML embedded scripting language
• Matlab: it is a mathematical scripting language that is very similar to C++. Some features of this language includes easy creation of scientific and engineering, efficient matrix and vector computations, and application development, including graphical user interface building.
• Ruby: it is a dynamic, reflective, object-oriented, general purpose programming language developed in the mid-1990s in Japan. 

This is the ranking of the top 10 programing languages of 2015

History of Programming:

• The first computer programmer was Ada Lovelace. In 1842, she described the algorithm as the first computer program. She also theorized that one day a computer could play music and chess.
• In 1889, Herman Hollerith developed the idea of the electric tabulating system. This was a machine that could read data. He also created the tabulator and keypunch machine. 
• In 1906, Herman Hollerith developed a plugboard that allows for the computer to multitask and do many things without reconstructing it each time.
• In 1937, the first electronic and digital computer was created to solve linear equations.
• In World War II, the Colossus machines were the first programmable, electronic, digital computers. Those machines were used to decrypt German messages
• In 1947, Grace Murray Hopper detected the first actual computer bug.
• In 1949, the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator ran its first program to calculate a table of squares and find a list of prime numbers.
• In 1954, the first high level computer programming language was created by John Backus and it was called Fortran.
• In 1961, the first computer game was created. It was called Spacewar and it took over 200 man hours to complete
• In 1983, the first computer virus was created by Fred Cohen. This was a hidden program that could infect other computers with the use of a floppy disk.

Programming Jobs:

          In this picture, it shows the different programming languages along with the variety of jobs and the amount of money that goes along with these different jobs. Programming is one of the most attractive fields these days. There is a good amount of money to make and a lot of positions open. The highest computer programming salaries are in the United States. The second country is Russia. The China, Ukraine, Philippines, and India. In the U.S. the average amount of money made is about 60,000 dollars. Above, it also shows the different salaries that people make depending on their job.

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Technological Singularity

What is the technological singularity?

               The technological singularity is the period in time when technology and artificial intelligence will out preform human intelligence. This can have very far reaching effects on human society and all aspects of civilization. It can affect the course of human history because machines and computers can learn at a faster rate than humans.

There are several ways by which it is possible for science to achieve this breakthrough.

1. The idea that there may be developed computers that are "awake" and superhumanly intelligent
2. There are large computer networks that may possibly "wake up" as a superhumanly intelligent entity.
3. Computer and human interfaces may become so intimate that users may reasonably be considered superhumanly intelligent
4. Biological science may provide means to improve natural human intellect

The first three ways depend strictly on the progress of computer hardware. Over the last few decades, the progress in this has followed a steady curve.

ASI: Artificial Superintelligence

     

          When people are asked to think of a super smart computer, they mainly think of a computer that thinks like a human brain but much, much faster. A true separator between humans and the ASI would be the intelligence quality. An example of this is between chimps and humans. Chimps are not even able to grasp the world that we live in today. Even if you speed up a chimps brain a thousand times, it would not match the intelligence of humans today. Chimps are able to see humans and for example, skyscrapers, but they would not be able to comprehend that it was built my humans. The chimp to human intelligence quality is much tinier than human to the ASI.

History and Future of the technological singularity:

             There are several dates predicting the singularity. They range from 2017-2112. This is a time where computer based intelligence will exceed what the human brain is capable of. This expansion in technology continues to grow exponentially. It is because of this rapid growth that it becomes very difficult to predict how future human lives will be affected by this. 

              In the mid 1950s,  the term "singularity" was first used in context by John von Neumann. He spoke about the rapid progress of technology which can lead to some important singularity in the history of the race beyond human affairs that could not continue. Later, a science fiction writer by the name of Vernor Vinge popularized the phrase technological singularity. Vernor VInge thought that artificial intelligence, human biological enhancement, or brain computer interfaces could all be causes of the singularity. He predicts that the singularity will come some time before 2030. Another person who has been credited with this concept is Ray Kurzweil. He predicts that the singularity will occur around 2045. With Stuart Armstrong and his findings, he predicted that the singularity will occur some time between 2017 and 2112. With the increasing amount of power in computers and other technologies, it might be possible to create and build a computer that can out think and become more intelligent than  humanity. Alan Turing once said, "Once the machine thinking method has started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers." At some time in the future, we should expect for the computers to take control. The arrival of the singularity will probably occur faster than any other technological revolution that we have seen so far. When it occurs, people will be in the post human era. 

