A Powerpoint presentation for the NISEnet "Shrinking Robots!" program

1. SHRINKING ROBOTS!

3. What is a robot?

4. Robots are machines that can sense, plan, and act

5. How small can robots be?

7. Are there robots the size of a child ? 1m

8. Yes! There robots the size of a child! 1m

9. Mars rover

10. Humanoid robot

11. Factory robot

12. Are there robots the size of a hand ? 10cm

13. Yes! There robots the size of a hand! 10cm

14. Vacuuming robot

15. Climbing robot

16. Swarming robot

17. Are there robots the size of a finger ? 1cm

18. Yes! There robots the size of a finger! 1cm

19. Crawling robot

20. Medical robot

21. Flying robot

22. Are there robots the size of a freckle or hair ? .1mm 1mm

23. Yes! There robots the size of a freckle or hair! .1mm 1mm

24. Soccer robots

25. Smallest robot!

26. What are nanobots? Are they real?

29. Are there robots the size of a cell or molecule ? 1nm 1µm

30. NO! There are no robots the size of a cell or molecule! These are pictures of imaginary robots! 1nm 1µm

31. Nanocars (not robots)

33. Make a robot! My robot’s name is… Its job is… It’s as big as… It’s controlled by… It’s powered by…

34. Image and video credits NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory American Honda Motor Co., Inc © FANUC Robotics Sciencenter Mark Cutkosky, Stanford University James McLurkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

35. Image and video credits Cameron Riviere, Carnegie Mellon University Sandia National Laboratories Ronald Fearing, University of California Berkeley Bradley Nelson, ETH Zürich Chytra Pawashe, Carnegie Mellon University Bruce Donald, Duke University

36. Image and video credits Coneyl Jay James Tour, Rice University Philip Van Nederwelde and E-Spaces Forrest Bishop and Foresight Nanotech Institute Tim Fonseca Antonio Siber, Institute of Physics, Zagreb

37. Image and video credits Emily Maletz and Sciencenter www.istockkphoto.com © Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. Public domain

38. This project was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0532536. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.