tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77323999529754865462024-03-12T16:51:43.359-07:00ST RoboticsNews and views from ST Robotics (no connection with strobotix.com who are using our name for their blog).David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-33347668021963506912020-05-28T07:10:00.002-07:002020-05-28T07:10:38.620-07:00New video:
How to program a robot over the Internet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO2nCd9ZpFQ
Also here are some comparisons with other robots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-1-9E7XooM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ICjHKHKzk
David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-77109138925729603522020-02-20T16:52:00.000-08:002020-02-20T16:52:44.129-08:00A picture of David Sands painted by an ST robot arm using AI software developed by Pindar van Arman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q8zRUlcF4cQ/Xk8pJWW50GI/AAAAAAAABFA/XJrENKEH_n8s6DmuIhdo0EE2mRjhEJQNACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/180x180_04.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q8zRUlcF4cQ/Xk8pJWW50GI/AAAAAAAABFA/XJrENKEH_n8s6DmuIhdo0EE2mRjhEJQNACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/180x180_04.png" width="320" height="320" data-original-width="400" data-original-height="400" /></a></div>David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-71659985298235308662020-02-18T12:03:00.000-08:002020-02-18T12:03:27.258-08:00R12 is now 10 years old! 10 years ago an enthusiast designed a cardboard cutout of the R12. It really is superb and great for young (or old) to try. You can get the designs from our downloads page - look for 2 files starting "cardboard..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TVKQnZ3oNJw/XkxC47EXHqI/AAAAAAAABE0/bzCBDlonEFwI9sLfW9c1e6cCKxmPStalgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/card%2Br12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TVKQnZ3oNJw/XkxC47EXHqI/AAAAAAAABE0/bzCBDlonEFwI9sLfW9c1e6cCKxmPStalgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/card%2Br12.jpg" width="284" height="320" data-original-width="342" data-original-height="385" /></a></div>David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-83106584776812163822018-11-15T03:52:00.000-08:002018-11-15T03:58:45.959-08:00<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><img align="middle" alt="vislearn setup" hspace="10" src="https://strobotics.com/news/vislearn.jpg" />
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Normally with RoboForth positions are programmed using a teach pad. In
JOG mode the user moves the robot in increments over and then down onto
the object to be picked up, maybe making small adjustments in X,Y,Z and
gripper angle then clicks the learn button on screen.<br />
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ST Robotics have been working on using a camera to locate an object and
send coordinates to the robot controller. This includes the correct
angle for the gripper. The software then learns the position as a PLACE
name. The actual coordinates of the object are not of interest. The
system can return to the learned position under program control.<br />
If the position changes it may be quickly re-learned using the same vision system.<br />
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The process of learning the position involves moving the robot with
camera over the object until it is in the viewport of the vision system.
Rather than use the teach pad a joystick is employed which allows for
continuous motion in straight lines in X,Y and Z directions.<br />
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The picture above shows the development setup. Please see the video here:<br />
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Ultimately it will be possible to learn many different positions and have different objects.
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</span>David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-82264280382839807692018-02-05T05:41:00.000-08:002018-02-05T05:41:10.725-08:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Talk to your robot!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Control of an ST robot is a man-machine conversation so why not use speech?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In reality you really need text to program anything complex but once programmed you could easily have a few voice commands. The speech engine we use is like the macro buttons on RobWin. You can say a single word but have the system send a whole string to the robot. Do see it in action:</span><br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTh_0ZR7-aE&t=1sDavid Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-80451432224927204472017-12-06T02:27:00.002-08:002017-12-06T02:27:42.516-08:00<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">We
have created an art form out of an R12 robot. It has no works inside
but red and blue LEDs. Then we put it in a glass cabinet in the
reception in Orwell House (Cambridge).</span></span><br />
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David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-11607095049564713852017-03-05T14:15:00.002-08:002017-03-05T14:15:29.425-08:00We now have JERK in the software. Jerk is basically the rate of increase
of acceleration (like acceleration is the rate of increase of speed).
To better understand it imagine you are in a car which suddenly
accelerates. At the start you will push back in the seat so your
personal acceleration will be delayed. In a robot this is when all the
elasticity in the drive is taken out before actual acceleration can
begin. Its worst manifestation is when the robot stops e.g. to grip s<span class="text_exposed_show">omething.