Moore's Law helps to explain the growth rate or speed as to how fast they preform. It can be theorized that the processing speed of these components double every two years. Other factors also come into play. This law mainly applies to transistors but can also refer speed. 

Consequences of this event:

              The progress of human intelligence will become more rapid when greater human intelligence drives the progress. An analogy for this is "Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but ofter no faster than natural selection can do its work" Relating this to humans, "Wh humans have the ability to internalize the world and conduct "what ifs" in our heads; we can solve many problems thousands of times faster than natural selection. Now, by creating the means to execute those simulations at a much higher speeds, we are entering a regime as radically different from our human past as we humans are from the lower animals."

  There are 8 main consequences of the technological singularity coming:

• Extinction
• Out of all these possible consequences, extinction is definitely one of the most feared. 

  

  Mitochondria

• Some scientists fear that humans are gradually becoming mitochondria. Mitochondria were once independent organisms but later let cells take over all of their functions until the only thing they were able to do is produce energy
• Joan Slonczewski said, "We're becoming like mitochondria. We provide the energy.
• Slavery
• Once we have AIs, humans stop being the smartest things on this planet. People think that if the AIs decide not to exterminate humans, they will enslave us. 
• World War III
• A possible outcome of the clash between the human race and AIs is a World War III. This war may lead to an unprecedented scale, sophistication and efficiency of death and destruction. 
• Economic Collapse
• If there is complete robotization in our society, this will most likely lead to the overproduction of goods and services. People think that people will loose their jobs to robots.
• Big Brother AI
• This option is a milder version of the slavery option. Humans are still under the control of the AI. The difference between this and slavery is that the Ai is doing what is best for the people rather then enslaving people and doing hat is best for itself. 
• Alienation and Loss of Humanity
  
• In this scenario, people think that it might be possible to survive the singularity by merging with the machines. This idea is referred to as transhumanism. With the merge of humans and artificial intelligence, it would increase our abilities tremendously. The major fear by doing this is that humans might loose the very essence of being human which can lead to a loss of community
• Environmental Castorhpe
• If humans live in a world were everything is mass produced by robots, humans would loose the last bit of respect for mother nature. 
• Fear of Change
• Humans want to be comfortable. The fear of change and the fear of the unknown is not comfortable. 

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Technological Singularity by Vernor Vinge 1993

Robotics, Robots, and Programing

A Robot is a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer. They also enhance human activities
              The word robot was created in 1921 when a Czech writer invented it. In the Czech language, "Robot" comes from the word "boot" meaning compulsory labor.

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with design, construction, operation, and application of robots.

Programming is to provide a computer or other machine with coded instructions for the automatic performance of a particular task

The History of Robots:

Water Clock

• Although Aristotle is an idiot, in 322 B.C., he said that, "If every tool, when ordered, or even of its own accord, could do the work that befits it... then there would be no need either of apprentices for the master workers or of slaves for the lords.”
• 200 B.C., a Greek inventor and physicist designed a water clock that had movable figures that was able to tell time by the force of the water passing through it at a constant rate.
• 1495: Leonardo da Vinci drew up plans for a humanoid robot
• 1700-1900: a great deal of automatons were created during this time

  

  The Duck Automata

• 1738: Jacques de Vaucanson begins building a set of three automata. The first was a flute payer who could play twelve songs. The second on was able to play a flute and a drum. His third automata was his most famous. It was "The Duck". It was an attempt in modeling human or animal anatomy with mechanics
• 1770: Swiss clock masters and inventors invented the wristwatch
• 1802: Joseph Jacquard builds an automated loom which is controlled with punched cards. Later on, punched cards are used as an input method for some of the 20th centuries

  

  Remote Controlled Robot Boat

  earliest computers
• 1898: Nikola Tesla creates a remote controlled robot boat
• 1913: Henry Ford installs the world's first moving conveyor belt based assembly line
• 1926: first robot to be projected in a film
• 1932: The first actual robot was constructed and  produced in Japan. The "Lilliput" was a windup toy that walked. Its total height was 15 centimeters
• 1936: Alan Turing introduces the concept of a theoretical computer called the Turing Machine.

