Robotics Definition and 167 Threads

Hi guys, im currently studying electronics, and i want to start digging about principles of mechanics, like building robots or even building some mechanisms, but the problem is i dont know how or where to start. That's why im here to ask. Can you guys give me some tips for me to begin in...

Hello, I am an 18 year old is high school with big dreams....albeit they are most likely going to end up pipe dreams but I am in love with Physics, Astronomy, and Robotics. I love everything that entails each area. Building and programming robots has always been a dream of mine but astronomy was...

I'm not exactly sure what to post here, but I also like robotics?

Hello, my name is Nicolas and I am an eternal student and researcher PhD in robotics (modular robotics) My main interests are now space technologies and computability

Hello everyone. I'm stuck on my robotics homework. Can anyone help me? I have a stick with a certain mass on it. This stick is like an inverted pendulum. It can rotate around an ankle joint in the middle of the foot. The foot is placed on the ground. Suppose the stick to have no mass. There is...

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Hi! I'm a roboticist / university lecturer, and I'm running a design contest together with several other universities that I thought might be a great place for all the scientists in this forum! It's called the Natural Robotics Contest: www.naturalroboticscontest.com All you need is drawing...

Humanoid Robots. Just requiring your thoughts on this. Major events,functions example Weddings, Birthday, Anniversary celebrations, Cricket, Football live match etc are captured using Video camera/s with Humans performing the function with later on the captured recorded video is edited with...

At first, I thought that this humanoid robot was just really good CGI, but it's actually real. The facial movements and expressions are eerily realistic and lifelike.

Hello everyone, I am looking at two master's degree programs (graduate school) : electrical engineering and robotics. Taking decisions is hard, and I would gladly like some advice making up my mind. I have a bachelor's degree (undergrad) in electronics and electrical engineering, which grants...

Summary:: What is the best way to get into the Aerospace Engineering Industry? Hi everyone, I'm new to the physics forums. My name is Andrew, I'm going to be in my undergrad Senior year in mechanical engineering this coming fall. I've recently been looking into PhD programs and I've been...

Hello! I have a somewhat complicated robot project that I've simplified here to hopefully get a quick answer. I want to build a robot with two omni-wheels that looks like the following (not drawn to scale), where the black is the omni wheels at 45 degree angles and the blue is the robot body...

Hi, I needed some help with robotics but, strangely, found only a small number of threads about robotics topics. I don't know the reason for this but I think it'd nice if PhysicsForums had a separate sub-forum for robotics. Anyway, which sub-forum should be used to post questions about robotics...

5 links (thus 6 frames) and corresponding theta, alpha, d and a values are all given. However, I'm not sure how to start coding the DH parameters to derive a forward kinematics model. I know that I'll have to use matrix operators, but do I just put in the values of the 4 factors mentioned above...

You don't need to be good at bowling if you're good at engineering.

I need to write 10 pages on this subject for my course but i don't know where to start reading. Where can I read about this subject? Could you recommend any books or forums?

Hello everyone, So I'm trying to design a gripping system using a soft robot. I try to read a journal that explains about the gripping mechanism of the soft robot to measure the forces exerted by the soft robot to the object. The thing is, I got lost to several equations because I didn't find...

Hello, Just like the title suggests, I am looking for DIY project ideas, that involves Thermodynamics, Robotics, and Artificial Intelligent. I would like to use C++ and Simulink. And I am able to purchase components, e.g. Raspberry Pi and electrical components. If you have any ideas for a...

Summary: video-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HnMPvNpEP0 ai good - physics poor. Ive stumbled apon an easy way to get a robot going with a gpu. I just treat it like a linear search and cap it off at the size of the gpu, and I get to brute force a good 3 steps in front. Only problem is...

I am looking to do control for a swerve drive for FRC, and I would really like a linear state space representation so that I can formulate my MPC as a Quadratic Program. I understand that in order to do this I need to find an appropriate Koopman invariant subspace, ideally finite dimensional...

Hi I am learning kinematics. Topics include inertia tensors, cosine matrices, quaternions, Euler angles etc... To learn these topics well, I want to try working on something a bit more difficult than just the underlying math. That will probably keep me more motivated. So, I am looking for...

Hi all! So I think I need some outside perspective on this. I'm a very non-traditional student. What I mean by that is, I started college back in 2002 as a MechE major, but life happened and I eventually graduated with a BA in Poli Sci. Haven't done anything with that at all, and ended up...

Hi everyone, I'm looking to try my hand at robotics, and I am a complete novice at it - I have a reasonable head for coding and can negotiate logic circuits easily, but I have never done anything with robotics. My first project is to produce 2 robots of identical proportions, where one is...

Hey guys I’m interested in working in robotics when I graduate college. I’m currently a junior. My major is mechanical engineering. I’m wondering if getting both a CS minor and a Robotics(this is actually built for mechengi and EE majors at my school so I can do it with some over lap for about...

I'm a bit new to DIY robotics and for one of my first projects, I want to build a robotic arm. I'm still thinking out the plan for it, but I'm going to need to start gathering parts. Does anyone know of the best way to get parts if you don't have immediate access to a 3D printer? Does anyone go...

hi, I'm designing a 50ftx50ft, 8-cable Cable Driven Parallel Robot and am thinking this is a pivotal decision. the corner posts are 10ft tall and the machine should be able to lift 100lbs at least 5ft off the ground. traveling speed of the end effector is less important than accuracy but I'm not...

