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Summary: Robots work from a central microprocessor that controls the movement, but they also have a sensor to examine the environment and a power source, usually in the form of batteries. Find out how robots function with information from an electrical and computer engineering professor in this free video on robots.
Dr. Kazuhiko Kawamura is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and management of technology in Nashville, Tenn., and he is also the director of the Center for Intelligent...read more
"This is a simple mobile robot called Walker. And I will show the building blocks of this robot. So let's look at the areas, building blocks. The center piece is a microprocessor which will control circuit and movement of this robot. This is a sensor to sense the environment. So if you hit this sensor, the robot will react by changing the direction. Now this robot has six legs to control movement. You see, so it's legs have basically very simple rotating motion. And by moving each of these forward, this robot can move and change direction. Now every robot needs power. And this robot has four 1.5 volts and one 9 volts battery. To supply enough power for robot to probably, or keep twenty to thirty minutes. So you have to keep changing batteries. This is one of the problems with mobile robots."
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