  

  Alan Turing

  In 1937, he releases his paper on Computable Numbers. This begins the computer revolution
• 1940: Isaac Asimov writes a series of short stories which he describes the Three Laws of Robotics


1. A robot many not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law
3. A robot must protect it own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with he First or Second Law
4. Later on, he added the "Zeroth Law" which states
   
   that a robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm
• 1950: Alan Turing propses a test to deterimne if a machine turly has the power to think for itself. This test became known as the "Turing Test." In order to pass the test, a robot or machine must be able ti indistinguishable from a human during conversation
• 1954: George Devol and Joe Engleberger design the first programmable robot arm. Later, this becoems the first industrial robot used for completing dangerous and receptive tasks on an assembly line.
• 1956: Alan Newell and Herbert Simon create the Logic Theorist. This was a system that was used to help solve difficult math problems
• 1957: The Soviet Union launches "Sputnik", into space. This was the first artificial orbiting satellite. By doing this, it marked the beginning of the space race

  

  Launched by the Soviet Union

• 1961: Heinrich Ernst develops the MH-1, a mechanical computer operate by a mechanical hand at MIT
• 1964: The IBM360 becomes the first computer to be mass produced
• 1966: Stanford Research Intestate creates Shakey, the first mobile robot to know and react to its own actions
• 1967: Richard Greenblatt writes a program that plays chess. This program becomes the foundation for many future chess programs
• 1969: Victor Scheinman creates the Stanford Arm. This arm's design is still influencing the design in robots today
• 1969: The U.S. uses the latest competing, robot, and save technology to successfully land Neil Armstrong on the moon
• 1974: Victor Scheinman starts marketing he Silver Arm which is capable of assembling small parts together with the use of touch sensors
  
• 1976: in Japan, Shigep Hirose designs the Soft Gripper which is designed to wrap around an object in a snake like fashion
• 1977: The first Star Wars movie is released. This move features robots such as R2-D2 an C-3P0
• 1977: Deep space explores Voyagers 1 and 2 are launched from Kennedy Space Center
• 1981: Takeo Kanade builds a Direct Dive Arm. There are motors installed directly in the joints of the arm allowing for it to become faster and much more accurate
• 1986: The first LEGO product comes to the market
• 1986: Honda begins a robot research program. It starts with the statement that "the robot should coexist and cooperate with human beings, by doing what a person cannot do and by cultivating a new dimension in mobility to ultimately benefit society"

  

  CyberKnife

• 1989: the first walking robot, Genghis, is unveiled at MIT
• 1992: Marc Thorpe attempts to build a radio controlled vacuum cleaner. He also has the idea of starting a robot combat event.
• 1992: Dr. John Adler comes up with the concept of the CyberKnife which is a robot that that screens and delivers a pre-planned dose of radiation to the tumor of a patient when found
• 1993: Dante, an 8-legged robot, descend into Mt. Erebrus, Antartica. Its plan was to collect data from the harsh environment as it may similar to the environment on other planets. When it reaches 20 feet, the tether snaps and Dante droops into the crater.

  

  Dante II

• 1994: Dante II descends into the crater of Alaskan volcano Mt. Spurr. Its mission was to collect volcanic gas samples an it was considered a success.
• 1996: RoboTuna was created to study the way fish swim
• 1996: Chris Campbell and Stuart Wilkinson turn a brewing accident into inspiration. The result of this is a robot named Gastrobot that digests organ mass to produce carbon dioxide and then is used for power. They called their invention the "flatulence engine"
• 1997: a computer was built by IBm and known as Deep Blue beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov
• 1997: The first node on the International Space Station is placed in orbit

  

  International Space Station

• 1997: The Pathfinder Mission lands of Mars. The robotic rover rolls onto Martian soil
• 1998: LEGO releases its first Robotics Inventions System
• 1999: LEGO releases the Robotics Discovery Set
• 1999: Sony releases the first AIBO, a robotic dog that has the ability to learn, entertain, and communicate with its owner

  

  ASIMO Humanoid Robot

• 2000: Honda debuts ASIMO, a humanoid robot
• 2000: LEGO releases the MINDSTORMS Robotic Invention System 2.0 
• 2001: The FDA clears CyberKnife to treat tumors anywhere in the body
• 2004: Epsom release the smallest known robot, standing 7 centimeters and weighing just 10 grams. This robot is a helicopter signed as a flying camera to be used during natural disasters
• 2005: Cornell University builds the first self-replicating robot

Industrial Robots

Types of Robots:

• Industrial Robots: these robots are used in the manufacturing environment. An example of these robots are articulated arms. They are specially designed for applications such as welding, material handling, painting and other tasks. 