Deceleration stops but the robot moves on before bouncing back. So with
JERK this deceleration tapers off resulting in a smooth stop. The other
new feature is you can program a special deceleration for emergency
stop. We are not interested in precision in this case, we just want to
stop as soon as possible. All this is now version 17 of RoboForth. I
have developed the finest robot software on the planet and that's it. No
more.</span>David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-69033120325568633512016-11-16T08:01:00.000-08:002016-11-16T12:04:10.223-08:00<div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our two students, </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kazuo and Aaryaman this year did an amazing job creating a robotic dog. They<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>both achieve<span style="font-family: "calibri" , serif;">d<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> N</span></span>uffield
Research Placements scheme and the British Science Association Gold
CREST awards.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A robot dog may sound simple but it was a major engineering exercise requiring </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">CAD mechanical design, electronics and software including some quite difficult problems </span></span>for example, synchronism of leg motors. What was especially satisfying was seeing them collaborate often disagreeing yet always talking through problems and agreeing a solution. When they encountered a problem I would do no more than suggest a solution or a particular component or give them the tools they needed (e.g. digital oscilloscope). They would then dive in and leave me behind with their thinking. They were creative and true problem solving engineers. They will go far.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oh and guess what they named it<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">: K9 !</span> </span></span><br />
<br />David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-83240179542981327972016-10-07T12:45:00.001-07:002016-10-07T12:45:59.211-07:00<span data-offset-key="7rnao-0-0"><span data-text="true">wow, really old video of Joseph Engelberger and one of the first industrial robots on the Johnny Carson show. https://web.archive.org/web/20120113174852/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKo6KMkuVAk</span></span>David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-14325863682124250382016-07-09T02:31:00.003-07:002016-12-02T02:46:22.512-08:0015th June 2016: <br />
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Another successful day at Duxford showing the students how to build and program robots<br />
Our people left to right: Kyle, 'DJ', Kutlo. David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-48481054559803350162016-06-04T03:49:00.000-07:002016-06-04T04:04:14.607-07:0027 StepsInteresting approach by Nish Kothari & Anesta Iwan in San Francisco:<br />
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They operated our robot remotely over Webcam and Telnet and had a unique experience. They named the robot Zoe and we are adopting that name too!
David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-73413336052357515372016-05-06T14:14:00.001-07:002016-06-04T04:07:02.389-07:00strange videos on VimeoI had a visitor last week for a quick demonstration and they filmed the demo. For some reason they posted the videos on Vimeo<br />
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It's now on youtube <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P41FQnX6Mxw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P41FQnX6Mxw</a></span>David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-65176321436896666312015-11-11T07:58:00.000-08:002016-01-26T09:26:17.961-08:00Successful completion of Nuffield and Crest Award projects by two students<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
STEM Team East arrange summer placements for students across the whole of Anglia region. ST Robotics facilitated a summer research project for Frances Conboy from Hills Road College, Cambridge and Xiaoding (Tom) Lu from the Perse School, Cambridge.</div>
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The project they chose was a simplified Cubli device and was probably too ambitious but they did a great job.</div>
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Left to right: the students Francis and Tom discussing the engineering principles with ST Robotics' intern, Kutlo Kebaikanye from Cambridge University.<br />
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The students then had to display posters on their projects at the Nuffield ceremony held at Anglia Ruskin University campus. Frances was awarded her Nuffield certificate and Tom gained his Crest Award.<br />
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This is Frances explaining the project to visitors.</div>
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Tom explaining the project to visitors</div>
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<br />David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-88737962368262432692015-07-02T09:05:00.001-07:002016-12-02T02:48:48.545-08:00STEM event at Duxford 2015Once again ST had tables at the STEM Fair 1st July 2015 – Secondary Day for Years 7-13 at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford near Cambridge. Two sets of students built robots using our GoForth kits. We had quite a team present, all helping kids see what robotics is all about.This year, as you can see, we all had ST Robotics T-shirts!<br />
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David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-27409762352496981972014-06-12T13:30:00.000-07:002014-06-12T13:51:28.443-07:00STEM event at DuxfordST had tables at the STEM Fair 12th June 2014 – Secondary Day for Years 7-13 at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford near Cambridge. Two sets of students build robots using our GoForth kits. Cheryl started them off with the mechanics (Meccano) with Geena showing the students how to program motion on what they built.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uGUNKZbXgJY/U5oFqHgsH3I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/gkWzCu0PzGw/s1600/DSCF4318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uGUNKZbXgJY/U5oFqHgsH3I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/gkWzCu0PzGw/s400/DSCF4318.JPG" /></a></div>Second group of students building robots. Cheryl is far left and Geena is on right.