Hey guys, I would appreciate some help with the math behind creating a working coordinate system for a robotic arm. I am currently trying to determine what servo angles are necessary to align a robotic arm's claw to the given coordinates. Geometrically simplified, the robotic arm is a...

I wasn't sure if I should post this here or academic guidance but given the career factor in this question I will post it here: I am doing a masters in electrical engineering with a focus on signal processing but I am also interested in others areas such as machine learning and robotics. I need...

Homework Statement In my robotics class I was task with creating a robot to lift and house objects, I have the lifting mechanism, and a housing area, but I can't figure how to get the bucket of the robot to dump using a rotary motor. Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution Tried to fixate...

Nice to be "meet" you! I'm currently working towards a PhD in the area of energy systems/water splitting hydrogen production reactor design/empirical characterization in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department of my university. During my undergrad years I really enjoyed learning to...

I've got experience with win32API but its' a pain in the ass. What else is good for cross platform low level programming of apps, want it to work for PC, linux, be able to handle serial data streams, convert data and do C++ tier things. So far been using processing but that's not powerful...

Hello everyone! This is my first post here so please excuse me if I don't have the format right yet. Background: I'm a Mechanical Engineering student working on a robotics team and I'm tasked with designing the wheels. The robot is currently using 5 in radius wheels with old motors. The...

If I wanted to have a career working on and designing robotic and mechatronics systems should I double major in ME and EE or do a BS in ME and an MS in EE. Anyone have any advice on what the best option for this is?

I study control theory and robotics. Recently I figured out that I have a much deeper understanding of probability and statistics compared to my colleagues. Is this 'talent' valuable in my field and if so, where? We used this theory to define white noise, but nothing more...as of now. Also I am...

Hello, I am a professional trainer in robotics & electronics. I need help to understand better some physics concept to integrate then in my school projects.

Hey all! Undergrad in M.Eng here, building a desktop robotic arm (<12 inches tall, arduino board) for a personal project. I've been looking at materials, and aluminum and wood are both doable, but if possible I'd rather use a lighter material that I can cut without machines, such as a strong...

Hi all! Just recently discovered PF, loving the community. I'm a softmore Mechanical Engineering undergrad, who's been exploring careers and what comes next after I graduate. My question to you all is: What skills can I learn/focus on throughout the rest of my schooling to increase my chances of...

Hello Guys, I'm currently entering my final month of my Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. I've always wanted to learn more about robotics and Artificial Intelligence ,But never really put the time into it during my bachelors. I'm considering taking a break next year and applying for an MS...

Hi guys! I'm actually new to forums in general so I don't exactly know how anything works or if this is even the right place to be posting this. Sorry if it isn't. The overall gist of my predicament is, I'm a senior trying to start a robotics club at my school and I don't really know that much...

Hi, I am a mechanical engineer and I want to learn more about Robotics. Can you please recommend me some (academic) books? Are there some books seen as "the bible" for robotic engineers or books that "any robotics engineer should have"? Thank you very much in advance!

Im working on a project which cycles through stop,forward, back,left, right modes of a bot using light pulses as input . light source is laser pointer , room is dark the circuit is not mounted on the bot the circuit - light pulse -> ldr-> bc337transistor ->7404 NOT -> 4017 decade counter ->7483...

Hi I am a mathematician who has branched off into mechanical engineering, cybernetics and robotics. If I wanted to work on a project of my own, where can I find inspiration for what to work on? Where can I find what kinds of problems engineers are currently working on? I can go to some...

Hey guys, I need some help. Here's my task: Here's what I came up with: I need to calculate prob(x1|z1), prob(x1|z2) and so on and then just write down which has the highest probability. To do that, I would use Bayes rule, but for that, I need p(z1|x1) and p(z1). How do I get these? I have...

Hello everyone, To start, I found this forum incredibly helpful throughout my college education thus far. This forum has helped me pick my major in undergrad back in 2011, helped me narrow down which graduate program to gravitate toward upon graduation in 2015, and now I have a continued...

Say you have a robot with mecanum wheels and move all the motors forward one rotation, and the robot moves forwards x cm. If you make the robot go sideways where each of the motors moves one rotation, does the robot move sideways x cm as well? Does it depend on the angle of the rollers on the...

http://www.foet.org/books/end-work.html Jeremy Rifkin's book is still being discussed 20 years after it was it was first published. The book has had its critics but there's no denying the nature of employment is changing and new marketable skills will be required of the future work force. I...

I know that robotics is a multidisciplinary field, requiring knowledge from many different fields of study. But I would like to know what would be the better path for a engineering seeking to work with robotics: it's mechanical or electrical engineering? I'm a student of MechE myself, and I have...

I've seen a bit of research that relies on imaging methods like FLIR for input. My question adds a couple wrinkles: How could a robot Navigate without imaging? I.e., using only local sensors like a thermocouple or array of thermocouples. Extract navigation info from turbulent thermally...