Page 5 - Modern Robotics Building Versatile Macines

Industrial Robots Today 27
Social Impact: Robots and Human Labor 28
Robots in Service 28
Elder Statesperson of Robotics 31
A Wrong Direction? 31
Trends: The Robotics Industry Today 32
Chronology 33
Further Reading 34

3 LEARNING TO WALK:
MARC RAIBERT AND ROBOTS WITH LEGS 36
Making of an Engineer 37
Dynamic Walkers 38
Robot Kangaroos 40
Boston Dynamics 42
Connections: Beasts and Bots 43
Robot Mules 44
Solving Problems: Robots and Animation 44
A Dynamic Future 46
Chronology 47
Further Reading 48

4 REAL-WORLD ROBOTS:
COLIN ANGLE, HELEN GREINER, AND iROBOT 50
Hands-on Builder 51
Teaming Up: Brooks, Angle, and Greiner 52
Baby Doll 53
Solving Problems: Doing Enough with Less 54
Household Robots: A Different Approach 55
Behavioral Building Blocks 57
Robots on the Front Lines 60
Future Household Robots 60
Honored for Innovation 62
Chronology 62
Further Reading 63

5 ROBOT EXPLORERS:
DONNA SHIRLEY AND THE MARS ROVERS 66
A Love of Engineering 66
Getting Respect 67