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Robotic dancers
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David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-43910800399084564982013-04-29T13:15:00.000-07:002013-04-29T13:15:03.752-07:00ST Robotics participated at ACT, a charity to raise money for Addenbrookes Hospital. This event was to raise money for a Da Vinci surgery robot and ST Robotics were invited as the only robotics company they could find in Cambridge. It was held at Cambridge Cine World at the launch of Iron Man 3.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c-_r7BtKQCI/UX7UuFfU4uI/AAAAAAAAAH4/SnRbH8qbUkg/s1600/IMG_6769.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c-_r7BtKQCI/UX7UuFfU4uI/AAAAAAAAAH4/SnRbH8qbUkg/s320/IMG_6769.JPG" /></a>David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-89862798603844607382013-04-29T13:07:00.003-07:002014-06-12T13:34:47.191-07:00ST Robotics participated at the Cambridge (UK) Science Fair Saturday 16 March 2013, "Living with Robots". Unfortunately the lady who took the pictures moved them to her Apple Macbook which has since died. It will not switch on.David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-91784710083616000172012-12-04T05:09:00.000-08:002013-04-29T12:44:03.668-07:00<b>Nuffield Award Ceremony</b>
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We were pleased to yet again have helped a young person on the road to an engineering career. Using our GoForth robotics kit Felix Barker constructed a robotic paper folder. Although not visually a robot it nevertheless used the robotics principles of design, mechanics, electronics and software.
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The award ceremony was on 8th November at the Mary Allen building, University of Cambridge. Pictures is Geena Chacko, ST Robotics applications engineer and STEM ambassador with Felix Barker.
David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-90605198993724433162012-11-22T07:03:00.001-08:002012-11-22T07:03:32.320-08:00We won Stemnet awardThanks to our efforts with our GoForth schools project we were nominated for the Stemnet award and we won!<br />
<A href="http://www.stemnet.org.uk/news/view/1232347">http://www.stemnet.org.uk/news/view/1232347</a><br />
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Thanks to Geena for all her hard work. She now gets to visit CERN!<br />
The schools project is here:<br />
<a href="http://forth-robotics.org/">http://forth-robotics.org/</a>
David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-89244636478673885072012-04-13T06:33:00.005-07:002012-04-13T06:55:50.980-07:002012 Mercer Science and Engineering Fair<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MM1cVJYbvBs/T4gtmS5v-bI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/R6NNOFiwBfI/s1600/100_0488.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MM1cVJYbvBs/T4gtmS5v-bI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/R6NNOFiwBfI/s320/100_0488.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730880661761292722" /></a><br />Mathew Monforte, VP ST Robotics, Princeton, was pleased to be invited to judge entries at the annual Mercer county Science and Engineering fair. There was a considerable number of mini-booths created by the students. See http://mercersec.org/<br />Picture on right shows Mathew judging one of the entries.David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-34263357797437451262011-12-24T03:05:00.001-08:002011-12-24T03:10:54.484-08:006th axisThe 6th axis is officially a product! I have finally managed to remove the "available October 2011" etc. promises from the website. Having perfected the mechanics, the electronics (after a few fires), the software (not trivial) and finally the manuals (also not trivial) we made a video - see our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWt0OuKkKr8">youtube video</a>David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-56977908335811703082011-11-08T07:20:00.000-08:002011-11-24T07:53:10.304-08:00CREST awards<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g-RhfnMBRw8/Ts5nAy8QSGI/AAAAAAAAAEg/cVU_nb-9Nbg/s1600/031-2607.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g-RhfnMBRw8/Ts5nAy8QSGI/AAAAAAAAAEg/cVU_nb-9Nbg/s320/031-2607.