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Robot News

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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

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Aircraft assembly challenges

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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)

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Telepresence Robots in Office

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Robotic Transport Pods

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HAL Exoskeleton

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HULC Robotic Exoskeleton

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Flocking Flying Robots