Robot News
Today's Topics• Robots are taking our jobs?
– Aircraft assembly– Foxconn wants 1 million robots by 2014– Telepresence robots– Hospital robots
• Robots in transportation– Personal robotic pods– Temporary auto-pilot
• Robot bodies and forms– HAL exoskeleton– HULC exoskeleton– Flocking robots– BULLDOG – Robotic fish
Aircraft assembly challenges
Foxconn to replace workers with robots
• Biggest electronic assembly plant in Asia• Plans to replace up to 1.5 million workers with
robots by 2014• Assemblers of iPad, iPhone and other Apple
products• Many reports of harsh working continues– Reports of worker suicides (unrelated)
Telepresence Robots in Office
Robotic Transport Pods
HAL Exoskeleton
HULC Robotic Exoskeleton
Flocking Flying Robots