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678589443532933218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The CREST awards ceremony was held at Marshalls Airport on 8th November. Background: Aiden Crilly worked with us on the schools project during the summer. Aiden had his poster there and a summary of his work. Left to right: Geena Chacko, ST project manager and STEM ambassador, Elizabeth Crilly, Director STEM Team East, David Sands ST CEO, Aiden Crilly, Crest student.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ghM3I06Fju4/Ts5meqo0lRI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/8T4ai1v2qFc/s1600/076-2607.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ghM3I06Fju4/Ts5meqo0lRI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/8T4ai1v2qFc/s320/076-2607.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678588857188390162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />As a result of his work Aiden received the Crest gold award. Shown left to right:<br />Geena Chacko, ST engineer, David Sands, CEO ST, Aiden Crilly, Jodie Cole, CREST Manager, British Science Association.David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-10612392501659150452011-10-20T09:50:00.000-07:002011-11-24T08:03:53.314-08:00Engineering Festival, Duxford<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4XfzakG0fBQ/Ts5o8oW6-II/AAAAAAAAAEs/fbhyZOZITiM/s1600/157-2603.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4XfzakG0fBQ/Ts5o8oW6-II/AAAAAAAAAEs/fbhyZOZITiM/s320/157-2603.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678591570995771522" /></a><br /><br/><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O6dgMWXHgj0/TqBS38U64yI/AAAAAAAAADY/Ot886uK35Xk/s1600/GEDC0316.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O6dgMWXHgj0/TqBS38U64yI/AAAAAAAAADY/Ot886uK35Xk/s320/GEDC0316.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665619452272239394" /></a><br />ST Robotics successfully engaged groups of students at the Engineering Festival near Cambridge.<br /><br />The GoForth robotics kits were a huge success. Teams of students took turns to build robot arms and a robotic dancer. Many schools have requested kits for the new term. We will be starting a new robotics league based on the kits. For more information go to http://forth-robotics.org.<br /><br/><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FV064dbBiDs/Ts5phecc1mI/AAAAAAAAAE4/wOxOITaoPkg/s1600/197-2603.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FV064dbBiDs/Ts5phecc1mI/AAAAAAAAAE4/wOxOITaoPkg/s320/197-2603.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678592203989767778" /></a><br /><br />We also had an R12 robot there which drew a lot of interest and students were fascinated by the ease of programming a real industrial robot.David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-64996669496063434802011-10-12T04:52:00.000-07:002011-10-20T11:16:12.243-07:00Redbank Elementary School<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Byy0JoBrHg/TpWAUULmGtI/AAAAAAAAADM/EXQ42dOZzto/s1600/Siemens%2BScience%2BDay2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Byy0JoBrHg/TpWAUULmGtI/AAAAAAAAADM/EXQ42dOZzto/s320/Siemens%2BScience%2BDay2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662573192991349458" /></a><br />Ryan Bohler demonstrating an ST R12 robot arm at the Seimens sponsored Science day at Red Bank Elementary School in New Jersey, October 10th 2011.David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732399952975486546.post-29783507104317689262011-09-30T01:00:00.000-07:002011-09-30T01:07:49.976-07:00A robot/computer cannot possibly do what I do.<br /><br />OK, it can do a lot, but it can't do everything I do.<br /><br />OK, it can do everything I do, except it needs me when it breaks down.<br /><br />OK, it operates without failure, but I need to train it for new tasks.<br /><br />Whew, that was a job that no human was meant to do, but what about me?<br /><br />My new job is more fun and pays more now that the robot is doing my old job.<br /><br />I am so glad a robot cannot possibly do what I do.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HDIWqRBg4ik/ToV34l4utxI/AAAAAAAAADA/SfLZ4_K9Zs0/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2011-09-28%2Bat%2B11.36.23%2BPM.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HDIWqRBg4ik/ToV34l4utxI/AAAAAAAAADA/SfLZ4_K9Zs0/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2011-09-28%2Bat%2B11.36.23%2BPM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658060320987330322" /></a>David Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703080320161213070noreply@blogger.com0