Section outline

  • Lesson Goal: Highlight why most robots are built for specific tasks and explore the design factors (like environment and task steps) that engineers consider when creating task-specific robots.

    • ·         Micro-Topic 1: One Robot, One Job (Goal: Understand why robots are usually specialized for one specific task and the benefits of having different robots for different jobs.)

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      • Micro-Topic 2: Design Factors – Environment & Steps (Goal: Learn how the work environment and the step-by-step nature of a task influence robot design choices.)
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      • Micro-Topic 3: Limits of General-Purpose Robots (Goal: Realize why creating a single robot that can do every task is so challenging, which is why we stick to specialized designs.)
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