What do Robots Do?

James McLurkin

The Promise of Robotics

Dangerous missions

Dirty jobs

Dull tasks

What do Robots Do?I’ll show you pictures of nine

famous robots.

What are their names?

What are their jobs?

R2D2 and C-3P0

R2D2: MechanicC-3P0: Translator

Battle Droids

Defend Evil Empires

Sentinel

Looks for Human Ships

Commander Data

Science Officer on the Enterprise

Roomba

Clean Floors

AIBO

Plays Games

ASIMO

Help People

PackBot

Help Soldiers

Spirit and Opportunity

Explore Mars

What if we sent 2,000 robots to

Mars?

Deploying Exploration

Security Navigation Mapping Biological Inspiration

(These are my pets)

I program my robots to act like ants

Where did I come from?

James McLurkin

Cardboard and Tape(Hands-on fabrication)

Model Railroading(Precision crafting)

Video Games(Computer Science)

Rover (My first robot)+

Kindergarten to High School

R/C Cars(Electromechanical Systems)

BMX Bicycles(Real Mechanical Systems)

Lego(Mechanical Engineering)

Undergraduate Years Graduate School

Counting Follow the Leader The Great Robot Migration

Flow Navigation Divide-n-Clump

Docking