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FIGURE 17-1 Roomba by iRobot was the first widely sold functional personal robot. 

The Star Wars movie series that featured R2D2 and C3PO made the idea of a personal robot assistant popular (Figure 17-2). Most people had a general idea about robots but really did not know what kind of robots existed or what they could do. Their understanding of robots was influenced by popular movies, not reality. Movies such as I, Robot added to their misperceptions. 

Until recently, personal robots were primarily for entertainment. Today, many types of robots are available to students in technology education classes, including kits that you... 

There are, however, personal robots such as the Robomower that can mow your lawn (Figures 17-4 and 17-5). These robots respond to a wire perimeter aroimd a yard. They will work their way back and forth across the yard, making several passes. When it is finished mowing, the robot will return to its home base to recharge its battery. There are even robots designed to clean the leaves out of your rain gutters. Clearly, robots are designed to do tasks that most people do not want to do. 

Personal robots have advanced considerably in the past decade. Most robots that are available to homeowners are not really personal assistants. But what does the future hold Will you be the one to design a truly affordable personal assistant robot Remember, before Henry Ford revolutionized mass production, most people could not afford an automobile. Today we cannot imagine living without one. Will the same be true for personal robots ... 

There are more personal robots in homes than there are robots in industry. 

What advantages and disadvantages do you think we would see if we develop personal robot assistants Do the advantages outweigh the potential problems ... 

Future direction of gel robots includes polymer robots assisting human with physical interaction muscle suits wrapping around the elders or athletes to support their movements. Artificial muscles will be used for such systems when strength and durability of artificial muscles improve in the future, although existing personal robots and muscle suits are driven by motors or rubber actuators. This study contributes to design and control artificial muscle suits with small numbers of electric wires which enable dexterous and dynamic motions. 

Natural muscles are controlled by neurons and network of neurons. We can imagine artificial neurons and network of artificial neurons as well. Artificial muscles with motor proteins are studied and attract attention[79]. One direction is to develop deformable machine with real motor proteins, actins and myosins, and neurons. Another direction is to develop neural network software to control distributed artificial muscles. The author has been developing open brain simulator which can emulate the activities of human nervous system for estimating internal state of human through external observation [231]. Such software is also applicable to control artificial muscle systems, which is implemented on the personal robots and humanoid robots in the future. 

The purpose of this short paper is to put forth an argument for social and emotional intelligence in the design of personal robots that assist and entertain their human users. (For an exploration of these issues from an artistic, scientific, and technological perspective, see Breazeal, 2002). Specific research projects in our laboratory are being conducted on how robots with social-emotive capabilities can assist human astronauts in space, perform opposite human actors in film, and serve as learning companions for children. For more information about this research, see . 

The most recent extension of instrument automation has come with the availability of practical laboratory robotics systems. These systems can be as easy to implement as the personal computer data system and extend automation beyond control, data collection and... 

The next chart. Diagram 5-1, reveals various ways people can make the letter y-loop. Choose which examples best fit your writing. Don t be surprised to find more than one match. We are not robots. We often have contradictions and paradoxes in our own personality. 

Combinatorial chemistry has moved from specially centralized laboratories, often equipped with multimillion-dollar robots, onto the bench of individual medicinal chemists. This change in direction requires the availability of personal chemistry tools that are simple to operate, easy to arrange in the laboratory, and reasonably priced. Such instruments are now available for the effective synthesis of combinatorial libraries. The Encore synthesizer represents a simple and efficient personal chemistry tool that allows the execution of directed split-and-pool combinatorial synthesis. The current version of the Encore synthesizer is designed for solid-phase synthesis on SynPhase Lanterns however, it can be modified for synthesis on alternative solid supports such as resin plugs from Polymer Laboratories (e.g., StratoSpheres Plugs). 

Fig. 4. Monomode microwave reactor with integrated robotic platform for automated use (left). A liquid handler allows dispensing of reagents into Teflon-sealed reaction vials, while a gripper moves each vial in and out of the microwave cavity after irradiation. The instrument processes up to 120 reactions per run with a maximum throughput of 12-15 reactions/h. The temperature is measured by an IR sensor on the outside of the reaction vessel. Details of the cavity/gripper (top right) and reaction vials (bottom right) are also displayed (Emrys Synthesizer, Personal Chemistry AB). Reprinted with permission from Wiley-VCH.41 (See color insert.)...

Sixth, one may have the feeling of being oppressed or crushed or squeezed into cracks and crevices amidst rocks and boulders. Or the person may feel that a kind of metallic net or cage may encompass him. This symbolizes the attempt prematurely to enter an ego-robot which is unfitting or unequipped to deal with the expanded consciousness. Therefore one should relax the panicky desire to regain an ego. 

The Millilab 1A workstation is a personal computer-controlled automated robotic system which performs sample extraction from filters and SPE devices according to user-defined programs. This was used to compare the efficiency of different SPE materials, as manual error is substantially reduced. The results are listed in Table 26.1. 

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