What you should expect to see in the simulations
Hopefully you were able to use the simulations and found them interesting. If for some reason you were unable to get the simulations to work, or you would like to …
Course: Begin Robotics
Investigation
Before you get started on your first simulation, watch this video to see how ERIC, the University’s very own mobile robot, responds to simple commands embedded within a computer program. …
Robot Battles
In this step, University of Reading graduate, Rory Mangles, writes about another robot application – Robot battles! You can read all about the events below and also follow the links …
Meet the robots at Reading: an introduction
We now have an idea about robots – different types and different things they can do. We now want to introduce some of the robots you will see in this …
Meet the robots at Reading: the history of ERIC
Now let’s meet some of the robots here at the University of Reading. This video features some of our earliest robots along with a few newer ones including ERIC, the …
Humanising Robots
In our field of study, interaction between humans and robots is important – and it is worth considering therefore the extent to which it is worth making robots appear like …
Advantages and disadvantages of robots
Robots can be used in many applications, for which, somewhere in the past, humans were used. What are the advantages? In many situations robots can increase productivity, efficiency, quality and …
Applications of robots
Clearly there are many types of robots and lots of areas where they can be used. Typical applications of robots are: Industrial – the main use of robots for many …
Robot Human Interactions
An important aspect of our approach to robots is their interaction with the world in which they exist and with others – particularly humans. Robot Human Interaction Varies Currently, in …
Types of robots
For many years, robots were considered to be industrial devices used to weld cars, for instance. More recently, we have seen various mobile devices, such as the Mars Rover, used …
Introduction to robotics
Robotics is a broad topic which can include mechanical devices, sometimes resembling humans, or software entities. Generally such ‘robots’ can be set to perform one or more specific tasks. In …