Robotic Vacuum Cleaner

• Domestic and Household Robots: these types of robots are basiccally the robots used at home. Some example of these robots include robotic vacuum cleaners, robotic pool cleaners, sweepers, gutter cleaners, and other robots that can do different chores. 

Surgery Robot

• Medical Robots: these are robots used in medicine and medical institutions. For example, surgery robots

Data Collecting Robot

• Service Robots: generally, these are robots that do not fall into any other types of usage. Some of these robots include, data gathering robots, robots made to show off technology, robots used for research, etc

Transportation Robot

• Military Robots: military robots include bomb disposal robots, different transportation robots, reconnaissance drones. These robots can also be used in law enforcement

Robosapien

• Entertainment Robots: this is very broad category. These types range from toy robots to running alarm clocks. 

Mars Rover

• Space Robots: these are robots used on the International Space Station, robots used in shuttles, and rovers on Mars

Robots in a Competition

• Hobby and Competition Robots: these are robots that you create. They are made for fun or used in competitions. 

Robotics Today:

              Transitioning from the past to the present, robots have become more complex an have gained more knowledge. Because of this, robots have helped us to learn more and gather more knowledge of things humans would have never been able to do. Robots help to find solutions to everyday problems. Robots have proved to beneficial to people and especially manufactures. In order for people to continue seeing these benefits, a robot equipment maintenance program was implemented. The most common program is preventive maintenance which is designd to eliminate unexpected breakdowns and increase the life span of the robots and machines. The downside of robots is that they require a lot of maintenance.

The Rise of the Robots:

             "The robots haven't just landed in the workplace-they're expanding skills, moving up the corporate ladder, showing awesome productivity and retention rates, and increasingly shoving aside their human counterparts." Pretty soon, Robots will outthink humans where they will no longer be needed. For example, there is a machine which can make a hamburger in about 10 seconds. This robot can soon replace an entire McDonalds crew. As time passes, robots and machines become for intelligent, specialized, and sophisticated.

              Robotic engineers are designing and creating robots to look, act, and feel more like humans. There are sensors embedded under the skin of the robots to help it react naturally in the environment. 

              Hod Lipson is an engineering professor at Cornell University. He is one of the world's leading expert on artificial intelligence and robotics. His vision of the future was unthinkable until recently. "Could the rapid advances in automation and digital technology provoke social upheaval by eliminating the livelihoods of many people, even as they produce great wealth for others?" For a long time, it was thought that advancements in robots and technologies have been destryoying jobs but also creating new and better one. Now, it is still destroying jobs but creating a smaller amount of better jobs. Robots are gradually creeping into everything from manufacturing to decision making. 

We have always wanted machines to do task for use and make things easier but no one ever thought of that as a bad thing.

Do we own the robots or do the robots own us?

Programing:

Programing is the process of creating a sequence of instructions that tell a computational device,such as a micro controller. The micro controller is a small computer on a single integrated circuit
containing a processor core, memory, and programmable input-ouput peripherals. 

Robotic programing involves designing the controller that governs robot behavior. Because of the growing complexity of robotics, modeling, stimulation, and programing is becoming crucial to understanding how the controller interacts with the robot's environmental perception and mobility. Doing model situations allow for engineers to refine and eliminate errors before developing the hardware prototypes.

Conclusion:

              Robotics is a topic that has many advantages as well as many disadvantages. Over the years, programing and robotics have helped to improve and change the way society thinks as well as live. Over the last century, there was been many new inventions that have helped us for the better and started new eras. For example, when the Soviet Union launched "Sputnik" into space, it was the start of the space race. Robots have many uses and come in many different types. Along with the different types, each robot has a different ability. Each design has a specific use and purpose. Although there are many advantages for robots, there are also disadvantages. Robots are becoming more and more complex causing them to be able to think on their own. Robots are also destroying certain jobs for humans. Certain robots can also become dangerous to humans. Overall, robots have made a huge impact on lives today. They make our lives easier and effect us in so many ways.

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