roboticists
Machine intelligence creators
Roboticists are specialists in robotics—the design, construction, and programming of robots.
The field draws from mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science.
The roboticists programmed the arm to perform surgery with submillimeter precision.
A roboticist may work on industrial automation, autonomous vehicles, or humanoid machines.
Facilities for scientific investigation
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- publicationsWorks issued to readers
- conferencesOrganized professional assemblies
- PhDHighest academic credential
academia · grants · innovation · breakthroughs · pioneers · dissertation · collaboration · MIT
Movement-producing mechanisms
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- servomechanismFeedback-controlled automatic mechanism
- microcontrollersSingle-chip programmable computers
- grippersTools for grasping objects
manipulators · locomotion · pneumatics · hydraulics · firmware · precision · encoders · motors
Making preliminary models
- CADTechnical drawing technology
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
- electricalInvolving conducted current
- programmingWriting software instructions
debugging · integration · fabrication · blueprints · hardware · software · calibration · testing
Fabricated body part replacements
- exoskeletonsExternal supportive body coverings
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- wearablesBody-mounted tech devices
Finite instruction sequences
- SLAMConcurrent positioning and mapping
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
Industrial product creation
- industrialOf factories and production
- productionMaking or generating something
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
- efficiencyProductive without waste
laboratories
Facilities for scientific investigation
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- publicationsWorks issued to readers
- conferencesOrganized professional assemblies
PhD · academia · grants · innovation · breakthroughs · pioneers · dissertation · collaboration · MIT · DARPA
actuators
Movement-producing mechanisms
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- servomechanismFeedback-controlled automatic mechanism
- microcontrollersSingle-chip programmable computers
grippers · manipulators · locomotion · pneumatics · hydraulics · firmware · precision · encoders · motors · gearboxes
prototyping
Making preliminary models
- CADTechnical drawing technology
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
- electricalInvolving conducted current
programming · debugging · integration · fabrication · blueprints · hardware · software · calibration · testing · kinematics
prosthetics
Fabricated body part replacements
- exoskeletonsExternal supportive body coverings
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
algorithms
Finite instruction sequences
- SLAMConcurrent positioning and mapping
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
- industrialOf factories and production
- productionMaking or generating something
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
efficiency · palletizing · packaging · inspection · throughput
- tech hobbyistsgamer, tinkerers, programmer, makers, coder
roboticistssoftware engineers
People who build programs
theoretical physicists · web developers · programmers · data scientists
roboticistsartisans
Skilled manual workers
craftspeople · handworkers · manual laborers · blacksmiths · woodworkers
roboticistsLuddites
Anti-technology movement members
technophobes · primitivists · Ted Kaczynski · neo-Luddites · traditionalists